Over the years, Tottenham have struck out on a lot of good transfer targets, and perhaps one of the most egregious ones in recent years was just last summer when Daniel Levy basically threw up his hands and quit on Desire Doue, only to watch the sensational Frenchman double his value and go on to win the Champions League as a centerpiece player for PSG.
Tottenham fans don't want their club to go out and do it all over again this season. They've already put themselves behind the eight ball by taking so long to fire Ange Postecoglou, putting his successor Thomas Frank in a position where he may not be able to sign the best targets due to this slow start.
Spurs already lost out on Rayan Cherki to Manchester City as a result, and, now, it looks like Frank may not be able to bring in his biggest dream target for Tottenham from Brentford because of the ground the club lost during the awkward waiting period they put Postecoglou into.
According to new information from Sky Sports editor Lyall Thomas and insider Dharmesh Sheth, Manchester United still aren't worried about losing Bryan Mbeumo to Tottenham despite Spurs stepping up their already existing interest in the 25-year-old after the hiring of his former manager.
Tottenham's players show more fight than their suits
Aside from the rumors that Manchester United and Mbeumo verbally agreed to a deal, Sky Sports report that Mbeumo is "leaning" towards United. Before Frank was hired, Mbeumo had actually picked Man United as his preferred destination over the other Premier League suitors, which included Tottenham.
Although the Frank appointment gave Spurs some optimism, that doesn't appear to be going a long way. And now, Sky Sports are even reporting that it's unclear if Tottenham will even submit a renewed transfer bid to Brentford for Mbeumo or if they will simply move on to a backup option, which will almost certainly be Bournemouth's breakout right wing star Antoine Semenyo.
It would be sad if Tottenham can't even compete with Manchester United on the transfer market for Mbeumo, who scored 20 goals and 7 assists for Brentford last season, lapping all the Spurs players in terms of attacking production.
"Leaning" doesn't mean decided, and if Tottenham have the mentality that they won't fight or bid other clubs, which seems to be Levy's way, then their fans can only watch in frustration as their club resigns themselves to defeat and goes for a secondary option instead of putting in the work to win a real transfer battle against a team their players put in the work to beat in the Europa League Final.