Football Daily | Why the transfer window is actually a large collection of different windows
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The transfer window isn’t an actual window, of course. In reality, it’s a large collection of different windows, with each club having one of their own, through which they peer longingly, occasionally flinging large quantities of cash money out of them like half-cut sailors on a ship coming into dock, and they’re all in various states of disrepair. For example, Tott
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- #3572
- First seen
- 27 Aug 2026, 16:31 UTC
- Last checked
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- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 27 Aug 2026, 14:50 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Scott Murray
- Section
- Transfer window
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The transfer window isn’t an actual window, of course. In reality, it’s a large collection of different windows, with each club having one of their own, through which they peer longingly, occasionally flinging large quantities of cash money out of them like half-cut sailors on a ship coming into dock, and they’re all in various states of disrepair. For example, Tott
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Football Daily | Why the transfer window is actually a large collection of different windows
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The transfer window isn’t an actual window, of course. In reality, it’s a large collection of different windows, with each club having one of their own, through which they peer longingly, occasionally flinging large quantities of cash money out of them like half-cut sailors on a ship coming into dock, and they’re all in various states of disrepair. For example, Tott
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Evidence layer
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- #3204
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- Public boundary
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