SHUT IT<\/p>\n
Release clauses. War chests. Amortisation. Transfer requests. Surplus to requirements. Online meltdowns. Agents. Gazumping. Buy-back clauses. Options. Add-ons. Personal terms. Soft approaches. Grifters. Clickbait. Lowball bids. In The Knows. Serious bids. Super agents. Hijacked bids. Agreements in principle. Medicals. Undisclosed fees. Part exchanges. Deal sheets. Here we gos! Done deals. Some busker strumming a guitar in the Sky Sports News studio while reminiscing about Deadline Days passim through the medium of song. No really, some busker strumming a guitar in the Sky Sports News studio while etc, and so on. After a near relentless onslaught of media buzzwords, hype and assorted reputable (and thoroughly disreputable) transfer insiders announcing they \u201cunderstand\u201d things, the summer transfer window is finally shut<\/a>. But what\u2019s that Football Daily can see pressed up against the glass? The out-of-joint nose of an apoplectic David Moyes.<\/p>\n While the likes of Liverpool, Aston Villa, Coventry, Crystal Palace, Fulham and Manchester United were all flagged up as clubs who endured the worst summer transfer window by assorted experts in one of many deadline day post-mortems perused by Football Daily, we\u2019re going to respectfully suggest their opinions were solicited and prepared for publication before news broke on Tuesday night that Folarin Balogun had decided Everton would not be such A Grand Old Team To Play For and absconded from Finch Farm leaving a trail of dust. The USA USA USA striker\u2019s late change of heart when a deal for his transfer from Monaco to Merseyside had been all but signed, sealed and delivered is reported to have left Everton insiders \u201cshocked\u201d, \u201cdisappointed\u201d and with just one out-and-out striker in the form of the endearingly hapless Thierno Barry to see them through until the new year. Indeed, such was the club recruitment department\u2019s determination to get the Balogun deal over the line, nobody appears to have noticed they only have 18 outfield players, not one of whom looks particularly at home at full-back. While the obvious gag involves a late intervention from the White House, whether or not a certain free agent named S\u00e9amus Coleman can be tempted out of his recent retirement remains to be seen.<\/p>\n While Manchester City\u2019s deadline day acquisitions of Iliman Ndiaye and Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez sent Premier League spending during the summer window up towards a record \u00a33.5bn mark, no last-gasp deal illustrated the sheer obscenity of this unseemly meat-market more than the tug-of-war between Sunderland and Crystal Palace to secure the services of Malick Fofana from Lyon. A young Belgium winger most fans of both clubs probably couldn\u2019t have picked out of a police lineup before Tuesday, Fofana was ferried to a French airport where different private jets from both clubs had been dispatched to fly him to London or Wearside, depending on his mood. Cue: the arrival of a third plane containing Sunderland\u2019s billionaire owner, who eventually persuaded him to board the one festooned with red and white stripes. \u201cThe club plays an integral role in economic and environmental change, helping to protect our great city from the effects of climate change,\u201d brags a message that can currently be found on the Sunderland website, albeit in a position of far less prominence than the announcement of their newest recruit. And so until January, when the all the planes refuel and the madness inevitably restarts.<\/p>\n \u200aRECOMMENDED FOLLOWING<\/p>\n Now on BlueSpace<\/a>, TikBook<\/a>, Instachat<\/a>, all the lesser disgraces.\u200a<\/p>\n QUOTE OF THE DAY<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s going to be difficult for me to stay with the national team. Because of the suspension as well, because of Leo\u2019s decision \u2026 It\u2019s \u200cgoing to be difficult for everything to carry on as before\u201d \u2013 Leandro Paredes says he may retire from international duty with Argentina after Lionel Messi\u2019s decision to do likewise and his 10-match ban for going berserk after the Geopolitics World Cup final.<\/p>\n Leandro Paredes starts to ponder his international future. Photograph: Charly Triballeau\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n double quotation markIf you\u2019d told me back in the golden era of Serie A in the 1990s that it would eventually become a dumping ground for underperforming (or past their best in the case of John Stones) Premier League players, judging by Tuesday\u2019s front page of La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a>, then I wouldn\u2019t have believed you. And if you\u2019d told me in January that Donyell Malen, who scored seven goals in 35 Premier League games for Aston Villa before going on loan to Roma, would already be on 19 goals in 20 Serie A games, I definitely wouldn\u2019t have believed you\u201d \u2013 Noble Francis.<\/p>\n double quotation markLooks like Argentina have lined up James Maddison to replace Lionel Messi. That is if a street artist in Mumbai (yesterday\u2019s Quote of the Day) can be believed\u201d \u2013 Vaughan Wilkinson.<\/p>\n Not a bad shout. Photograph: Ashish Vaishnav\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n double quotation markSo Folarin Balogun\u2019s transfer to Everton collapsed at the last moment. Surely a call to Donald Trump would have solved the issue\u201d \u2013 Nigel Sanders (and a few others).