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Tottenham Hotspur's Chairman Daniel Levy says Premier League spending is unsustainable.

More than £850m in transfers have been endorsed by Premier League sides in the current transfer window alone.

Spurs, who sold Kyle Walker for £45m earlier in the month have so far not ventured into the transfer market, much to the dismay of their fans.

Mr Levy said "We have a duty to manage the club appropriately", which is understandable but the supporters of the club want to challenge for titles both at home and in Europe.

The transfer market has gone mad and no one can argue that point. Millions of pounds being paid for a single player is simply ludicrous.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is also a critic of the current levels of spending as reported last week. He said "Clubs used to spend big money on big players but now they spend big money on good players". However, the Portuguese boss feels United are better equipped to win the Premier League in the coming season but will have to improve somewhat if they are to challenge for the Champions League.

The Manchester outfit are the current holders of the Europa League, which he won in his first season in charge at Old Trafford.

In the Women's European Championship, Germany beat Russia by two goals to nil as they seek to win the trophy for the seventh consecutive time. Two penalties from Peter (10 mins) and Marozsan (56 mins) saw the champions into the quarter-finals. Sweden also qualified from Group B as runners up.

Hosts Holland and Denmark are already in the quarter-finals having finished first and second respectively from Group A.

England should qualify from Group D, having won both their matches so far, with only Portugal standing in their way. Scotland's chances of moving into the next round seem doomed after losing to both England and Portugal already. They face Spain in their last group match. However it was Scotland's first venture into the European Championship competition and they will benefit from the experience.

Clubs who play in the Chinese Super League have been told to clear their debts or face a ban from the competition next season. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) warned thirteen of the sixteen clubs that play in the Super League, along with five others who play in the lower divisions.

By all accounts many of the clubs have not settled payments for player transfers, salaries and bonuses, although some of the clubs have denied the allegations.

Chinese football is on the ascendancy with clubs such as Shanghai forking out a staggering £60m for Brazilian midfielder Oscar.

Source: BBC Sport