Why The 2024 Summer Transfer Window Has Been So Boring

[@PieroChighi]

Hey Alfie! An obscure geopolitical video about the absolute mess that the Argentinian first division has been for years (there were more than 30 teams in the league at one point) would be fantastic in your style

[@hoppywern9057]

Sorry not onscure enough. Try again next time maybe with the Azerbaijani pro league

[@ifan_1234]

video about the Welsh prem would also be class

[@PieroChighi]

@@hoppywern9057 true! But theres also Fifa levels of corruption that are tied to… well… the ex vicepresident of FIFA and former Argentinian Football Association. Maybe that will get Alfies interest

[@maciejbala477]

Right, and don't they also have this strange system where teams get relegated due to their combined points total over the last two seasons because otherwise River Plate would've gone down?

[@agustinriestra9594]

​@@maciejbala477 actually it was implemented to stop Boca Juniors from going down. Then it remained and much later it saved River, that still one or two years later went down.

[@mariomezquita3492]

I fully expect a 'What on Earth is Going on With Fabrizio Romano?' video in the coming days XD (Great video, Alfie)

[@JayTechZM]

🤣🤣

[@rahulsrinivas3224]

Why? What am I missing about Fabrizio?

[@mariomezquita3492]

@@rahulsrinivas3224 Hopefully that's what Alfie's upcoming video will reveal XD

[@MRCL-190]

It’s just an over saturation. We know every second of a transfer. (Fabrizo, Ornstein. X) etc. so when a big transfer happens there’s a small buzz around a ‘here we go’ tweet and relief (if it’s your club) but that’s literally it.

[@tr_baap]

7:55 "When we think of Declan Rice joining Chelsea for over a hundred million pounds" LOL XDDD

[@jordnchn7907]

rare alfie editing blunder

[@Fomlefantastic]

@@jordnchn7907 can you blame him? they hoovered up all the other DMs 😅

[@sajit68]

He's predicting the future

[@PC13-d9j]

I honestly thought I was the only one who hear it

[@lazyboyterry]

I thought that one was a joke，hence Rice is not worth 100 million.

[@scpjack7856]

Ok, now we need the full “Romano is a repugnant and amoral ghoul” breakdown. I’m imagining open secrets on a Mr. Beast level.

[@oliverdobson3761]

Yeah I’d love to know what he meant by that

[@leo-mf22]

Same here. I'd be extremely interested in why he feels that way. From what I can tell, most people are fans of Fabrizio and what he does.

[@Mylo.Kingara]

I think it has to go back to how he just leverages clout in football for dubious reasons. For example, he barely talked about Greenwood before #that happened, and in the wake he never wasted an opportunity to document his every move knowing that it'd bring his page attention.

[@Ollie-d7]

The guy who runs this channel throws insults like that about for anyone who doesn’t buy into the woke ideology/cult that he believes in, could be something to do with that

[@Skelig]

@@Ollie-d7 cry, snowflake

[@bababababababa6124]

I respect the work that Fabrizio does, but I think he’s at least partially to blame for loss of excitement with transfers these days.

[@man4437]

I honestly understand this, but at the same time it's almost pointless to even complain about anymore. It's clearly viable and profitable strategy and there's no reason for him to stop when people clearly respond to it. Also it should be said that if he disappeared, someone would just fill that niche. Being the first to a story (and milking it) is always going to make you more known than repeating things everyone knows.

[@siphemanana2551]

@@man4437 plus, his and David Ornstein’s news are trustworthy and reliable compared to other news outlets where we live in a world of fake news. Can you honestly blame people for following them?

[@ReyDonovan-kv4jd]

You respect the non stop repeating of the same story 20x a day? Lol

[@bababababababa6124]

@@ReyDonovan-kv4jdnever said I like what he does, I just respect his work ethic, you can’t deny it

[@theoneandonlybosable]

@@bababababababa6124sure you can

[@Mylo.Kingara]

For those asking about Fabrizio, I think it has to go back to how he just leverages clout in football for dubious reasons. For example, he barely talked about Greenwood before #that happened, and in the wake he never wasted an opportunity to document his every move knowing that it'd bring his page attention. And it's not the only time he's done this.

