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The impact of COVID-19 means football's business model is about to change.
Big transfer fees and long contracts are set to be replaced by swaps, free-agent agreements and loan deals.
For the first time we will see every major club looking to trade smart, with part-exchange deals expected to become more common than ever before.
It means deals like the one that saw Alexis Sanchez and Henrikh Mkhitaryan swap clubs in 2018 will become run of the mill—and it opens up a whole new world of transfer gossip.
The next transfer window will open as soon as the 2019/20 season is concluded, and here we take an early look at four potential swap deals in the offing.