Source: Eurosport
Spurs clash will gauge our progress - Megson
Bolton boss Gary Megson believes the financial clout of Tottenham and Manchester City has added to the survival angst of the Barclays Premier League's smaller clubs.
Megson feels the 'big four' has effectively become a 'super six' in the wake of Spurs and City's emergence as super powers to challenge the dominance for many years of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.
It is those six clubs who currently occupy the top six positions in the table, with another big-spender in Aston Villa seventh after a £40million spree of their own over the summer.
With the majority of the clubs below such heavyweights unable to compete off the field, and rarely on it save for the odd result, it increases the pressure on the likes of Bolton as they have little other than salvation to play for.
Ahead of Saturday's visit of Spurs to the Reebok Stadium, Megson said: "It is a huge task for our players, but one we're looking forward to because it gives us a chance to gauge ourselves against a club that has maybe spent £200million. And when you spend £50million on centre-forwards, I don't think it's any great surprise to see they have done so well so far this season.
"Although the top four is getting stronger, the teams below are spending incredible amounts of money to enable them to get into the Champions League. It's great for the Premier League, and it will cause one or two headaches for the teams that do expect to get into the Champions League through spending that amount of money. But for everybody else, it just makes life harder and harder."