[@drift3426]

There needs to be more criticism about this in general but media nowadays is about whatever gets interactions sadly and is also helped this way by people buying into it

[@tomlennox5555]

It wasn't shown that Greenwood did anything wrong. People presumed he was guilty, no charges were brought forth, and then people were angry their virtue signaling didn't pan out.

[@andrewkibowen8375]

​@@tomlennox5555 charges were dropped because the witness withdrew. Not because he was found innocent.

[@tomlennox5555]

@@andrewkibowen8375 and?

[@jcxkzhgco3050]

As an Atleti fan this has been the most entertaining window since 19/20 We have finally recovered from post covid financial hit

[@mlvabay5946]

😭😭😭Michael Owen banter was top tier😂😂😂

[@bens4602]

To be honest, I find that the more youth coming through in the Premier League, which was dry of it 10 years ago, is much more exciting than transfers. Endless signings of random foreign players without a thought as to whether they fit in, the over-indulgence in that, got very boring.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Agree, perhaps the best thing about Chelsea overspending and underachieving has been Cole Palmer becoming a star as the best Englishman on the pitch

[@shawklan27]

Agreed

[@theheadbangguy5985]

Well, for me, all the transfer windows are very boring. I usually just wait for it to end and then I look at who each team has signed. I'm not interested in transfer sagas and deals that don't happen

[@freddiemercury2075]

I am always waiting for Freddy Adu's cameo in all of your video - happy to say I have never been disappointed so far.

[@duyanhng8430]

everyone, even Alfie seems to forget how absolutely game changing and out of nowhere Mo Salah was for Liverpool in his debut campaign

[@naufalpahlevi8976]

Yes because you idiots don't watch serie A and how good Mo Salah is in Italy You guys probably think Salah was jobless after Chelsea sacked him and fully surprised when Salah actually one of the game changing caliber player in Serie A

[@collapsiblechair9112]

Alvarez being valued at £82m is the most surprising transfer news during the window...

[@meowwww9275]

Solanke for 65m got me, I have just had a confused look on my face for days now, we live in bizzaro world.

[@glennb6020]

It’s called not needing to sell, vs needing to buy. ‘Fuck it, 90 million to sell’ ‘how about 82’ Oh ok then…

[@DarrenMac-yk2gd]

Not bad for a bench warmer

[@ranchsauce3232]

Cause it’s too high or too low?

[@BeamMeUp0]

@@ranchsauce3232what do you think?

[@GlenCurtis-e6h]

Speak for yourself Alfie, I'm an Ipswich Town fan and we've spent more this Summer than the previous 38 years I have been supporting Town put together. It might be an age thing but I've never been interested in another team's transfers and don't understand why anyone would be.

[@mkhoicute]

What I think is that 24/25 will be a tough season for clubs that qualified for European tournaments because of how many matches they have to play throughout the season (Real Madrid players have to play 72 matches next season with the new UEFA Champions League format). So with that, they will not sell big or important players and as a result, not many big transfers happened this summer’s transfer window. The club that spend a lot of money this summer, surprisingly, is Atletico Madrid with 3 big transfers (Robin Le Normand, Alexander Sorloth and the latest Julian Alvarez) And no one could even reach that amount of money that Los Rojiblancos have spent 😅

[@Kriscur20]

Now I want to know Alfie's beef with Fab😂😂😂

[@Golazo-Videos-22]

“When we think about Declan rice joining Chelsea for 105 million pounds”

[@siddyfisher1765]

"man city winning the quadruple" mistake as well

[@madjack18]

Actually it was 110million 👌

[@TylerAven10]

@@siddyfisher1765 that’s not a mistake, man city did win 4 trophies, just not the 4 you’d associate with “the quadruple”. They won a domestic treble + the community shield.

[@TylerAven10]

29:57 I totally missed this the first time I watched, but that existential “I wonder how many bin days I have left” sent my jaw to the floor

[@sphynxcolt4030]

As a VFB Stuttgart fan, I think this transfer window was as cursed, as blessed alike. I had hoped you might talk about the (Highly debatable) Waldemar Anton transfer, since showing him in the Dortmund kit. Stuttgart lost their captain (CD) who plead loyal to the club until weeks before the transfer, as well as the (unfortunate, but less controversial) transfer of their now best ever striker, Serhou Guirassy, also to Dortmund. Then the struggle with Deniz Undavs Transfer from Brighton & Hove. I get that you talked most about the prem, but the transfers werent as boring (some weird or dissapoing even, yet highly interesting) in the Bundesliga.

