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Is the annual summer transfer window really such a good idea?

Is the annual summer transfer window really such a good idea?

The annual summer transfer window has always provided the wider footballing community with its fair share of excitement, drama and of course, the inevitable heart-break. It’s a time where no one quite knows what’s going to happen, and it’s just that level of unpredictability that makes the whole event so captivating.

 

However, whilst the summer transfer window isn’t quite as controversial as its winter counter-part in January, the between-season break is nevertheless surrounded by its own set of testing question marks and overall suspicion as to why the entire system is set out in such a way in the first place.

 

With the ever rising level of expenditure reaching ridiculous, yet slightly worrying, amounts with every passing year, it’s becoming increasingly harder to defend the vast sums of cash within football in the modern era – and the summer transfer window itself certainly has a role to play in that.

 

So then, despite the obvious soap-opera like excitement that follows on from the extended summer transfer period in its entirety – should a new system of transfer dealing quickly be introduced within the world of football before the situation gets out of hand, or is the current set-up simply good enough as it is?

 

Before this discussion can truly get underway though, it remains important to recognise the current direction in which the sport is actually heading, and why certain industries out there would be financially limited if the summer transfer window were to suddenly up and disappear.

 

It therefore remains unlikely that clubs from around the world will ever experience a freer way of doing business in the modern era, for that particular attitude just doesn’t fit with the model that currently surrounds the world of football and the ever questionable sums of cash that get pumped into the sport with every passing season.  

 

Although media related companies such as Sky Sports, BT Sport and all the major newspapers and online news outlets would significantly have their processes altered by any major change in the current transfer set up – perhaps it would ultimately be better to do away with the summer and winter transfer windows, and just let clubs do their own business when it suits them.

 

The concept of limiting the period of time in which legal transfer activity can be carried out only serves to place boundaries upon the buying and selling of players in today’s game – which in turn – subsequently raises transfer fees across the board thanks to the largely panicked nature found within last few weeks of the window.

 

When the final few days of the summer transfer window begin to approach, several teams from far and wide pay way over the odds for certain stars out there – who inevitably fall dramatically short of their initial requirements, thanks to the inflated price tags placed on their heads. The winners in such a situation are those who already have massive strength in depth and can therefore charge more for their players because of the nature of deadlines and last minute dealing. 

 

In other words, the annual summer transfer window arguably benefits the richer and better financed teams a great deal more, such as the Chelsea’s and Manchester City’s of the modern era, and leaves the less wealthier sides out there clutching for straws when the going gets tough at the end of the window.

 

The competition for emerging players is far too vast when certain sides in the Premier League are allowed to stock-pile some the best European talent out there, just because they can. Whilst it may prove exciting for those within Sky Sports News when Chelsea sign yet another star who will inevitably never get much game time at Stamford Bridge, the rest of the footballing community in general often suffer in the long-term.

 

So then, whilst the summer transfer window initially seems like a promising and exciting period in the footballing calendar on the surface, in reality it only really serves to restrict traditionally financed clubs from doing their own business throughout the year, and somewhat inadvertently benefits the wealthier sides without giving much thought to the consequences.

 

The footballing world would therefore be better off scrapping the summer and winter transfer windows, whether or not such news will initially fall upon death ears at this current stage.  

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