I don't disagree, but we need a better organizational structure to support these efforts in my view. We have not had a coherent transfer policy in place for some time, or it least it seems that way, last summer notwithstanding.
Mousa Dembele, Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Jan Vertonghen, Erik Lamela, Chirstian Eriksen, Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane were all here before Poch was hired.
Eric Dier and Ben Davies arrived before Poch's first game and Dele was bought in January his first year. Son Heung-min, Toby Alderweireld, and Kieren Trippier the summer after that in 2015.
Harry Winks was an academy product and basically the only one Poch successfully brought into the first team in five years.
After the summer of 2015, we have bought 3(!) players that are regulars today: Sanchez, Sissoko and Lucas. Over seven windows. We also never properly replaced Walker or Dembele until it was far too late. The rosters of City, Liverpool, etc.. look nothing like they did 5-6 years ago.
This is a combination of multiple factors (Levy, Poch, scouting, structure, etc..), but really what it means is that we don't have the personnel to manage a club of this size when it comes to player acquisition. The only way to survive without the extra money from the Champions League, both prize and sponsors, is to recruit better and we don't seem to have a strategy to do that.