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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

Watching actual football instead of immersing ourselves in transfer sagas

Arsenal pair Reiss Nelson and Eddie Nketiah.
Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson and Eddie Nketiah. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

NEW PRIORITIES

It’s been a dark 48 hours for Football Daily. The sweats, the shakes, the extravagant retching in the Waitrose deli aisle. We’re like this every February, as we come down from our last hit of Done Deal, the increasingly popular drug that turns adults into morons. The January transfer window has become a fundamental part of English football since it was introduced in 2003. We appreciate what the FA is trying to do, we really do, but we just need one more transfer saga, like. WE NEED ONE MORE UNCONFIRMED AIRPORT SIGHTING.

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