Tottenham Hotspur are not a club known for spending a huge amount of money, but they have recently bucked that trend in the right way by adding Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes to their midfield for a combined 185 million pounds. Both young men will make a lot of money in wages, too, but since they are class players who have the potential to be even better than they were before under Roberto De Zerbi, it is money well spent.
Contrast that, though, to some of the mediocre players Tottenham have overspent on simply because they would rather overpay for a mediocre player than pay even more than that for an actual premium player worth that kind of dough.
One of Spurs worst contracts was a very recent one in the winter transfer window, as Johan Lange, Vinai Venkatesham, and now mercifully deposed manager Thomas Frank were all on the same page that Conor Gallagher would be the lord and savior of the midfield.
The Conor Gallagher contract is outrageous
Spurs broke the wage structure for Gallagher, spending 200,000 pounds per week on the player. Gallagher became the highest paid footballer on Spurs at the time of his deal, as superior players Cristian Romero and Xavi Simons were just a touch below at 195,000 pounds per week.
Summing up Gallagher's money over a year, he is making 10.4 million pounds per season from Tottenham Hotspur. And with his contract with Spurs running through the 2030/31 season after his big money transfer from Atletico Madrid, Spurs have 52 million pounds tied up in the remainder of his contract after already overspending a total of 40 million pounds in order to beat Aston Villa to the punch.
While Gallagher played decently well for Tottenham in the Premier League relegation fight and is actually a favorite of Roberto De Zerbi's, his improvement in form was also greatly exaggerated. He was nowhere near world class and honestly still was not at the level of a starter for Spurs, hence why Tottenham spent so much to sign Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes at the base of the midfield.
The truth is, there is no world in which Conor Gallagher should have been a Premier League Big Six club's highest paid player, and even accounting for Spurs having a cheaper wage bill than others, 52 million pounds over five seasons for a 26 year old, backup level Premier League midfielder like Gallagher is egregious. If someone wants to take this contract off Johan Lange's hands, Spurs need to be saying yes.
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