Tottenham Hotspur’s Dutch defender Micky van de Ven says the club’s club-record summer spending has helped lift morale and reflects the club’s ambition following a difficult Premier League season. Sources describe Tottenham finishing well below expectations, with consecutive 17th-place results and only avoiding relegation on the final day of the previous campaign. In that context, van de Ven presents the recruitment push as a response to the “gloom” of recent league performances. The accounts also connect the spending to the club’s internal goals and the direction set by management, noting that manager Roberto de Zerbi has been associated with a wider desire for Tottenham to strengthen and compete at a higher level. While the reports focus on van de Ven’s comments about the impact of the transfer activity, they do not provide detailed figures or a full list of signings in the provided excerpts. Overall, the shared theme is that the spending spree changes the atmosphere around the club, contrasting with the pressure and disappointment of the season that preceded it.