The second transfer period of the COVID-19 pandemic has officially come and gone, with the window slamming shut across most of Europe on Monday night.
As it did during the longer summer market, the ongoing health crisis again has had a significant impact on the proceedings, with many clubs’ finances in such a state that they are either unwilling or unable to splurge on the sort of expensive, high-profile talent we’ve seen change addresses in the past.
Yet that’s not to say that there were no moves worth talking about. Quite the opposite, in fact.