Now the white noise of the `non-football´ season has finished the Premier League needs Jürgen Klopp´s side to make the next eight months feel less predictableWell, at least that´s all over. Anyone who loves football will of course hate the transfer window, which rather than simply `slamming shut` should instead be abolished permanently along with agents, loan deals, signing-on fees, release clauses, theatrically over-excited men behind lighted desks, people who celebrate transfers as though witnessing some profound human achievement, medicals with hair-gelled men lying on tables doing the thumbs-up with wires clamped to their nipples, want-away aces, stay-away aces, open letters to the fans, car parks, children in car parks, children, cars, one-year deals, three-year deals, running down contracts, entourages, managers, chairmen, players, television, money and people. Related: Daniel Sturridge can lead the way for Premier League´s forgotten men | Paul Doyle Continue reading...
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