[@bzilla-d4i]

Another quick fact, AC Milan has been the fastest growing club in Europe for the past 3 seasons with matchday revenues doubling year over year and actually turned a profit for the past 3 seasons. Also 0 debt on the books, and keeping healthy spending and intelligent scouting a priority. So the exact opposite of clubs like Manchester United and Chelsea.

[@Lawlz4Dayzz]

The Fallout from wild spending is beginning to happen.

[@Chippychips8-2]

Just noticed that. Transfer policy is recovering. Slowly going back to the 2017 days

[@scarecrowsurprise]

Speak for yourself, as a West Ham fan, this is the most exciting window I've seen in a while

[@davidpham_e]

Every year, you have the most exciting window, right?

[@Flubster1]

It’s the innocent hope that kills us. I’m excited but if we finished 15th I won’t be surprised

[@BenBebbington]

Same for Wednesday. Can't remember the last time we had a window so good

[@CanMav]

"less sophisticated"... shows Wayne Rooney... Perfect!

[@mnm5165]

Because every team has ran out of money 😂

[@mohdrassi4550]

very good subject and video. you address it well

[@that70sjunkie]

Feel like this video is a bit premature and the only arguement that really matters are the Euros/Copa America/Olympics delaying things slightly. Appears to be taking off already in the last 24 hours

[@soundscape26]

26:29 - It's always hard to believe Rooney is only 38.

[@BenBebbington]

As a 38year old from Sheffield its amazing seeing Englands all time top scorer, the same age as me, and being able to feel confident I'd have him over 100 yards.

[@g00dbyemisterA]

atletico de madrid: am i a joke to you?

[@MrSuperMichel1997]

Haaland actually was a "wow, he's a game changer" signing at Dortmund, where he got a hattrick on his debut and went 6 in his first 3.

[@t.robinson4774]

7:50 Pep’s to blame- he’s made football boring.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

I think the main issue with soccer since about 2020 is just the workload over-saturating the sport and forcing players to care less, no one wants to play physical or risky because they have multiple off-season tournaments and extra UCL games to look forward to

[@parz6917]

Football finance been in the toilet for years.. with the majority of teams losing cash every year. ( as still allowed under FFP /PSI) Over inflated wages pushed up by players and agents have led us to this point . This has affected the pyramid and lower league. the basic concept of the FFP was to protect clubs from themselves.

[@williamcross210]

Do you accept the first low ball offer your employer puts out, or do you try to get more money?

[@sphong0610]

For top tier teams, the problem is that everyone expects MC to win and no single signing can do much about that gap while 3-4 signings to "strengthen the squad" are not as "exciting" as a single superstar. The most exciting transfer news/rumors were actually about MC getting weaker, Alvarez leaving, KDB to Saudi, etc. instead of the competition getting stronger.

[@marko9463]

Id argue Arsenal are one super star striker from winning the league and I dont support arsenal

[@prysrek8858]

As a Stuttgart fan this transfer window was the most exhilarating ever

[@TheRealAhoy]

Transfers stopped being exciting years ago lol. The exciting thing about transfers was the pure unexpected nature of them. That was what made them so exciting. If a transfer happens in the 21st century, you hear it being touted for so long beforehand that it's inevitable. When transfers happen like they used to, unexpected deals, it's now a rarity because it makes people go "WOW! I didn't see THAT coming!" That was the whole reason transfers became fun, now it's a rare thing that happens because it isn't the norm. We've lost our way...

