Views: Is Tottenham's £160M “Impossible Dream” a joke?

In the aftermath of a great night for Tottenham, where the English club managed to hold on to a goalless home draw against AC Milan and eventually reach the last eight of the Champions League, manager Harry Redknapp claimed Tottenham were living the “impossible dream”

However, looking at the numbers, we at Sick Puppies are rather surprised by the comments.

Having spent about £160m on transfers over the last three seasons excluding wages, reaching the later stages of the Champions League should surely be their ambition rather than an 'impossible dream'.

We share the numbers with you and let you make up your mind:
2010/2011
Sandro – Internacional    (£14m)
William Gallas – Arsenal     (Free transfer)
Rafael van der Vaart – Real Madrid    (£8m)
Bongani Khumalo    - Supersport (£1.5m)
Steven Pienaar – Everton (£3m)

2009/2010
Kyle Naughton – Sheffield United (Undisclosed)
Kyle Walker    - Sheffield United    (Undisclosed)
Peter Crouch – Portsmouth (£10m)
Sébastien Bassong – Newcastle (£8m)
Niko Kranjcar – Portsmouth (£2.5m)
Younes Kaboul – Portsmouth    (£8m)

2008/2009
John Bostock – Crystal Palace (£700,000)
Luka Modric     – Dinamo Zagreb    (£16m)
Giovani Dos Santos – Barcelona (£5m)
Heurelho Gomes – PSV Eindhoven (£7.8m)
David Bentley – Blackburn Rovers (£15m)
Roman Pavlyuchenko – Spartak Moscow (£14m)
Vedran Corluka – Manchester City (£8.5m)
Jermain Defoe – Portsmouth    (£9m)
Wilson Palacios – Wigan (£12m)
Carlo Cudicini – Chelsea    (Free transfer)
Pascal Chimbonda     – Sunderland (£4.5m)
Robbie Keane – Liverpool (£12m)