A fresh update has revealed the feeling at Hotspur Way regarding Tottenham’s lack of urgency in the January transfer window as we edge closer to the February 3 deadline.
Ange Postecoglou has not got the help he needed
Whatever one thinks of the work that Postecoglou has done since taking over as Spurs head coach, it is inarguable that the Australian has been let down by the club in the current window.
Ahead of January, he repeatedly stressed the need for more signings to help the squad cope with the injury crisis, but with just five days left until the window slams shut, the Lilywhites have only been able to sign Antonin Kinsky so far.
Reports indicate that the club are targeting two more signings before the window slams shut, but Postecoglou has already fired a warning shot at his employers by stating that they are “playing with fire” by leaving this so late.
Frustration behind the scenes at Spurs
The Telegraph have now revealed that there is ‘frustration among the staff’ at Tottenham that no outfield player has been signed this late in the window.
There was hope that the club would make early signings to try and alleviate some of their injury problems, but that hope has proven misplaced.
Interestingly, the report states that the Spurs hierarchy are very understanding of the injury crisis that Postecoglou is dealing with and are not thinking about replacing their head coach.
The club reportedly believe that another managerial change would make it difficult to build for the long-term and the prospect of finishing a third season with Ryan Mason as a caretaker coach is seen as ‘hugely embarrassing’ for Daniel Levy and co.
Actions speak louder than words
If the Tottenham top brass are really understanding and sympathetic to the injury situation Postecoglou is facing, then they would not have gone a month without signing a single outfield player.
It might be that the 59-year-old is not the right man for the job, but the reality is that the hierarchy have not given the Spurs boss a chance to succeed by forcing him to use the same 13 to 15 fit players (and at times even less) throughout January.
Unless the club manage to pull a couple of big late signings out of the hat, this window might go down as one of the most disappointing and negligent ones of the Levy era, which is saying a lot, considering what we have seen over the last two decades.