Former Premier League striker Charlie Austin doesn't believe Roberto de Zerbi has a single player in his squad who would "put the scares up you" this season.
Tottenham, who have spent in the region of £237m this summer, fell to a shock 3-0 defeat against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium, despite four of their statement summer signings being named in their starting XI.
"There were problems all over the pitch," Austin said on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily. "They just looked like the same old Tottenham.
"As much as they have spent the money, I just don't see the return from it. They don't strike fear into teams any more. Put it this way: teams want to play against Tottenham to win.
"You feared playing Tottenham years ago because they had Harry Kane down the middle, now I would ask you to find me someone who is going to put the scares up you. There's nobody that does that.
"People say they don't have a leader, but they have Andy Robertson at left-back who has won every trophy there is going, so there are leaders in that team.
"You also have Sandro Tonali, who didn't score any goals for Newcastle United last season. I'm all for paying £100m for a player if they got 15 or more goals and assists from central midfield, but he didn't.
"I've said for the past two years that you can never replace Harry Kane, but what you can try to do is try to put someone down the middle who is going to put the ball in the back of the net - and Richarlison is not that person."