You have to go back to September 1 for the last time Everton signed a player (sorry Eldin Jakupovic, but we're not counting you).
Since the deals for James Garner and the returning Idrissa Gana Gueye were announced, Blues fans have had to watch on as their Premier League rivals bolstered their squads.
But while finances are clearly tight at Goodison Park, now more than ever Everton are going to have to strengthen their ranks after a season in which they escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth and after a summer in which they lost six first-team players (Asmir Begovic, Tom Davies, Yerry Mina, Andros Townsend, Niels Nkounkou, Ellis Simms) plus some of the top young talents from the club's academy (Ishe Samuels-Smith, Isaac Price).