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Tottenham told they’ve spent £200million to get weaker in stunning transfer takedown

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Tottenham have spent over £200million this summer, but they now head into the new Premier League season with a weaker squad. That’s the opinion of former Premier League striker Troy Deeney , who has launched a takedown of Spurs’ big-money transfer business so far. Spurs have spent over £200m this summer – but Deeney thinks they’re now worse off AFP Roberto De Zerbi has been hard at work over his first pre-season as manager after only just surviving relegation last term . He has brought six new faces into his squad , spending a whopping £228m in total so far on just three of those players. Sandro Tonali was signed from Newcastle for £100m , Mateus Fernandes joined from West Ham for £85m and Jan Paul van Hecke arrived in North London from Brighton for £52m. The other arrivals – Andy Robertson , Marcos Senesi and Martin Dubravka – all joined on free transfers . And that summer business from Tottenham has impressed talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent Alex Crook . Speaking on talkSPORT