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da cassino online： In opting not to make a single signing this past offseason, Tottenham claimed themselves a unique place in Premier League history by becoming the first league side to remain completely inactive in the summer transfer window since it was introduced in 2003.
The dormant summer failed to snakebite Tottenham’s success in the first half of the season as they shot out to their best ever start in the league, racking up 45 points over the first 19 matches of the campaign.
Now over four months later, with little more than occasional rumblings coming out of North London as the January window has progressed into its final week, Spurs appear poised to exit a second consecutive transfer period without a fresh face joining the club. This time it’s hurting them.
In Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Chelsea, Spurs fell to the Blues without Harry Kane or Dele Alli in the squad, and left Stamford Bridge even further hindered by injuries to Moussa Sissoko and Ben Davies. Eric Dier and Lucas Moura have returned but do not yet appear fully fit, or at the very least match sharp.
With 16 league matches and FA Cup and European competition still ahead, Tottenham are stuck in the most vulnerable state they’ve been in all season. As they find themselves once again short on depth and at yet another midseason impasse, it beckons a familiar question: is the club’s approach to the transfer market truly aligned with the apparent desire for silverware and titles?
Tottenham’s modest approach to the transfer window is not a recent development. Over the past five seasons, while the other Big Six clubs have mounted net spending numbers well into nine figures, Spurs’ has totalled less than £40million according to Transfermarkt. But the complete stagnation of the two most recent windows is new territory, and it’s now clipping the club in the heels.
In October, Daniel Levy insisted that costs related to Tottenham’s new stadium had not had impacted Spurs’ flexibility in the summer transfer window. Yet as stadium delays continue without new additions to the squad, questions surrounding the club’s ability to spend are inevitably growing.
Whether Tottenham’s quiet transfer strategy is tied to a lack of desire, a tighter purse, or an inability to close out deals (the rest of the Big Six seem to have no trouble there), the club’s limited depth and lack of new blood is once again holding them back.
The highly-coveted Mauricio Pochettino will only stick around on such a tight purse so long, as will Kane, Alli Christian Eriksen and the rest of Spurs’ collection of stars. If Tottenham truly aim to contend for trophies with its current core, they must become competitive in the transfer market once again and begin making moves.