How City tower over Tottenham

Tottenham and Manchester City might be rivals at the top of the Premier League but a closer look at their likely Super Sunday line-ups highlights a striking gulf. Football Whispers explains…

When Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City face off at White Hart Lane on Sunday – live on Sky Sports – it will be a meeting between two teams with many similarities but two clubs whose first-team recruitment policies differ greatly.

Spurs and City finished third and fourth respectively in the table last season and both have their sights set on a title challenge this time around.

But when analysing their respective transfer dealings, a vast disparity between the two clubs becomes apparent.

When the sides line up in north London, the cost of City’s predicted line-up – £288.1m – will dwarf by almost two-and-a-half times that of Tottenham’s – £116.9m.

City’s financial dominance would have been in further evidence if both teams were able to call upon, arguably, their most influential players but …

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