With the tie delicately hanging in the balance, tonight sees Tottenham take on Young Boys for the right to play in this season’s Champions League group stages. A 3-2 defeat in Berne leaves Harry Redknapp’s men with a difficult but ultimately manageable task this evening at White Hart Lane to overcome their Swiss challengers. But if Tottenham do manage to qualify tonight, will it spark a spending spree which so far has failed to materialise?

Harry Redknapp has been uncharacteristically quiet this transfer window, only bringing in young Brazilian midfielder Sandro from Internacional and former Arsenal and Chelsea defender William Gallas to White Hart Lane. Despite the lack of transfer activity, Tottenham have been linked with a whole host of players and confirmation of Champions League football by beating Young Boys would prove a huge draw to some of Tottenham’s potential transfer targets. In recent months, Tottenham have been linked to some Europe and the Premier League’s top players including Steven Pienaar, Ashley Young, Scott Parker, Loic Remy, Lassana Diarra and Luis Fabiano but have failed to make a move on any of these players.

This is because if Redknapp does choose to open the Tottenham chequebook, he has to be sure that the player or players that he does potentially buy will add value to the team and I’m not sure that many of the players linked with Tottenham do. For example, do Tottenham really need another winger in Ashley Young when Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale are arguably the two most exciting wingers in the Premier League? Similarly, is Lassana Diarra really such an upgrade on the existing midfield corps at Tottenham? I have my doubts.

One player who I believe would be worthy of spending money on to bring to White Hart Lane is Sevilla and Brazil striker Luis Fabiano. Since moving to Seville in 2005, Fabiano has established himself as one of the world’s most deadly strikers. He has scored 95 goals in 191 appearances for the Spanish club, along with an impressive haul of 28 goals in 43 appearances for the Brazilian national team. A move for Luis Fabiano would provide Tottenham with a proven goalscorer at club and international level and would add some much needed firepower to a stuttering attack.

Tottenham’s strikers have been misfiring so far this season; Jermain Defoe has been struggling for form, Peter Crouch hasn’t scored enough goals and Robbie Keane is low on confidence and being linked with a move away. Due to these concerns, signing Fabiano would be a wise move for Tottenham should they qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.

However, Tottenham must be cautious in their approach to spending their guaranteed windfall should they qualify. There is no guarantee that the players they bring into the team will ensure that Tottenham will qualify for next season’s Champions League so Spurs must be careful in spending big and promising too much to the players in case they don’t make it next year.

Do you think Harry will spend big if Tottenham qualify or do Spurs already have a good enough squad to play Champions League football?

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