Johan Lange has said that he did not fear for his job at Tottenham amid their struggles this year and has spoken about the changing nature of top level transfers.

The 46-year-old sporting director helped drive a busy summer transfer window at Spurs with 10 new arrivals to bolster Roberto De Zerbi's first team squad as well as overseeing numerous high profile departures as part of the major revamp at the club. The Dane had drawn plenty of criticism from the supporters for his part in the previous January window which failed to address the serious injury problems in the squad and Tottenham only escaped relegation on the final day of the Premier League season.

In an extensive interview with Danish magazine Borsen Pleasure, as they spent the weekend with the Spurs supremo, Lange explained that he did not fear losing his job.

"I actually didn’t. Our CEO, the owners and the board could see that Tottenham had ended up here because of something that had happened over many years and they agreed with the strategy and could see that we were on the right track in several areas. So no, I never felt insecure in my job," he said, as translated by Sport Witness.

While Spurs recouped a lot of money this summer through the sales of players like captain Cristian Romero, Djed Spence and Luka Vuskovic among others, they spent some big transfer fees on players like £100million man Sandro Tonali, and £85million duo Savio and Mateus Fernandes.

Make sure you never miss the latest Tottenham news and opinion by making Football London one of your Google preferred sources.

Lange explained that such prices are becoming the norm and finding undiscovered gems on the cheap is no longer a thing.

"Well, the prices, to a certain extent, you get used to them. After all, these are the same amounts that competitors pay," he explained. "All clubs' scouting networks are so good these days that finding a player that others have overlooked, in a league that no one has heard of, for a tenth of the price - that race is over.

"[The fees] certainly raise expectations, but it’s not because I think about it every day. I think all clubs think it's hard to find good players. For people who aren't into football, it might sound completely insane that there aren't a lot of players to choose from when you have £80m. But how many players have the quality to justify such an investment?

"For every player you buy, you might have three or five clubs you talk to. If we need a right winger, we might be talking about five different players, five clubs, five agents. That's a lot of balls to keep in the air at the same time."

Tottenham were historically run from above by Daniel Levy in a manner in which the former chairman had an input into many areas of the north London club, but when it comes to his own departments, Lange's style is to trust those he hires.

"The best in their field should not be managed in detail. I'm a big believer in hiring the best people in your management team without compromise. They hire the best specialists in their teams, and slowly but surely you develop a fantastic organisation and culture," he said.

There have been changes behind the scenes at Tottenham's Hotspur Way training ground with previous managers finding it more of a luxury destination than a top level training facility.

"Before, you couldn't tell whether you had entered a football club or a random reception at a hotel or in a company. Now the players can see the history they are a part of," admitted Lange.

The men's first gym overwent a major overhaul this summer under the supervision of performance director Dan Lewindon and Lange said that was all part of trusting those brought in, even when it came to the floor.

"I don’t know what kind of floor is best for lifting weights on, but we have experts who do that, so when they recommend that it be replaced, I listen to them," he said. "The same goes for if an analyst comes with a recommendation to change our data structure in scouting to be better at finding players outside the major leagues."

The original feature for Borsen Pleasure, written by Benjamin Dane, also spoke about the power at the club held by the agency CAA Base, who have a permanent box at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Dane wrote that ahead of the Toffees game Base invited sporting directors from clubs in the Spanish and Italian leagues, with Lange set to talk to them.