Club football is gone for the summer, and the focus is now solely on the transfer window.
The basic recipe for a transfer story is to take literally any player in the world and link them to either Real Madrid or Manchester United, but (believe it or not) other teams occasionally involve themselves in the transfer market too.
Here are nine stories for you to keep an eye on.
Cast your mind back to 2014. A young Rolando Aarons looked destined for the top after shining for Newcastle United in pre-season and the early weeks of the 2014/15 Premier League season.