It is finally here. The domestic summer transfer window is finally open, although you are forgiven for thinking it is already over because most of the headline players expected to keep the content mill grinding sorted their futures weeks ago.
Instead this is destined to be a long summer of predictability, enforcing an altering landscape that may not necessarily be for the greater good of the game.
On the surface, that an increasing number of deals are being agreed months in advance points to an impressive level of advanced planning from the elite clubs. But peel away the outer layers and there are a couple of conspicuous trends that suggests power is shifting inexorably towards the players and, in other aspects, Premier League clubs.
