Transfer deadline day has come and gone and, at midnight 31st August, we knew which football prize player was traded off to which lucky team. Now the European teams have set out their stalls and sealed their deals for the new season. Lucrative player-signings have just turned up the heat for the new season.
Deal or no deal?
Fee negotiations are done and dusted, medicals have been passed and failed to check that these Euro millions-worth hunk of football players come with a good warranty. Squads have squeezed that summer transfer window for all it was worth, aware of what difference a single signing can make.
Summer break
The start of this new season ushers in a new energy with great expectations and good intentions. New Season resolutions are still applicalbe two weeks into the season, when the transfer deals are brokered and announced. The window gives them a chance to put their own houses in order.
This year's movers and shakers were mainly on the English team fronts: This was the summer of the PL spending spree. Bayern Munich also cooked up some interesting deals.
As for the Spaniards, there was little buzz on either camp with Real Madrid and Barcelona less speculative than usual (bar the odd intersting deal). They sold more stars than they acquired.
For some players now on a different side of the fence, the pressure has really been ramped up to deliver on lucrative investments.
Share your thoughts on Transfer Day - any disappointments or surprises?
