And you thought there was time to rest. Four days after the longest of club seasons drew to a close with Manchester City ’s maiden Champions League, the summer transfer window is opening.
In the era where new players are celebrated like trophies it is time to get excited about a young winger you hadn’t heard of yesterday and question why your club is yet to have a deal lined up to fix the past campaign’s problem area.
Expect the next dozen weeks to be more frenzied than ever. Rumours will spread from nothing and, as West Ham manager David Moyes said recently, trees will be sacrificed because the list of inaccurate links is going to be so long.
