Early season acts are ruined by the transfer window's backstage din | David Lacey

Time constraints of the transfer window only serve to inflate rates, confusing fans and to hinder the work in the field

Try to imagine a situation in which a play opens, for example, Drury Lane, a member of its distribution, being tempted by offers to join a rival in the production Old Vic The show continues as eager to meet alternate on the wings and backstage staff will mind. In the long run seems unlikely.

a ridiculous idea, of course. In the real world this would not happen. However, in the parallel universe inhabited by football, where anything is possible if the strains and some cash, has become a common occurrence in August, when the new season is immediately transfixed by the impending transfer deadline.

So Arsenal are close to return to Champions League qualification against Udinese hard, knowing that if they are to reach the group stage, you should really play Samir Nasri in midfield, especially now that Cesc Fabregas has last been to Barcelona. Certainly the obvious, but if you play Nasri will be linked Cup Champions League this season, in which case its £ 24 million move to Manchester City is in danger.

If Arsenal is eliminated, also, also giving up a similar amount through missing in Europe. Therefore, better than Nasri does not seem so at least the city has not lost interest.

For Nasri has completed his move to the San Arsenal were now in action in Italy and was to inform the media that he was eager to play in a stadium with a more passionate the Emirates. Double your salary was, of course, that the accessory.

• Then there's Luka Modric, director of the creative influence of Tottenham Hotspur, who for some time has been courted by Chelsea with dedication and competence of the man in the TV commercial who risks his life to provide his wife with a source of milk chocolate fattening. Modric was reported to be ruled Monday last visit to Manchester United. It is also hampered by a tight hamstring that may or may not have reached a point of maturity of next week.

No manager should have to spend two weeks of the opening of a new campaign without knowing what your team will be at the end. It is obvious that there must be a time of completion of the transfer activity of the season, if not the richest clubs just go shopping every time someone has suffered a groin pull. However, the time August makes it more difficult for teams to an agreement.

Steve Coppell

criticism seems particularly appropriate at this time. "I do not see the logic in a transfer window," he said. "He brings a fire sale mentality, causes unrest in the media and means clubs buy too many players. The old system, where if there was a problem that you might consider shopping for a loan or short term, it was much better than the system we have right now. "Loans are possible, but that's the point.

The transfer window in August and January were introduced for the 2002-03 season after negotiations with the European Commission. Coppell felt that it encouraged "transfer activity defamatory." Defamatory activity? In football? And then what?

In England, under the old rules, streaming through the third Thursday of March, bringing the wine bar to avoid panic buying as the culmination of the season approach. With a period of days with few exceptions ignored by most clubs are content to wait until the summer before activity resumed.
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