Following Tottenham's 2-0 away win at Newcastle, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino was in high spirits despite a lack of signings, but showed his intent with his post-game comments. Having not bought anyone in this window, not just fans, but the manager finds himself left wanting:
"We need to sign some players before the end of the transfer window. It’s important to improve the squad, create competition between us. The balance is most important because we need new players to bring some energy to the team to challenge our best players, that’s always important."
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What Pochettino is alluding to is not signing players for the sake of it, but fusing them within the squad so as not to disrupt the strong team cohesion he has built up at Spurs.