Daniel Levy is holding Tottenham Hotspur back.
In three days, July will be upon us, and despite having a Champions League campaign to attend to, Tottenham are yet to make any new additions to their squad.
Mathys Tel remains the only signing that Spurs have made, after they opted to trigger the £30million buy option in his contract, much to the surprise of many in North London.
However, the longer this transfer draught goes on, the less likely Tottenham are to progress, and the entire blame will fall at the feet of Levy.
Tottenham are wasting time this summer
First and foremost, the length of time it took to sack Ange Postecoglou was baffling, given the fact that almost everyone knew that it was coming.
That immediately set Spurs on the back foot when it came to the summer transfer window, with the lack of managerial clarity undoubtedly playing a role in the minds of their transfer targets.
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Fast forward to now, with Thomas Frank in charge, Tottenham are in dire need of new arrivals, and yet they are sitting with their hands tied behind their back, all because of Levy.
His unwillingness to release required funds and inability to make quick, decisive decisions have already seemingly seen Spurs miss out on the signing of Bryan Mbuemo, with other deals also in doubt.
Frank, after the reputation he has built for himself at Brentford, will not want to see his time at Spurs fail, and yet Levy is almost setting him up to do so, with tension undoubtedly going to emerge at some point if this continues.
Frank needs to be backed by Levy and Spurs
Tottenham finished 17th in the Premier League last season, not even reaching the 40-point target usually set by clubs in a bid to avoid relegation.
Taking that failure into account, you would have assumed Spurs would be doing everything they can this summer to right those wrongs, though it appears to be far from the case.
Tottenham need to get their act together and accelerate their efforts to bring players to North London to have any chance of achieving success under Frank.