Thank heavens the Premier League clubs went to all the trouble of cutting the transfer window short next summer. Now we will never have disruption once the season has started — unless next January is like this one, of course.
Then it will be the Wild West again, as it has been for the last three weeks. As of close of office hours on Monday there had been 60 transfer deals conducted by Premier League clubs alone this January, involving every participant, bar Swansea.
Most were small scale demotions to lower leagues, or loans, but Southampton have lost their best defender, Liverpool their best midfield player, Arsenal their best striker, Everton a rising star.