Daniel Levy and Tottenham need to get their business done now

If you don’t know, it’s been 512 days since Tottenham last signed a senior player, but we’re almost there, aren’t we? 

And while the Jack Clarke deal is all but done, we all know it is Tanguy Ndombele who Spurs fans want to see holding a Tottenham shirt on Twitter.

Truth be told, depending on who you read, for Clarke, Ndombele, and even Ryan Sessegnon, it is not a matter of if, but when Tottenham Hotspur will land their targets. That is despite some rumours that Ndombele isn’t as close as we all hope.

With the upcoming season that matters most to Spurs fans, there are several compelling reasons to the club need to make their signings now.

Tottenham’s Statement of Ambition

Audere est Facere, To Dare is to Do, is the motto of our club. Well I dare Daniel Levy and Tottenham Hotspur to sign Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso, Bruno Fernandez, Ryan Sessegnon.

The point is not that Spurs sign all these footballers; the point is that Tottenham sign some of them. Signing big name, high-priced players says something about the overall ambition of the club. Don’t get me wrong, I think signing Jack Clarke is a great idea and Spurs should never stop buying younger talent to add to the system and set-up.

That said, purchasing players ready to make an impact at the level Tottenham need is crucial to their immediate success.

Bedding in under Pochettino

Hotspur HQ recently posted the list of the top-10 transfers under Pochettino, and of the 10 only two had any immediate impact with the club, Victor Wanyama and Toby Alderweireld. Factor in that Wanyama had previously played for Pochettino at Southampton and Alderweireld was a seasoned Premier League performer who was sliding into the set-up next to a familiar player in Jan Vertonghen. The point is, there were reasons Wanyama and Alderweireld were successful out of the gate. Wanyama was signed in June and Alderweireld in early July.

Pochettino’s signings not having an immediate impact isn’t entirely his fault. Pochettino and company are known to run a gruelling camp, and Tottenham have a few trips, as usual, this preseason. New players need to get to North London so they can get acclimated as quickly as humanly possible.

Unless a player is already living in London – calling Ryan Sessegnon, calling Ryan Sessegnon – they are going to have to move. This takes time; some may even need a work permit.  The point is, no one adapts seamlessly on the day they sign with a club. It takes time to get set up and settled in, time best spent prior to the start of the training program to come.

Building a Bigger Spurs Squad

Let’s be real, the lads were spent before they got to Madrid for the Champions League final, both emotionally – following two incredible advancements in the competition – and physically. Several key players missed significant time and others played through injuries they probably shouldn’t have – Christian Eriksen/abdomen – and frankly Spurs didn’t have the bodies to cover the entire grind.

As late as early February, Tottenham were in the Premier League title race. They were the legitimate outsider that were set up to make a run for the ages. Then Dele and Harry Kane both got injured, Kane twice. Heung-Min Son got suspended, Eric Dier got a bit of everything, Moussa Dembele was sold. The truth is that in sports you have to expect the unexpected, and Spurs should know that by now.

Whether or not Eriksen is sold this summer, buying another midfield creator in addition to Ndombele – who is more of a box-to-box type – is still a priority. As should adding more depth at both the left and right back positions. And have we completely forgotten about a more like-for-like cover for Harry Kane?

If Tottenham are serious about competing for trophies we all hold so dear, having the depth for what amounts to a 10-month campaign is vital.

The bottom line is that from a business perspective there are several million reasons, or should I say pounds/Euros, for Levy to continue to wait on some of these deals.

However, from a footballing standpoint there are some overwhelmingly compelling reasons to get these deals done now.

Pochettino said things needed to change and getting their transfer business done early is a big part of the change that needs to occur. If it doesn’t, we may end up where we were before Pochettino, and nobody, least of all Levy, wants that.