And on the point of Spurs getting gutted they are not the only ones to name a few teams losing all of their best players in a year.
Sunderland - Henderson, Bent
Newcastle - Carrol, Barton, Enrique and Nolan (mostly Mike Cashleys doing but still)
Aston Villa - Downing, Young, Friedel (and including Dunne last year i would name these 4 in my top 4 players for aston villa)
Arsenal - Nasri, Cesc, Denilson (not all definite but seem to want out scathing indictment of the loyalty of foreign imports).
And with Blackburn losing Jones you do have to feel bad for the smaller clubs within the league as soon as one of their players show the slightest bit of potential they are snapped up by the top 4, this means that no lowr club will be able to build a squad to challenge the status quo (as they did in the past) by simply getting a team together and building until you are a great outfit. For instance imagine the West Ham team of today if they were actually financially secure enough to tell teams to F off everytime their youngsters are bought.