Football
Three weeks left, and the window is the whole story
The transfer market now runs longer than the pre-season it was designed to serve. Squads are built in the last fortnight.
Topic
Football
The transfer market, the calendar and the players in it.
Football
The post-tournament hangover clubs finally planned for
A congested summer used to cost a season. Sports science departments spent four years making sure it costs six weeks.
Football
Goalkeeper contracts are the new free-agent market
The position that clubs used to fill last is now the one they plan first, because expiry dates cluster.
Performance
Load management arrives in club football
The NBA argument, with different accents. Nobody has solved what to tell the fan who bought a ticket.
Fitness
Run clubs are the social network people actually show up to
Free, weekly, and full of people who are not there for the running.
Opinion
The transfer window is a labour market wearing a scarf
We would not accept these contract terms in any other industry, and we would be right not to.