Tottenham fans would be forgiven for thinking that they will have to wait a while to see some new faces at the club, given the huge financial outlay the club has designated to rebuilding a new home stadium for the team.
Widespread concern was sparked among fans when it was announced that Tottenham would spend an estimated £850million, on a new 62,062-seater home venue.
Even more so when manager Mauricio Pochettino, began to acknowledge the unlikely probability of new signings for the team, only half way through the summer transfer window.
However chairman Daniel Levy has moved to allay these fears; insisting that, despite the club failing to bring in any new players in the summer, they will be more than capable to spend the required figures in the upcoming transfer windows.
In noted minutes from Levy's meeting with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust on Monday, the chairman was recorded stating that the club 'had based the summer window on certain assumptions that some players might be leaving and certain targets would be available.'
The chairman also added that manager Pochettino 'didn’t want to sign someone for the sake of it. He felt there were sufficient players in the squad, and that those coming back from injury would be like new signings', although this will not appease 'Spurs' fans, who saw their rivals spend big on new talent while their club stood still.
Levy also addressed the club's budgets ,confirming '...the stadium won’t directly impact on the transfer policy. There is a certain amount earmarked for transfers and the club can only spend what is available.Transfers were complicated with several variables so it was not possible to work out in advance how much you could spend in a given window.'
Tottenham fans were particularly disappointed with the club's failure to bring in England youngster Jack Grealish; the player was available at a cut price due to club Aston Villa's financial turmoil after failing to secure promotion, yet 'Spurs' still could not fork out the reasonable £25 million fee.
Furthermore, the summer disappointment was compounded when Tottenham announced that the new stadium would not be ready in time for the start of the season; the team are still using Wembley as their temporary base for home fixtures, with no confirmed date for the official 'curtain-raiser' of the new venue.