Tottenham investment, Postecoglou role and seven things learned from first Johan Lange interview

Johan Lange has spoken his first words to Tottenham supporters since joining the club in November and there is plenty to take from the technical director's thoughts on his debut transfer window in charge of recruitment.

The 44-year-old Dane arrived at Tottenham from Aston Villa just four months ago with his chief scout Rob Mackenzie and head of football insights and strategy Frederick Leth. Along with head coach Ange Postecoglou, the trio plotted a January transfer window like no other for Spurs as Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin were brought in early and then another top young talent in Lucas Bergvall signed just after the window closed as well as 11 players heading out of the door either permanently or on loan.

Here are seven things we learned from Lange's first appearance in front of the cameras.

No, not the boy band, but rather the feeling of a club pulling together in the same direction again. Previous years have brought plenty of conflicting ideas, different agendas and very different managers with differing styles and demands.

Thankfully this summer Spurs chairman Daniel Levy set about finally putting together a group of like-minded individuals to form a new team to lead the club, with two Australians in Postecoglou and chief football officer Scott Munn, and in Lange and his data-led recruitment team.

The result before Lange's arrival was a promising first summer window under Postecoglou's guidance and now the strongest and busiest January window of any team in the Premier League with the Dane's input and pre-planning.

«Firstly and very importantly we arrived into the January market completely aligned, the chairman, Ange, Scott [Munn] and myself,» said Lange. «We see every transfer window as an opportunity to progress