At least we know now how Antonio Conte will raise some of the cash for new signings in January.
Half the players that started this Europa Conference League tie in Slovenia are unlikely to be at Tottenham by the start of next season. And not a single one of them can have any complaints.
This was an embarrassing, humiliating surrender. The kind that did for Nuno Espirito Santo and Jose Mourinho.
NS Mura are the lowest ranked team in the competition. The supposed whipping boys.
So Joe Rodon, Matt Doherty, Dele Alli and Bryan Gil, all subbed just nine minutes after half time in an eye-catching move from Conte, should worry. Davinson Sanchez, a £42million signing from Ajax four years ago, is surely on his last legs.
Ryan Sessegnon, unlucky to be sent off in the first half - when he’d hoped to impress Conte - might just get another chance.
But the fact that the Spurs boss had to send on his A-listers to try and save the day means his fringe players can now forget about knocking on his door to complain about not getting a look in.
Spurs barely laid a glove on Mura during the first half.
Instead they once again underlined exactly why Conte has already made two new centre-halves a priority in the January transfer window.
In fact, the Tottenham first-team had better brace themselves for a lot of football between now and the turn of the year. A few of those that turned out last night are unlikely to see much action again.
That Conte doesn’t have the strength in depth to drop the big guns for this competition is an indictment of the Tottenham transfer policy before his arrival.
Especially when the likes of West Ham are resting players in the Europa League - a step up from this competition - winning away from home and topping their group with a game to spare.
Mura didn’t even have to wait that long to draw first blood. Slovanian midfielder Tomi Horvat raced down the right after just 11 minutes, cut inside and, with Sanchez slipping, enjoyed the extra space to power a left-footed shot into the top corner.
Sessegnon - back from a lengthy lay-off with the praise of his manager ringing in his ears - was sent off after just half an hour for a second of two lunges, both of which of which earned yellow cards.
Without him the Spurs side, feeling sorry for themselves, looked lambs to the slaughter.
In fact, Mura midfielder Nik Lorbek would have put his side even further ahead had his curling effort - with Spurs keeper Pierluigi Gollini rooted to the spot - not soared narrowly wide.
When the words of Conte’s half-time team talk appeared to have made little impression in the second half he acted, sending on Son Heung Min, Lucas Moura, Ben Davies and Eric Dier for Alli, Gil, Doherty and Rodon.
Seventeen minutes later, Harry Kane equalised. Moura threaded a delicious ball through, the England captain took his time and lifted it over the keeper.
From then on it looked as though Spurs would confirm their superiority. Trouble is, defensively they were not superior.
The second goal was a carbon copy of the first. Substitute Amadej Marosa burst through down the right, turned Sanchez inside out and saw his shot deflected off the hapless Colombian to beat Gollini.
Conte of course didn’t quite have this in mind when he spoke about bringing success to White Hart Lane.
But he knows he can forget about even his most basic of targets without the character and quality in his squad to cope with assignments like this. The cull will be ruthless.