<\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m a bit disappointed in reader Justin Kavanagh announcing his international football retirement too (yesterday\u2019s Football Daily letters<\/a>). Why give up so abruptly? With the expansion of the Nations League World Cup Conmebol-CAF thingees, it\u2019s easier than ever to get called up. Surely Mr Kavanagh has a relative from Mauritius, one who lives in the Galapagos, or at least a strong liking of Laotian food. Yeah, there are ways to make this work\u201d \u2013 Mike Wilner.<\/p>\n If you have any, please send letters to the.boss@theguardian.com<\/a>. Today\u2019s prizeless letter o\u2019 the day goes to \u2026 Vaughan Wilkinson. Terms and conditions for our competitions, when we run them, are here<\/a>.\u200a\u200a<\/p>\n FANNE UNO<\/p>\n It has been a tough start to the season for Cremonese. After relegation from Serie A last season, this campaign kicked off with a Coppa Italia win over Sampdoria followed by back-to-back Serie B defeats. So a return to cup action on Tuesday evening brought a bit of relief, with Marco Giampaolo\u2019s side travelling to top-flight Parma and coming away with a 2-0 victory. \u201cA positive result boosts your morale!\u201d cheered defender Alberto Grassi. \u201cI have a clear idea of \u200b\u200bwhat we have to do, and I have great confidence in the squad,\u201d whooped Giampaolo post-match. \u201cCremonese announces that it has relieved Mr Marco Giampaolo of his duties as coach of the first team,\u201d sighed the club in a statement on Wednesday morning. A harsh move perhaps but not quite as harsh as these<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cremonese\u2019s head coach Marco Giampaolo watches his team shock Parma in the Coppa Italia on Tuesday. Photograph: Massimo Paolone\/LaPresse\/ShutterstockRECOMMENDED BUYING<\/p>\n Football Weekly Live events have begun. If you want to see Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning and other top, top pod squad members in the flesh, you can do so in that there London on 9 September<\/a>.\u200a<\/p>\n NEWS, BITS AND BOBS<\/p>\n Sunderland and Crystal Palace both had jets on the runway at Lyon airport on Tuesday evening, hoping a better in-flight movie selection and a complimentary bag of nuts would be enough to sway Malick Fofana in their direction. In the end the winger chose the Black Cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n Everton have been left with a serious shortage of attacking options after a \u00a340m deal for Folarin Balogun collapsed at the last minute<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mykhailo Mudryk described Roberto De Zerbi as \u201cmy football father\u201d<\/a> after joining the Italian\u2019s Spurs team on loan from Chelsea.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s not time to make a change, just relax and take it easy \u2026\u2019 Photograph: Michael Zemanek\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n It what once upon a time would\u2019ve been the biggest deals of the day<\/a>, Aston Villa spent \u00a347m on PSG winger Ibrahim Mbaye and Newcastle paid \u00a351m for Belgium forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo.<\/p>\n West Ham sealed their first Championship win of the season with a 4-2 thumping of Wolves<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve been much more effective in our attacking actions!\u201d cheered Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo.<\/p>\n And Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke is to buy MLB\u2019s Los Angeles Angels for a reported $4bn<\/a>.<\/p>\n STILL WANT MORE?<\/p>\n The deals are done, the verdicts are in: how every Premier League club fared in the transfer window<\/a>.<\/p>\n Football connects communities but can pull them apart if governed carelessly, writes Cath Bishop<\/a>.<\/p>\n Which footballer has had the most trophy-laden club career? The Knowledge has the answer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The alphabetical skewing of top-flight football in England this season means Manchester United are No 12 out of 14<\/a> in our Women\u2019s Super League 2026-27 previews.<\/p>\n Goalkeeper Janina Leitzig is among Manchester United\u2019s summer arrivals. Photograph: Poppy Townson\/MUFC\/Manchester United\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Marcela Mora y Araujo on the Argentinian reaction<\/a> to Lionel Messi\u2019s international retirement, and Jeff Rueter on his impact on the pitch<\/a> in the last decade.<\/p>\n You want rumours about Jamie Vardy going to play in Brazil<\/a>? Here you go, then.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Super League 2 predictions: can Newcastle reach promotion and will Watford stay up? Tom Garry marks your card<\/a>.<\/p>\n And our WSL season previews<\/a> continue apace, with Manchester City<\/a> the latest off the production line.\u200a\u200a<\/p>\n MEMORY LANE<\/p>\n 6 September 2002: an extremely fresh-faced 15-year-old Kasper Schmeichel poses with a Manchester City shirt after signing a pre-agreed initial professional contract with the club. His father, Peter, was still on the books at City at the time, retiring a year later.<\/p>\n Photograph: PA Photos\/PAGONE FISHIN\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHUT IT Release clauses. War chests. Amortisation. Transfer requests. Surplus to requirements. Online meltdowns. Agents. Gazumping. 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