Tottenham's £332m Rebuild Has Yet to Produce a Premier League Goal

Tottenham Hotspur went into the 2026/27 season hoping that a significant summer rebuild would finally drag the club away from the problems that have plagued them over the last two campaigns. Instead, four Premier League matches into the season, Spurs are still waiting for both their first victory and their first goal.

That would be concerning in any circumstances. After spending around £332 million on 10 new players, however, the pressure is already beginning to build on Roberto De Zerbi and his new-look squad.

Spurs started the campaign with a damaging 3-0 defeat at Brentford before losing 2-0 at home to Newcastle United. Consecutive goalless draws against Nottingham Forest and Everton have at least produced their first two points, but have done little to answer questions about the team's attack.

Tottenham's summer outlay reached approximately £332m as ten players arrived, making their lack of immediate improvement particularly striking.

£332m Spent But Familiar Problems Remain

There was certainly justification for major surgery. Tottenham finished 17th in the Premier League in both 2024/25 and 2025/26, only securing their safety on the final day of last season with a 1-0 victory over Everton.

The response was one of the most aggressive transfer windows in the club's history. Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and several other new faces arrived as Tottenham attempted to reshape the squad around De Zerbi's style of football.

But spending money does not automatically create a functioning team.

There have been signs of precisely the problem De Zerbi warned about after the opening defeat at Brentford: Spurs have looked like a collection of individuals rather than a settled side. New players are still adapting, combinations are being changed and injuries have further complicated attempts to establish a regular team.

Where Have Tottenham's Goals Gone?

The biggest concern is unquestionably in attack.

Following the 0-0 draw against Everton, Tottenham became goalless through their opening four league matches for the first time in the club's history.

To put the drought into betting terms, the odds of Spurs failing to score in all four matches was effectively around a 300/1 shot based on the individual pre-match prices available across those fixtures. There was no widely advertised outright market on Tottenham starting the campaign with four blanks, but rolling the match-by-match 'Spurs under 0.5 goals' prices together produces an equivalent price in that region. Even after they had already failed to score three times, Tottenham were still as big as 16/5 not to score against Everton.

The underlying numbers are hardly more encouraging. Spurs failed to register a single shot on target against Nottingham Forest and managed only two against Everton.

De Zerbi has also struggled to settle on his preferred attacking combination, with numerous players used across the front three.

There are mitigating circumstances. Several attacking recruits are still adjusting to De Zerbi's demands, while injuries have also deprived him of important players including Tonali and Dejan Kulusevski.

But patience will only stretch so far.

Tottenham have invested heavily to ensure consecutive 17th-place finishes become a distant memory. Nobody should expect ten new players to gel immediately, but after £332m of investment, two points and zero goals from four Premier League matches represents a disastrous start.

The question is no longer whether Spurs have improved their squad on paper. It is how quickly De Zerbi can turn that investment into a functioning team on the pitch.

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