Man United remain a long way from being back, but ignore all the other nonsense it does look on paper like a very decent transfer window. Same for West Ham.
Manchester United remain a long way from being back, but if you ignore all the other nonsense it does look on paper like a very decent transfer window for them. And also West Ham.
But the outgoings are just as important. Perhaps more so. There’s a true sense of one era ending and another beginning. Mason Greenwood is no longer their problem while in other cases, expensive mistakes have been accepted and corrected as best they can. There is improvement all over the pitch, to the extent that James Ward-Prowse – who seemed so integral during his first season – is now surplus to requirements and loaned out to Nottingham Forest’s giant player farm.
The move away from Moyesball couldn’t have been more decisive and even if it does all go a bit West Ham and their dreams fade and die then they still deserve credit for at least daring to dream. We’re also childishly pleased that by adding Arsenal to a CV that already includes Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea, Sterling has completed the Full Anelka.And while we’re mainly just happy for Sterling here as he joins a title challenge under a manager he knows well, let’s not forget what an opportunistic bit of brilliance this might be for Arsenal.
And he is just one last bonus part really of a window built around evolution rather than revolution. There may be no equivalent of the transformative Declan Rice deal, but Arsenal have strengthened their defensive options on the left through Riccardo Calafiori, which felt very necessary, as well as landing a clear top target in Mikel Merino.
Ben Davies remains a redoubtable figure, but he does appear to be once again first reserve for both Destiny Udogie and Micky van de Ven, a pair of players with wildly different skillsets to his own. The cornerstone of Spurs’ summer was always going to be identifying and securing a striker, and they got the one they wanted. We all now must wait and see whether Dominic Solanke is the right choice.
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