It has been a Topsy-Turvy week for Spurs in the transfer market.
The departure of Heung-Min Son and the pre-season injuries to Dominic Solanke and James Maddison have hindered the Thomas Frank era in North London, with a 4-0 defeat in Bayern Munich who show how far traces are from the elite last week.
It has had traces clambering for transfer goals – especially in the attacking area – with just under three weeks to go into the window.
What kind of Frank's starts for life at Spurs and how will Daniel Levy respond?
Michael Bridge from Sky Sports News answers the most important questions about Spurs – while they are preparing to start their season with the UEFA Super Cup final against PSG on Wednesday …
What are Spurs looking from the window in the last three weeks?
The most important players who want Spurs are a no. 10, a defender and a winger.
For the No. 10 it is an absolute necessity that they creatively introduce someone. News about the ACL injury from James Maddison has really turned spores upside down. They tried to make Morgan Gibbs wit of Nottingham Forest next to Maddison – but have now not come for the season with any of the two players.
Moreover, Dejan Kulusevski is probably half to the end of October. You lose many goals and assists from even last season, which resulted in a 17th place in the Premier League.
Ebereechi Eze is a player who has been on their radar for a while. But rather it never went more than anyone they are interested in.
Now the midfielder of Crystal Palace can be considered one of their top goals. They also judge other goals, including Como's Nico Paz – but that looks like a difficult deal to do.
Do Spurs want to replace the son?
The long -term injury for Maddison means that two attacking players are needed and Frank also said that they would be on the market after Son's departure.
Spurs have approached Man City compared to Savinho. City does not want to sell it. He only signed for them from Sister Club Troyes last summer.
There are widespread reports that a reimbursement of approximately £ 43 million (€ 50 million) has been discussed in these conversations. Sky Sports News understands that the figure should be higher than that for the city to sell it.
If Son is not replaced, you ask young people like Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert to not only perform, but also to set a number of attacking figures that they have not yet produced in their career. It is a lot for two young people.
You are then worried about where the goals come from next season, especially because Dominic Solanke misses almost the entire season with injury. Spurs will have to rely on Richarlison, who himself has had a good part of the injury problems.
What is the last about Spurs' Defender Search?
There are no official names on the shortlist of Spurs' Defender.
Spurs have Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero for center halves who are probably their two best players to be honest. But they have both wounded both badly in recent seasons, especially Van de Ven.
They only have Kevin Danso and Ben Davies in reserve, with Radu Dragusin for a few months with an ACL injury and Luca Vuskovic would be expected to be on loan.
What has Frank's early impact been to Spurs?
Many thought that Frank would have a difficult adjustment period, considering how popular Ange Postecoglou was in North London.
But I have heard that all players really love the new coach of Spurs. When they defeated Arsenal in Hong Kong – and yes, it was a friendly – the Spurs group really liked the team conversation that he gave before the game.
Frank's style is a bit of a deviation from that of Postecoglou – who would never really speak with the players on the touchline. Frank will now get his tactics on the field and explain things to him in detail.
But in a sense, many fans feel a lot of sorry for Frank – because the club does not have enough depth and quality at the moment in the last third to really take on a challenge in all four competitions.
Even in the front you trust Solanke and Richarlison to lead the line in the Premier League and Champions League – when they both had the recent injury problems.
I don't think the Spurs team is big enough at the moment. Of course they had a memorable end to their campaign by winning the Europa League last season, but Daniel Levy clearly made it that they cannot sacrifice the competition again.
What would be a successful season for Frank at Spurs?
Well, the current team is currently not at Champions League level. In the most recent friendship against Bayern Munich there were some relevant pieces.
Again, it is only for the season, but in certain periods it looked like men versus boys – even in the second half when it was Bayern Munich's guys against the men of Spurs.
Bayern gave Spurs a bit of a lesson and the preseason has given Spurs some warning signals.
For Spurs, a successful first season for Frank would be the European qualification through the competition, a decent cup run and make a good report of itself in the Champions League.