[@az90utv42]

Love a transfer that comes out of nowhere! They are very rare nowadays with so many journalists and media sources. Neto going to Chelsea felt like it came out of nowhere. Quite refreshing

[@louisjagger2177]

It's that elite football itself is boring now. We're all bored. It's a procession.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Absolutely, I don't blame the players for caring less either, they're being asked to play more games than humanly possible now

[@velocitygaming7037]

sport is boring nowadays

[@ShawnGitahi]

Interesting,can u tell us which competition has been added,infact the epl actually had more teams in the past,the efl,fa cup have always been there so has the ucl,the euros,wc so what's ur point

[@benflint4207]

​@@ShawnGitahiThe competitions have all increased their number of games to increase revenue. I believe there is a HITC video about that very thing.

[@siphemanana2551]

@@ShawnGitahi I believe all UEFA club competitions are going to increase from 32 to 36 teams in which two more games are going to be added. FIFA decided to do their Club World Cup to 32 compared to 7 (which literally no one asked for) And FIFA are increasing their World Cup from 32 to 48 teams. It is one more game added but there will be less time for players to recover from injuries and fatigue and they won’t have time to be fit for preseason. So yeah…if there’s something that I missed you can let me know.

[@ninjalectualx]

It hasn't been boring for Atletico fans 🔴⚪️🔴

[@brentrouthier]

Amén vamos Atlético

[@StillAwesome21]

@@brentrouthier it's Aupa Atleti :)

[@ranchsauce3232]

AUPA ATLÉTI ❤🤍❤🤍

[@galactica604]

same for marseille fans

[@ranchsauce3232]

@@galactica604 not in a good way though lmao

[@samjeal9214]

As a west ham fan, this window has been the most exiting one for a while

[@ActionJonson]

As a VfB Stuttgart Fan this transfer window has been anything but boring

[@tatendamhuriro2735]

If the clubs spend billions we say the game is gone. When they don’t, the transfer window is boring

[@DavidAnthonyH]

30:07 Alfie! You need to expand on that Fabrizio Romano comment, I'm not sure how popular your opinion would be, but it would definitely be interesting to hear

[@johnniea4684]

The best image in the video is Stephen Ireland bravely launching himself out of the way of Geovanni's free kick! ☺

[@ifan_1234]

i think it would be great if you did a video about the welsh football pyramid, not many people know much about it or the situation that its in or its history so it would be brilliant if you could cover it

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

In NZ, as I write this, our summer transfer window just got exciting. Former Wellington Phoenix keeper, Alex Paulsen got signed by Bournemouth but has now been sent on loan to Bournemouth's sister club and newest A-League team, Auckland FC.. I've gotta find my Judas banner from the time I was at White Hart Lane welcoming Sol Judas Campbell. Alex Judas Paulsen.. that sounds great.

[@badjujuforever]

You should do a video on the biggest chain reaction transfer moments. If that's even researchable

[@ifan_1234]

he's done a similar video about the biggest butterfly effects in football

[@jekanyika]

As a Liverpool supporter I don't mind our current transfer activity or lack thereof. If there is a surprise transfer before the end of the window I'll be happy but if not I'm not going to be depressed.

[@mahirulascesni4949]

Not for us Beşiktaş fans Alfie 😂 We signed Rafa Silva, Ciro Immobile, Gabriel Paulista (not Freddie Adu) And the jewel in the crown, Giovanni van Bronckhorst ❤

[@michaelay4900]

Video suggestion Day 6: 7 pairs of footballers that fit the "regen" idea the best

[@ninjalectualx]

Atletico: you're welcome for lubricating the market lol

[@bzilla-d4i]

As a Milan fan, we're in a pretty good space, the signing of Pavlovic, and other potential incoming signings and with Fonseca at the helm we're finally playing some positive attacking football. Star number 2 looks very much within reach. Setting up of the Milan Futuro, our Junior team which competes in Serie C aliong with our youth players splitting time between Milan Futuro and the first team especially after their UEFA Youth League final last season is looking very exciting. Serie A is in fact the only league that keeps up anywhere near the Premier League where it comes to spending, La Liga clubs only spent 540m last season where as 980m was spent over here.

[@naufalanggoro3909]

in my opinion in terms of big moves yes also the top top teams also not pulling up but more so universally competitive environment overall, in my opinion this is one of the most exciting windonws

[@graventhered]

Clearly (mostly, excluding Davies and David) at a much lower level than you're talking about, but as a Canadian it's been fun watching all the moves and rumours for our MNT players after Copa.

