BROKEN, SO WHY MAKE PANIC BUYS?

the window. So I’m sure Spurs will bring in someone, but if you look at the team, if it ain’t broken, why fix it?

“They are in a strong position and don’t need to bring someone in just for the sake of doing it.

“If they sign someone, it’s got to be a player who is going to add to what they have already got.”

And Ferdinand (right) – who had a six-year spell at Spurs after leaving Newcastle and is now Director of Football at QPR – was not particularly impressed with Tottenham’s business last summer.

“Vincent Janssen and Moussa Sissoko came in – you have to ask yourself what impact did they have?” he said. It was the boys who were already there who did it.

“There is a team there and it is hard to improve it. I understand everyone saying they need to bring in another striker alongside Harry Kane, but Heung-min Son scored 20-odd goals last season. “If you look at the rest of the team, they let Kyle Walker go, but that was good business. Kieran Trippier came in at the back end of last season and Walker was struggling to get back in.” While Spurs need silverware, for newly-promoted Newcastle the immediate concern is more basic — survival.

Ferdinand has a place in his heart for both clubs. “I was brought up as a Spurs supporter,” he said. “But I’ve always said that, if they were going to lose to anyone, I wouldn’t mind it being Newcastle.”