Transfer Deadline day Should be July 31st

Another transfer deadline day is upon us with managers, players and agents dashing around trying to sew up last minute deals, and while it’s all jolly exciting, to me it would make more sense to move it back a month to July 31^st.

That way clubs can have their squads assembled before the start of the season, and still have a few weeks to gel the new arrivals with the established names, and it would also avoid the stupid situation in which players complete a pre-season and a play a game or two with one club before signing for another.

This is a small change but I think it would benefit everyone and improve the quality of the first few games which are generally tight and tetchy as everyone tries to accommodate new signings and tactics.