Dubai: Why are we waiting? Or rather what are we waiting for?
The news on Sunday that central defender Ben Gibson signed for Premier League side Burnley for a joint club record fee of 15 million pounds Middlesbrough meant, by default, there was another significant nugget of information.
Tottenham Hotspur are the only Premier League team yet to bring in a new face during the summer transfer window.
Yes, that’s the window that shuts on Thursday. This Thursday.
Either Mauricio Pochettino, the Spurs coach has kept some stellar signing under more wraps than a pass-the-parcel parcel or the London club’s fans have every right to be concerned.
Last season’s runaway champions Manchester City have strengthened further with Riyad Mahrez coming in from Leicester and Claudio Gomes joining from Paris St-Germain.
The other title hopefuls have also added impressively to their ranks (OK, Manchester United signed some guy named Fred and couple of others, but still they are signings!).
Liverpool look best placed to challenge Pep Guardiola’s men with the recruitment of Naby Keita, Fabinho, Xherdan Shaqiri and Alisson Becker, while Chelsea have made some smart signings including snatching Jorginho away from City. Arsenal look much stronger under Unai Emery, having shifted a lot of Arsene Wenger dead wood and brought in fresh faces.
Meanwhile at Spurs ... nothing. Nada. Zilch.
The Poch has four days to pull a Romario-sized rabbit out of the hat or Tottenham are at risk of being pulled into the also-rans category as all their major rivals strengthen.
