You’ve got to hand it to the screenwriters this season. Or at least the Premier League scheduling team. Having Manchester United play Thursday, Sept. 1—transfer deadline day—looks like a stroke of genius for any supporter or neutral who enjoys the thrill and drama of the window going down to the wire.
Perhaps no club is in the transfer spotlight quite like the Red Devils, who have stabilized after a pair of season-opening losses but remain front and center when it comes to the remaining business that will be sorted before the window shuts until the winter.
So far, Man United has signed Antony, Casemiro, Lisandro Martínez, Christian Eriksen and Tyrell Malacia, but that incoming class could grow even more. It’s a potential outgoing sale, however, that has the attention in the window’s final days with Cristiano Ronaldo’s future potentially swirling, provided a realistic suitor comes along to pry “Mr. Champions League” from the ignominy of featuring on Thursday nights in the Europa League.