[@grayshigami6797]

Kone and Cornelius deservedly got moves to Marseille

[@deborahluck539]

Another great video

[@ShpirtSvensson-rm1gr]

Fofana to milan is a good signing.

[@AzuraeLyonheart]

Its been bare but the money issues have clearly hit home on clubs

[@denyebeks]

Why is De Gea still a free agent👀

[@SilliusSodus]

Most big and even middling teams rely on good goalkeeping distribution. De Gea doesn’t have that skill set in his locker. He is a traditional goalkeeper that keeps the ball out of the net and heavily relying on his reflexes. Towards the end of his Man Utd career he has visibly regressing as a goalkeeper while still maintaining high wage demands. Demands no one wants to meet.

[@kadenyungkwok3653]

As a United fan, its cause we spoiled him with gargantuan wages, and now he won't accept any less, and 99% of other clubs wont pay that much

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

he's demanding too much for what he can give at his age and skill level

[@siphemanana2551]

@@kadenyungkwok3653 I mean…Saudi is still an option 👀

[@kadenyungkwok3653]

​@@siphemanana2551yeah...

[@ossiaigbedo7223]

Literally top flight football has all the mystery taken out of it, all the tragedy is gone. You can more or less guess who’s winning every league, fabrizio Romano has ruined transfers imo, there is no… omg we’ve just signed… coz fabrizio, sky news etc people like Kaveah Soleko ruin it every time.

[@siphemanana2551]

Tbf People want Fabrizio and Ornstein’s news because they’re reliable sources so it’s not _entirely_ their fault that they’re doing their job and as for Kaveh… …yeah that dude is stealing a living😅

[@pascallovic]

The transferwindow is starting to get on track now with Solenke to Spurs (75 million), Alvarez to Atleti (95 million), De Ligt/Mazraoui to Man Utd (70 million), Dani Olmo to Barca(60 million), Pedro Neto to Chelsea (60 million).

[@BALHAM69]

Videos for you to consider - what on earth is going on at inverness Caledonian thistle From third place and winning Scottish cup to Scottish league one You Haven’t had a Scottish team in this series so you might want to. - Clapton CFC A fan owned team and their story You do like a non league video at times for the viewers - the rise of bashundhara kings How they won last six Bangladesh premier League now - last suggestion would be your q and a video 😊

[@me_m2004]

Class love ur content

[@s.i2898]

You make excellent videos

[@philpatch]

07:58 "Declan Rice joining Chelsea" I wish

[@konradlewandowski1796]

As a Juventus fan I’m quite pleased with this transfer window and excited to see how the squad shapes up

[@AngloMango]

Didn’t know rice signed for chelsea

[@tobznoobs]

okay, the difference between romano in football and woj/shams in basketball, is when free agent signings and trades happen, its already official, and consumates immediately, hence a woj/shams bomb. in football fabrizio reports deals are close or player has agreed but it can drag on if the clubs don't have an agreement yet. then repeats it 10x a day. by the time it happens or not there is less excitement left. hell it took 5-6 days before the yoro injury became official through the team and romano, while nba when you wake up, torn acl, done for the season, boom! your surprised

[@benluk02]

The Premiere League transfer window might be underwhelming this season, but for the Bundesliga this transfer window was the most exciting one of the last few years and next season will be pretty exciting, because Leverkusen had been on a trajectory of decline since beating Bayern, while the other german UCL clubs had seen major changes in this transfer window

[@forestgrumpy119]

Could you do a video on the most successful position changes and the best academies?

[@Sebastian-Tickleberry]

West Ham carrying the PL

[@dargoid]

Maybe for you. Us West Ham fans are having a whale of a time now.

[@duyanhng8430]

Julian Alvarez just signed for Atletico, pretty exciting tbh

[@ninjalectualx]

7:13 His full name is Tecno Rodrigo? How many robots do City have

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

PSR has achieved absolutely nothing except making clubs fear taking any risks or doing anything interesting and spending their time and money on looking for loopholes to stupid rules instead of just building a squad to compete.

[@duyanhng8430]

would you rather club just spend way to much and enter administration?

