Like others have pointed out, quality players have luxury of waiting to the last minute for the best offer.
I loathe the transfer window, be a lot easier if the window opened at the end of the season and shut before the first game of the season.
Loans could take place throughout the season...
Kit Napier? That takes me back, I remember as a kid sitting in front of the advertising boarding (in the day when that was allowed if the steward was in a good mood) Kit rattled the post so hard with a 30 yard thunderbolt I thought the post would break!
Never in all these years since have I seen...