I doubt they overpaid because each time we discussed those players it was similar amoints mentioned tbh. Still very high though
108m for Tonali, 99m for Mateus Fernandes and especially Van Hecke for 65m (quality wise is a 30m player) are all crazy prices tho.
The EPL tax sure, but non of them are even English to justify the insane scarcity with the inflated prices.
Tonali is is very good player but not a superstar midfielder. Fernandes is a good young talent who's last 2 seasons he RELEGATED twice in EPL. What kind of negotiations leads to 99m for him?
Even for EPL this is insane. Its not like Spurs are oil money like City or billionaire hedge fund like Chelsea.
Like Jay said, if they dont get CL after spending like this it will be massive failure, and in couple years they will have major issues with PSR.