Alasdair Gold:
The team Spurs beat in that Europa League final have not sat still. Manchester United have added proven quality in Bryan Mbeumo to their ranks, joining Matheus Cunha as a big money arrival while Diego Leon has also arrived this summer with the trio setting United back £130.8million.
Manchester City have spent £126million so far on four signings but last season's top two Liverpool and Spurs' north London rivals Woolwich are getting huge business done.
Arne Slot's side completed a £69million deal for Hugo Ekitike after that potential British record transfer of £116million for Florian Wirtz to take their transfer tally to £269million, while Woolwich's signing of Viktor Gyokeres took their spending to more than £200million with the prospect of adding Eberechi Eze on top of that.
Don't forget Chelsea either who have spent £212million with Joao Pedro, Jamie Gittens and Liam Delap among the new faces.
Spurs are looking up and gawping at all of those sides on the ladder above them at a time when they needed to be trying to leap up to grab their ankles.
This should have been a time of pushing on. It's no longer an era when bringing in one big money signing is enough. The £55million put towards Kudus is just the tip of the iceberg compared to other side's spending this summer. Everyone knows Spurs were prepared to spend £60million on Gibbs-White so they will have to invest that now on someone else.