Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> are still waiting for their first Premier League<\/a> win of the season.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last weekend’s 3-2 defeat to Aston Villa was the latest setback. Two late goals put a gloss on the scoreline, but the damage had long since been done and Roberto De Zerbi didn’t hide his feelings about his players afterwards.<\/p>\n “It’s difficult to explain because, in my career, 14 years as a coach, I’ve never seen one team like us,” the Italian said. “So fragile, so inconsistent. You’re good, or you’re bad. You can’t be very good in the first 30, 40 minutes, and then concede like this in this way. It’s tough to accept for me.”<\/p>\n Spurs have taken two points from a possible 15, a grim return for a club that spent around \u00a3300m in the summer transfer window hoping this would be the start of a new era, and Joe Cole has echoed De Zerbi’s comments on the mentality around the club, also raising concerns about their summer spending.<\/p>\n “This place just deflated after the first Villa goal,” Cole said on TNT Sports. “The late Spurs goals don’t change the dynamic. This is a club that has flirted with relegation two years in a row.<\/p>\n “They’ve spent an absolute fortune. Daniel Levy has left the club and I feel they’ve overpaid for every player they’ve bought this summer. You can’t rule them out of being in and around the relegation battle.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n Previous Club<\/p>\n<\/th>\n Fee<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n Sandro Tonali<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Newcastle<\/p>\n<\/td>\n \u00a3100m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Mateus Fernandes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n West Ham<\/p>\n<\/td>\n \u00a385m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Savinho<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Man City<\/p>\n<\/td>\n \u00a375m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Jan Paul van Hecke<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Brighton<\/p>\n<\/td>\n \u00a352m<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Marcos Senesi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Bournemouth<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Free<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Andy Robertson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Liverpool<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Free<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Martin Dubravka<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Burnley<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Free<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Cole Ramsey<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Aston Villa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Free<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Omar Marmoush<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Man City<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Loan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Mykhailo Mudryk<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Chelsea<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Loan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n <\/p>\n While Tottenham’s new arrivals are struggling to make an impact, several players who left N17 are thriving elsewhere.<\/p>\n The most eye-catching example is Will Lankshear, who has scored eight goals in 11 games in all competitions for Middlesbrough. By contrast, Dominic Solanke is yet to score a league goal this season, Mathys Tel has fallen out of favour completely and Richarlison’s future is still up in the air.<\/p>\n He isn’t the only one impressing since leaving, though. Kevin Danso joined Sunderland on loan in the summer and has quickly won over the Stadium of Light. Journalist Alasdair Gold has been keeping an eye on the defender’s progress and says Sunderland supporters have taken to him straight away.<\/p>\n\n Tottenham’s nightmare start
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