For Leeds fans, the transfer window was something that happened to other clubs.
They were like kids with their faces pressed up against the sweetie shop window as their pals all left smiling, clutching their goodies.
Signing 18-year-old Spanish striker Mateo Joseph for Mark Jackson’s Under-23s does not begin to compare to Newcastle’s splurge, Everton’s deadline day captures of Dele Alli and Donny van de Beek or even Burnley signing Wout Weghorst.