It was the summer window of Monopoly spending, in which the value of paper currency was reduced to dust with each crazy passing day, and the extraordinary financial decisions kept coming to the very end.
Arsenal refused Manchester City's £60million bid for a player who will be free to negotiate the terms of a free transfer four months from now and who does not even want to be at the club.
Fulham threatened to smash a Championship transfer record which has already fallen twice this summer by offering Newcastle £18m for a striker.
Borussia Dortmund laid out £8m for 17-year-old Londoner Jadon Sancho — and made him their No 7.