Former England midfielder Kieron Dyer has provided a remarkable insight into the wage structure at Tottenham.
Spurs have had two excellent campaigns under Mauricio Pochettino, although there is a fear their top talent could move on.
Manchester City snapped up Kyle Walker last summer while Danny Rose has publicly questioned the club's transfer strategy.
Pochettino himself has conceded more players could move on to win trophies and Dyer's comments won't fill Spurs' fans with confidence.
"I spoke to a Tottenham player towards the end of last season. He's a full international, regular for his country and regular for his team," he told Radio 5 live.
“He told me what he was on wages wise and I was on more money than him at Newcastle in 2002.
“It's a massive problem. This is a player now at Tottenham, who came second in the league, who is a full international in 2017 and he isn't on what I was on at Newcastle in 2002."
His comments come after Pochettino's admission over the future of his players.
"Maybe some players are not agreed in this plan and this strategy, and of course they are right to complain, to talk and in the end to want to move or have another challenge for different reasons, because we are all different and we all have different challenges, motivations, roles in our life," he said.
"That is normal. The most important thing is to talk, to design the plan for everyone and then be happy everyone because life is about enjoying and being happy. It’s not about wasting time in a bad way, because life is so short.”