Ask any fan of the Indian Super League franchise, NorthEast United, about the club's transfer strategy, the answer would, in all probability, be one that explains the confusion and inactivity surrounding it. NorthEast's foreign transfer policy has been a mystery at best, with no international player yet been announced for the 2017-18 ISL.According to FIFA, India's summer transfer window closes tomorrow, the 31st of August. That means no Indian club can deal with any football club for the transfer of a player until the January 2018 window opens. However, players who are unattached to any club, or free agents, can move regardless of the time of the year, and ISL clubs usually sign foreign players who are free agents, as the transfer activity this summer and previous years has shown.That said, out of the 47 foreign players that have joined various ISL clubs over the course of this summer, none has been signed by NorthEast. There is a flurry of activity going on behind the scenes at the club as I pen this, but that has been the case all throughout the summer. The reason to worry is that the club have failed to bring in a single player so far, or so it seems.Brazilian playmaker Marcinho has been listed as a NorthEast United player on the reliable transfermarkt.com, but that aside, there has been no hint of an overseas player joining the club. The noises were there long before Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov signed for ATK and Kerala Blasters respectively, something that has been strangely missing from NorthEast's transfer activity so far.#HeadCoach, Joao has touched down in Guwahati and his first stop was our lovely home stadium. ?#NEUFC #8States1United #Highlanders pic.twitter.com/HqqfFS0HGR— NorthEast United FC (@NEUtdFC) August 22, 2017So much so, that the club's fans have been questioning it for quite a while now. New head coach Joao de Deus only landed in Guwahati a week ago and going by the look of things, it is looking increasingly certain that the Highlanders will endure another disappointing ISL campaign in 2017-18, given that not even one foreigner has been roped in and time is at a premium to help the players from abroad settle into their new confines of northeast India.That perhaps explains the frustrations of the club's faithful, who haven't been shy about expressing it. Here are a few social media reactions that highlight the state of the club's fans. I don't understand this club anymore .. was a very big well wisher of this club till last year .. it has become boring one @IndSuperLeague— Ruthwik (@iamruthwik) August 29, 2017By looking at the present scenario It is more like sign of nothing to come.— Vikas Baruah (@Baruah182Gm) August 29, 2017With no decent foreign/ local signing it will ghanta come— Hiren Deka (@iam_hirenDeka) August 29, 2017@NEUtdFC make some good signing please please— Ripunjoy Sharma (@RipunjoySharma9) August 27, 2017Pls do tell all the forgien Signings.— Aman Nagra (@AmanNagra18) August 23, 2017Hope our foreign signings drop in soon too. #signsomeplayers— Dipankar (@dipkuli) August 12, 2017Announce someone .. ........— it's Sunil (@choudhary_Boy21) August 12, 2017Any news about signing foreign player? Buri tarah haaroge is baar...— Reagan Moirangthem (@eigyatom) August 10, 2017: Great.But what any new Foreign signings for new season ? No announcements yet. Are u people even working on it ?— Dipjyoti Mech (@DjM_Roja) August 5, 2017All of that said, the Highlanders faithful must not lose their patience just yet. The club's head of recruitment, Siddhant Makkar, has reassured them about the club's health which means the next few weeks leading up to the ISL kick-off on 17th November should bring about more excitement to one of the biggest ISL fan bases around. November 17, 2017 we will have a squad ready to kick ass on day 1.— Siddhant Makkar (@Siddhant_Makkar) August 5, 2017