Players in: Jamie Redknapp (Liverpool, free); Milenko Acimovic (FK Crvena Zvezda, free); Rohan Ricketts (Arsenal, free); Jonathan Blondel (Excelsior Mouscron, undisclosed).

Players out: Yannick Kamann (Strasbourg, free); Chris Armstrong (released).

Last season: Ninth

This season's odds: 125-1

Player to watch: Jamie Redknapp

Our verdict - 11th
Glenn Hoddle's signings last season were shrewd but ageing. Another year older, the likes of Teddy Sheringham, Gus Poyet and now Jamie Redknapp are not going to help Spurs progress beyond last season's mid-table plod, however many superstars they are linked with.