After a summer of record spending by Premier League clubs, the closure of the transfer window is rapidly approaching . And yet it is hard to shake the sense that an awful lot of top sides have business to do. Towards the bottom of the table, a sobering start to the Premier League season will have Manchester United wondering how much more they have to spend to get themselves back to the sort of positions they once occupied. Equally, at the other of the division, Tottenham are riding high almost in spite of summer business that has seen them make loans into permanent deals and add two more bodies to Thomas Frank's squad. And now with days to go until the deadline they've added promising 22-year-old Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig.
Meanwhile there is mutiny at West Ham and a need for som