Tottenham's expensive rebuild begins with familiar collapse

LONDON, Aug 22 : Tottenham Hotspur's lavish close-season spending failed to disguise familiar shortcomings as they opened their Premier League season with a 3-0 drubbing at Brentford on Saturday.After successive 17th-placed finishes and a last-day escape from relegation in May, a spending spree that is set to go past £

New-look Spurs showed the same old flaws as goals from Keane Lewis-Potter, Vitaly Janelt and Michael Kayode saw them dismantled 3-0.