Deeney: Tottenham Have Spent Over £300 Million in Transfers Without a Clear Plan, De Zerbi Has No More Excuses

Tottenham spent heavily during this summer's transfer window, but they started the new Premier League season with two consecutive defeats and sit bottom of the table. Former Premier League star Troy Deeney shared his views in his column for The Sun.

Troy Deeney: More than £300 million spent on transfers, 54 players in and out, 0 points, 0 goals, no clear plan... Tottenham have nowhere left to hide.

After all the optimism at the start of the summer, Tottenham once again appear to have fallen into chaos.

If it is difficult to judge whether Tottenham had an excellent transfer window or simply spent huge amounts of money trying to solve a problem, there is actually a simple way to look at it.

They spent more than £300 million but failed to solve the most important issue.

On deadline day, they signed Tosin Adarabioyo and Mykhailo Mudryk from Chelsea. But was this the plan they had originally drawn up? Of course not. Tosin's signing was questioned to some extent because of his personality, but he has had an excellent professional career. However, his arrival still did not create much excitement, especially after Tottenham had already lost Cristian Romero.

Tottenham have spent hundreds of millions of pounds, but nobody can yet answer a simple question: who will score 10 goals for Tottenham this season?

Spending so much money and bringing in so many players, yet being unable to confidently name someone who can reach that figure, is worrying.

The squad relies too heavily on everyone being fit and in excellent form.

All discussions around Roberto De Zerbi's team are about how good they could be if every player stays healthy and performs at their best—but after such a huge investment, this is far from an ideal situation.

It is similar to when they had Ledley King. Everyone wondered how strong they could have been if the defender had been able to play at least 20 matches.

Now De Zerbi is dealing with a team where around half of the players are in a situation similar to Ledley King.

A chaotic end to transfer business has instead made rivals stronger.

After this chaotic end to the summer transfer window, the situation does not look good. Tottenham had long pursued Cody Gakpo, while Iliman Ndiaye's transfer was once almost completed, but for some reason he eventually joined Manchester City.

Ndiaye would have been an excellent signing. I played against him when he was at Sheffield United, and he was always very impressive. Joining Manchester City is the biggest step of his career so far, so there will still be some questions. But he is a very brave player, and his level is completely above Mudryk's.

Tottenham were almost certain to sign either Gakpo or Ndiaye, but now they can only watch Manchester City and Liverpool become stronger—with the latter later also signing Bradley Barcola.

Rivals look stronger, and because of this mess, Richarlison remains at Tottenham and is extremely unhappy about it. My former teammate has always been a player with a strong personality, but De Zerbi has said he only wants players who are fully committed to the team to remain. Richarlison's eventual omission from the Premier League squad list further confirmed this.

Mudryk is a high-risk gamble.

Mudryk is a completely different case. He may have performed well when De Zerbi was managing Shakhtar Donetsk, but that was several years ago. And, as we all know, he has been suspended for 18 months. This is not simply about missing matches through injury or suffering a loss of form. He cannot even train with Chelsea's first team. For nearly two years, he has mostly been on his own.

We can see that he has tremendous pace and is in excellent physical condition—clearly he has worked hard to maintain his fitness—but in terms of maintaining match sharpness, the Ukrainian player has not had enough training and game opportunities. The real concern is not just whether he can adapt to matches, but that taking part in daily training itself could become a challenge.

Tottenham's major gamble is believing that De Zerbi, who once called Mudryk a future Ballon d'Or winner, can restore him to his best form before the suspension. This is undoubtedly a significant gamble.

De Zerbi has no more excuses.

This is not the only risk Tottenham have taken with the Italian coach. De Zerbi made high demands regarding transfer spending this summer, and the club met all of them. Now, he has nowhere left to hide.

You cannot blame the club owner, because Daniel Levy is no longer there. You also cannot blame a lack of investment from the club.

They also will not shift the blame onto the players, because ultimately you need these players to perform on the pitch.

Therefore, the only person who could eventually be dismissed is the head coach.