Graeme Souness says Tottenham have left their summer spending too late.
Spurs have not made any additions and Souness believes it is going to get harder for them to do so in the final month of the campaign.
The former Liverpool player and manager says that Spurs risk being priced out of players as clubs sense their late urgency and they could stagger into making poor decisions.
He said: “The time for them to buy big players is now, when they are on the up. If they wait until they are playing catch-up, two outcomes are likely: the first is that they rush in and buy the wrong players; the second is that they pay inflated prices because the market senses their desperation.
“Daniel Levy may argue that the market is already overpriced and he may be right. But this is a fact of life that applies to all Premier League clubs when courting talent from the continent.”
Souness added that as it stands he does not expect Spurs to challenge for the title and believes if the club do not show ambition then their best players will eventually get fed up and quit.
“The likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli are already on the radar of big clubs in Europe. They won’t hang around for ever waiting for the next wave of Spurs youngsters to help the club reach the promised land.”
Tottenham have certainly left it late and made life more difficult for themselves, but this does not have to be a problem if they have used this time to scout and plan efficiently to make signings.
Spurs already have a strong starting XI and if a new signing can come in and hit the ground running then their quiet summer will swiftly be forgotten.
If they lose their first game of the season to Souness’ former club Newcastle then the pressure will really be on Levy to deliver.
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