Tottenham Hotspur have been left frustrated in their attempts to bolster Nuno Santo's playing squad before tonight's transfer deadline...

What's the word?

That's according to football.london reporter Alasdair Gold, who delivered an update on Spurs' plans ahead of the final day of the transfer window on Monday.

He wrote:

"Coming in the door has been the big new defender signing in Romero, a potential Hugo Lloris successor in Pierluigi Gollini, one of Spain's brightest young prospects in Bryan Gil and one of Ligue 1's top young talents in Pape Matar Sarr, who has been loaned back to Metz to continue his rapid development.

"However, more needs to be done and the problem for Tottenham is that many of their moves in recent days have hit dead ends or are dependent on players leaving.

"Paratici has had a busy weekend, having spent time in Barcelona trying to find some bargains to be had amid the Catalan giant's financial chaos before flying back for the match against Watford."

Fans won't be happy

Indeed, the north London outfit have struggled to get a couple of deals over the line in recent weeks, namely the potential signing of Barcelona wonderkid Ilaix Moriba and Danny Ings, who The Telegraph claimed was Nuno's top target to partner Harry Kane.

On the other hand, new sporting director Fabio Paratici has completed some decent bits of business, ranging from a new marquee centre-back in Cristian Romero from Atalanta and rising Spanish prodigy Bryan Gil, but it appears that this isn't enough for the Lilywhites' faithful.

As relayed by This is Futbol, many were far from happy with this latest update from Gold.

Some suggested that the Italian supremo was a "fraud" and that it was time to show he was "worth the hype", whilst others believe this is the exact reason why Kane wanted to move to Manchester City, as well as others throwing the blame at chairman Daniel Levy, a notoriously tough negotiator.

Whether Spurs can bring in at least one more name remains to be seen, with reports suggesting that right-back Emerson Royal could join from Barcelona, though it may depend on whether or not Serge Aurier can be moved on, otherwise Nuno will have as many as four options in the role.

Just as Gold says, a lot of their negotiations have come to dead ends in recent days and very much depend on whether or not Paratici can move on more players from the previous eras.

Only time will tell as the deadline approaches, but on the above evidence, there aren't many pleased in north London right now.

AND in other news, Paratici could find Spurs their next Dembele in late swoop for £40m "wonderful talent"...