With the Gareth Bale saga nearly over, Andre Villas-Boas and Tottenham can turn their complete attentions on matters on the pitch when they entertain a dangerous Swansea side in the English Premier League Sunday.
Swansea are reeling from a 4-1 loss to Manchester United on the opening weekend and will be keen to put things right and pick up their first win of the campaign.
"Tottenham already had a very good squad last season but they have bought some very good quality players, (Roberto) Soldado, Paulinho," Swansea manager Michael Laudrup said. "They will, as far as I read, lose their top player so they may be a different team this season.
"They will have a very, very strong squad but a squad without a superstar. A lot of very good players but without one superstar as you have to admit Gareth Bale last season was an absolute superstar of Tottenham.
"I don't know if they will be better or less but I know they will be a little different because you can have a very good team, but it is always so nice that there is one player you can just give the ball and you know he can do something great.
"When you see Real Madrid play they have very good players, but at certain points they have to turn to Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona has Lionel Messi.
"They are super teams but some of them need to have that player who makes a difference."
Swansea welcome back Jonathan De Guzman, but Nathan Dyer remains a doubt. Spurs will of course be without Bale, while Lewis Holtby also misses out. Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe, though, could feature after missing the Europa League tie against Dinamo Tbilisi.
"We knew when we saw Man United, Tottenham first two games and Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal, first three home games, it would be very difficult," Laudrup added. "But we have to play them all at some stage and we are confident."
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Expected lineups: Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose; Paulinho, Capoue; Lennon, Sigurdsson, Chadli; Soldado.
Swansea: Vorm; Rangel, Flores, Williams, Davies; Britton, Canas; Shelvey, Michu, Routledge; Bony.
Prediction: 2-2
