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Tottenham Hotspur yet again refused to make a single signing in the January transfer window.
Spurs went through the month without adding a player, having also opted against adding personnel in the summer, with mooted interest in Michy Batshuayi, per Sky, proving fruitless.
On the chalkboard
His wage demands - worth £170,000-per-week - proved prohibitive for both clubs, despite his desire to join Mauricio Pochettino's squad. Chelsea were also far less willing to send the striker to a major rival, unsurprisingly.
Instead, he has moved to Crystal Palace, his third loan move in as many years.
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He has spent time with Valencia and Borussia Dortmund in recent seasons, despite joining the Blues with major billing in 2016 after some impressive displays at the European Championships that summer.
The BBC report that the deal was worth £33million, with the striker going on to score just 19 goals for the club in 53 appearances, per Transfermarkt.
His spell at Valencia - three goals in 23 appearances - hinted at stalled development, though he did score nine goals in 14 outings at Dortmund.
Just not good enough
At the end of the day, the deal just didn't make sense for Spurs.
They have Fernando Llorente as a perfectly serviceable deputy to Harry Kane and it seems as though Mauricio Pochettino eventually opted against any deals.
The Spurs boss said on Friday, per BBC (13:43): "Yesterday there were reports and rumours. The media got more info than us.
"I cannot talk about that rumour but we were open to adding quality to help us achieve but we couldn't add that quality. I was open to it."
Batshuayi has yet to prove his worth in the Premier League and if Spurs are in the market for short-term reinforcements, they need players with genuine top-flight pedigree.
Batshuayi, quite simply, does not have that, and although chairman Daniel Levy has taken plenty of stick for the lack of signings, this was undoubtedly the correct decision.