News of ENIC's £100m cash injection has supporters looking towards the future, even if some haven't quite grasped just how significant of a financial boost it is.
I don't want to patronise you, folks, but this isn't Career Mode. You can't amortise transfer fees on FIF... sorry, EA FC, but you can in the real world! This isn't a £100m budget for future windows, but further evidence that ENIC are focused "on driving long-term sporting success," as the club wrote in a statement.
It's supposedly just the start, with future investment on the horizon. You're allowed to be excited.
And I'm running with it. I'm thinking about January already. Thomas Frank's project has started on a productive footing, but his squad his far from complete. There's scope for swift evolution.
Here are three way too early predictions for the winter window in 2026.
1. Attempts to go big down the left
I'm not going to get too carried away by the recent news. Sure, it's an exciting update and further evidence of ENIC's commitment to build on last season's Europa League success.
We oversaw a summer of ambition heading into the 2025/26 season. Multiple Champions League-level performers arrived through the door, and two, in particular, have made discernible impacts at the start of their Spurs careers: Mohammed Kudus and João Palhinha.
No. 10 Xavi Simons will help Frank's side evolve into a more diversified and unpredictable attacking force, while 'dead leg' Muani is a forward I expect to swiftly usurp Richarlison.
Key holes were plugged in the summer, but a couple of gaping voids remain and I expect further aggression in the market to play out this winter. A passer is needed in midfield, but I'm predicting that to be a point of emphasis next summer. If we are to go big at one position in January, it'll be the left-winger spot.
Wilson Odobert is a more than useful squad player, and perhaps he can develop a ruthless streak that takes him up a level. There's no doubt that he can be upgraded upon, though. And that doesn't mean I'm giving up on the Frenchman. There may be a star for Spurs to pursue midway through the season. Antoine Semenyo is in vogue, but I sense Rafael Leão will soon be on the move. How's Rodrygo getting on under Xabi Alonso?
Okay, maybe I am getting ahead of myself, but the prediction still stands: Spurs to at least attempt to sign a star left-winger.
2. Yves Bissouma is the only player sold
Signing players in January is hard, so the focus can't merely be on incomings.
However, barring a change of circumstances, I don't see too many players leaving the club in January. Some of the deadwood was shifted in the summer, while plenty of youngsters earned moves away.
There are few players in the squad that I look at and think they desperately need to go. You might not like Brennan Johnson, Ben Davies or Rodrigo Bentancur, but I just don't see them being shipped off midway through the season.
In fact, I think there's just one realistic January departure. Yves Bissouma likely won't ever get a chance under Frank, and after he failed to move on in the summer, a buyer will manifest in January.
3. Rescuing Mikey Moore
There have been a few early successes for Tottenham's loanees at the start of 2025/26. Will Lankshear has scored a few for Oxford United, Yang Min-hyeok is shining at Portsmouth, and Luka Vušković was just named Rookie of the Month in the Bundesliga.
On the contrary, the precocious Mikey Moore has had a miserable time of it at Rangers.
Having broken out last season, a loan move for the teenager was deemed the right step for Moore's career, and Rangers presented the youngster with the chance to compete in Europe again. The possession-oriented Russell Martin, who helped Tyler Dibling emerge at Southampton, also looked like a pretty good manager for Moore, but instead, Martin will be remembered as perhaps the worst manager in Rangers' history.
A new man is coming in, and perhaps that'll offer Moore the reset he needs after a tough start to the season. He certainly hasn't benefited from the anarchy at Ibrox and the collective mess Martin oversaw.
However, I think the Spurs starlet may well be doomed in Glasgow. There are talents on the Scottish club's books that may be preferred to Moore under the new regime, and I expect the club to rescue the teenager by recalling him in January and, hopefully, getting him a Championship loan.