Daniel Levy knows Mauricio Pochettino has right chemistry to spur Tottenham

He may have an economics degree but chemistry has always been of interest to Arsene Wenger. 

The Arsenal coach has long wondered if there was a way to measure chemistry in a team and has developed his own thoughts on the matter. Arsenal fans, frustrated every summer in the thwarted quest to sign a new striker, can probably guess what they are. Every big-name player coming in sends a message to the kids who are coming through; your path is blocked, we don’t back you, there is no chance here.

The corollary effect in today’s media-saturated digital age is that lack of spending is confused with lack of ambition. Man United fans might claim ‘we want it more’ because their team has spent big on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly. This is patently not true. It’s just a different way of doing business.