However, he said that “despite this, Tottenham find themselves in crisis. They are fighting at the bottom of the table, just a few points from the relegation zone. Not because they lack resources, not because they lack benefits, but because they have squandered their opportunities.”
Spurs are currently 16th in the 20-team Premier League, just five points clear of the relegation zone. They sacked their manager, Thomas Frank, earlier this month, replacing him with Igor Tudor.
Damberg, who was finance minister from 2021 to 2022, said that the word “Spursy” was even used “when you have opportunities but get no results.”
He added that “conditions exist for the Swedish economy to prosper but due to a misdirected economic policy … the government risks making Sweden ‘Spursy.’”
“Sweden can’t perform like Tottenham.”
Spurs have two Swedish players on the books: Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Bergvall.