Tottenham went on £110m spending spree following sale of Gareth Bale... now four of the purchases are heading for exit door

• Tottenham used money from Gareth Bale's sale to purchase seven players
• Roberto Soldado, Paulhino and Erik Lamela were among stars to join club
• Christian Eriksen and Nacer Chadli have managed to prove their worth
• Soldado, Paulinho, Etienne Capoue and Vlad Chiriches look set to leave

  When Tottenham used the money from Gareth Bale’s £86million move to Real Madrid to fund a £110m spending spree in the summer of 2013, Garth Crooks declared that his old club had ‘sold Elvis and bought the Beatles’.

  Instead of a Fab Four, however, the arrival of Erik Lamela, Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Christian Eriksen, Etienne Capoue, Vlad Chiriches and Nacer Chadli, meant that S Club 7 might have been more appropriate.

  Two years on, with Paulinho, Soldado, Capoue and Chiriches all set to leave, Spurs fans will have their own thoughts on what the ‘S’ stands for …

  

  Tottenham used the money from Gareth Bale's £86m move to Real Madrid to sign (from left to right) Paulinho, Christian Eriksen, Roberto Soldado, Nacer Chadli, Etienne Capoue, Vlad Chiriches and Erik Lamela

  

  Spurs sold Bale to Real for a world record fee, which allowed the north London side to bring in new players

  ERIK LAMELA

  Cost: £30m from Roma

  Earns: £100,000-a-week

  Tottenham’s record signing was meant to be Bale’s replacement but it soon became clear that those expectations were too much too soon for the young Argentine.

  He scored only one goal, against FC Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova in the Europa League, before his first season at White Hart Lane was ended by a back injury in December.

  Lamela showed flashes of what he can do in his second campaign – not least the outrageous ‘Rabona’ goal against the Greeks of Asteras Tripoli – but Spurs fans expect much more.

  

  Erik Lamela, pictured after scoring against Burnley in December 2014, has struggled to fill the void left by Bale

  ROBERTO SOLDADO

  Cost: £26m from Valencia

  Earns: £90,000-a-week

  The former Real Madrid striker started off like a steam train, scoring four goals in his first three games against Crystal Palace, Dinamo Tbilisi and Swansea, but he has certainly hit the buffers since then.

  A respectable total of 11 goals was followed by just five last season – including one in the Premier League – as the Spaniard suffered a crisis of confidence in contrast to the sensational emergence of Harry Kane.

  It’s more than likely that Soldado, briefly Tottenham’s record buy before Lamela’s arrival, will move on this summer.

  

  Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado has failed to replicate the form he showed during his time at Valencia

  PAULINHO

  Cost: £17m from Corinthians

  Earns: £55,000-a-week

  The Brazilian midfielder broke down in tears when he announced his move from Corinthians to North London and it wasn’t long before Spurs fans were crying as well.

  Like Soldado, Paulinho was Tottenham’s record signing for a short while and also got off to a decent start, ending his first season with eight goals.

  However he has failed to make anything like the kind of impact the club had hoped for, and they will be more than happy if he joins former Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande this summer, recouping £11m of his sizeable transfer fee in the process.

  

  Brazil international Paulinho, pictured with Andros Townsend, is closing in on a move away from Tottenham

  CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN

  Cost: £11.5m from Ajax

  Earns: £75,000-a-week

  The standout success of the bunch, Eriksen has developed into a fans’ favourite at Tottenham and a key figure under Mauricio Pochettino, playing in every Premier League game under the new Spurs boss last season.

  The Danish playmaker is blessed with great vision and an eye for goal – 22 in two seasons at White Hart Lane. A knack for scoring late goals, in particular, has enhanced his popularity.

  

  Tottenham playmaker Christian Eriksen has been one of the few success stories from the seven signings

  ETIENNE CAPOUE

  Cost: £8.6m from Toulouse

  Earns: £50,000-a-week

  How Spurs must wish they had got their money back for Capoue from Napoli in January 2014, just six months after signing him from Toulouse, instead of holding out for £12m.

  The Frenchman did not play again beyond February after suffering an ankle injury against Norwich and, despite a bright start to his second season, has faded dramatically.

  Real Sociedad tried to sign him in the January transfer window and Watford and West Brom have been linked this summer. Spurs certainly won’t get £12m now.

  

  Watford and West Brom want Etienne Capoue despite the Frenchman's failure to find his feet in England

  VLAD CHIRICHES

  Cost: £8.5m from Steaua Bucharest

  Earns: £40,000-a-week

  Hard to believe that Arsenal were said to be interested in poaching the Romania international from their arch rivals in January 2014 after Chiriches enjoyed a promising start at the heart of Tottenham’s defence.

  It’s gone downhill for him since then after he struggled with a back injury and then a loss of form.

  Chiriches was sent off on last appearance away to Stoke in May and it may well prove to be his last for Spurs.

  

  Romania international Vlad Chiriches made an impressive start to life in London but has gone on to struggle

  NACER CHADLI

  Cost: £6m from FC Twente

  Earns: £50,000-a-week

  By his own admission, Chadli struggling to cope with the high expectations in his first season which was also hampered by injury. But his form picked up significantly after Tim Sherwood succeeded Andre Villas-Boas, and the progress has continued under Pochettino.

  The Belgian scored twice as many goals for Tottenham last season – 13 compared to five in his first campaign – despite being given compassionate leave in January following the death of his father.

  

  Nacer Chadli, pictured jumping for joy after scoring against Swansea, has managed to turn his form around