In September 2008, Manchester City were at the centre of the most astonishing deadline day of all time.
The immediate impact of the Abu Dhabi United Group’s takeover to persuade Alex Ferguson to kidnap Dimitar Berbatov (sort of) and the after-effects have been felt across English and European football ever since.
However, it seems City decided more or less then that they were done providing us with any real deadline day entertainment, and this Monday is likely to be no different.