£1.4bn spent is a record but the nature of biggest signings, such as Álvaro Morata and Alexandre Lacazette, tells you all you need to know
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. In which case, as the Premier League unbuckles its belt and lets loose a great shivering belch of satisfaction at the excesses of the transfer window just past, we can presumably expect a state of contemplative calm to settle as the process of digestion begins.
A total of £1.4bn spent, more than 200 player moves and countless disruptive hours in negotiation are surely enough to satisfy even the most voracious league in the world that enough is for now enough, although on the other hand perhaps not. As TV rights deals diversify this is unlikely to be a one-off. Clear the dishes. Take a breath. Revive the kitchen staff. In reality we are just getting started with all this.
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