Tottenham Hotspur manager José Mourinho has confessed that his side will not look to spend heavily in the January transfer window, as that is not the way the club likes to operate.
Spurs certainly do not have a reputation for spending heavily in the transfer market. They shattered their transfer record to sign French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele for around £54m during the summer, but famously went two windows without a single first-team purchase before that.
Nevertheless, Mourinho's arrival prompted rumours of four or five expensive arrivals to help the club bounce back from their inconsistent start to the season, but the boss told the press (via Goal) that the club's reputation means they will not pursue such deals.
“I am at Tottenham Hotspur. I know the profile of club, I know the project, I know the vision, I know the objectives and I know that in our transfer market we are going just to react to things that can happen to us in the market," Mourinho said.
"If some player leaves we need to adapt to it. But we are never going to be the kings of the market, attacking important targets, fighting with clubs that are ready by their profile and philosophy to splash the cash and to go to the important targets."
In fact, Mourinho has regularly spoken about his desire to work closely with his current squad, and he added that he is confident that his players have the potential to turn things around themselves.
"We need to do our things in an intelligent way, a creative way, and I repeat I like the players that I have. The more I work with them, the more I know them, the more I realise their qualities and their problems.
“I keep saying that I need time and this time is arriving. Not from yesterday until the 26th, or the 26th until the 28th. But in January, in February, we are going to have a little bit more time to try to improve it. I know how to [fix the club's problems], but to do it 100% I am going to take away from the team some qualities that we want to keep.
“And then it is more difficult to do it because to play for a clean sheet and to put all the focus on the clean sheet, on the improvement of the defensive organisation and try to kill the mistakes that we make, that is not difficult to do.
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Source : 90min