Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes there is uncertainty in his squad at the moment.
Spurs are suffering since the start of the season, unable to show the kind of form that got them to the Champions League final last term.
And Pochettino believes that it has to do with the transfer speculation that surrounded so many of his key players this summer.
He said to reporters after their Carabao Cup loss to Colchester United: "I think we talked a lot in pre-season. We have experience in football and it's so important the feelings were how I explained in pre-season but now it's not about what I said in pre-season. it's about that we knew or I knew it would be a tough situation.
"When you have an unsettled squad always it's difficult and you lose time and then you need time to recover the time you lose. That's where we are.
"Maybe our performances are good but you need this extra, which is mental, connection, it's energy to be all together, not to have different agendas in the squad. We need time again to build that togetherness that you need when you are competing at this level."
