You may love him or loathe him, but you would be hard-pressed to find a better chairman than Daniel Levy in the Premier League at present. Sir Alan Sugar once described the Spurs chief as the toughest negotiator he had ever faced; so you can understand why he has been so successful in getting a lot of success in transfer deals over the years.

I was listening to TalkSport this week and an interesting comment was made about Tottenham and their transfer dealings. They were talking about how they couldn’t understand why Spurs were holding out for big money for players like Giovani Dos Santos and Roman Pavlyuchenko, given that their value has hardly increased in value, based on their performances on the pitch. Similar murmurings were made in the summer over Niko Kranjcar and David Bentley; who seemingly were priced out of moves this summer. I’m a big believer, certainly in the case of Dos Santos, Pav and Bentley that we should cut our losses and move on, but clearly Levy is intent to get his money back, despite their poor performances and subsequent drop in value. Some would say he was proved right by holding out, given the success in getting the club’s money back for Darren Bent, but surely we can’t expect to achieve such a result every time.

The reason for my concerns is that it is clear from the outset that Tottenham need to sell before they can buy. Ever since the purse strings were opened up when Redknapp first took the reins of the football club, largely down to ensure our Premier League survival, we have been rather prudent in the market and seemingly operating on a tight budget. Why it is certainly understandable, given the millions that Damien Comolli squandered during his time at the football club, I do wonder whether Daniel Levy is in need of another pair of hands in our transfer dealings in order to ensure that business is conducted more efficiently. I’m not saying the club should perhaps go out and look for another Sporting Director to take control, but certainly someone who can help take a part of the recruitment burden away from the Chairman, who on top of player recruitment has to deal with other issues such as securing a new stadium following the failed Olympic bid. Having to negotiate to sell and then having to negotiate to buy players in such a short space of time in my mind is too much for one man in my opinion; especially when the stakes are even higher on the football pitch.

I know it may seem somewhat premature, given we still have a few days before the window shuts, but can anyone see any significant deals in the pipeline? Had we shipped out the deadwood sooner from the squad, would we be in a better position to secure deals? I think so.

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