[@crystalneth994]

Go on Leonard! Smashed it at NN the past 2 seasons, gutted he’s gone

[@chefboyardee9455]

I'd love to hear why Alfie has beef with Fabrizio

[@JustJoey98]

As a Man Utd fan, it’s been exhilarating watching us do actual football business for the first time in about a decade

[@Cold_Logic]

*'What on Earth is going on at Chelsea?!'* , as they sign 3 players per week.

[@Mikefizzled]

Sports science and obsessive data analysis has improved the footballing brain at the cost of the footballing heart

[@tonytazbaz3366]

Best transfer so far: Jean-Clair Todibo to West Ham United

[@TepidWater]

I don't think it's been that boring

[@rehh1998]

hey Alfie what’s the beef with Fabrizio?

[@Gmail_Mahmood]

In my opinion this summer has been better than the last like seriously if your not liverpool or totenham you just had an amazing transfer window

[@StillAwesome21]

Need that Fabrizio Romano video ASAP!

[@sebbhubbard6722]

Why does he hate Romano so much "for other reasons"?? What's the gossip?!! 😂

[@cripplesunday1]

Came to ask this.

[@letsnot.alright326]

Probably because alphie is an incredibly left leaning liberal who got offended at maybe a comment Romano made in the past.

[@maciejbala477]

yeah, I'm interested too. I want a video now

[@Mylo.Kingara]

I think it has to go back to how he just leverages clout in football for dubious reasons. For example, he barely talked about Greenwood before #that happened, and in the wake he never wasted an opportunity to document his every move knowing that it'd bring his page attention.

[@reinrassigerStuhl]

@@Mylo.Kingara He generally doesn't seem like an elite journalist people are making him out to be, he much rather has become somewhat of a puppet for big clubs to put out helpful information for them at the right moment in a more subtle way. He is just another big part in an entertainment industry and does not really seem to care about morals like seen in the greenwood case or the constant non-critical tweets about the potential Qatari takeover of Man Udt. It is obvious he works for, or at least with some reprehensible humans on this earth so everyone of them can make a profit. I don't really care about the missing transfer surprises because I don't religiously follow transfer gurus (I don't even have twitter and that helps a looot) therefore they actually help me to not miss important club changes or new contracts and I still get surprised from time to time. But I get it, it's not the same for everyone anymore because you somewhat have to actively dodge info instead of not even knowing rumors even if you tried to find them.

[@snotwurfit]

Not been boring for us West Ham fans mate!

[@siddyfisher1765]

wait man city won the quadruple? 7:19

[@nathaniel7744]

Why does bro hate fabrizio?

[@philipadebayo]

8:01 Declan Rice joining Chelsea???

[@callonyes6233]

THIS GUY READS MY MIND I WAS IMAGINING HE WOULD MAKE A VIDEO LIKE THIS HOLY SHI-

[@joshuabean8165]

I am also a Fabrizio Romano hater

[@donovanch462]

Literally just yesterday we had Julian Alvarez , Dani Olmo so apparently things startto pick up

[@GermanK13]

Brasileirão lowkey getting Felipe Anderson, Braithwaite, Bolasie, Lucho Rodríguez and Coutinho was massive for the league, ngl

[@joecurran2811]

Good. The money in football needs to slow down.

[@nettlarry]

My Grandma always told me to not say what I think - unsuccessfully: You can either have affordable prices or like the big spending transfer market. You can't have both. All that money has to come from somewhere: You! Y'all make Antony a rich man - you're welcome ;-) Oh, and transfer market is not the same, also because a big spender is missing: Barca. And that's gotta be the best karma ever for making a business model out of encouraging players to strike their way out of contract.

[@spookyghost7524]

lets wait till deadline day before writing this window off

[@KimiFan2002]

In other words, football has went down the skip and desperately needs reviving

[@connor4435]

Philogene actually only cost just under £13M since Villa had a 30% sell on clause

[@mrperfectedkelly]

Selling Onana was a master stroke. £50m for him is ridiculous! He’s pretty average really.

[@Tris2000]

Not sure I agree with you. In spite of the fact that, as a Crystal Palace fan, Odsonne Édouard’s debut was coming off the bench to score 2 goals to beat Spurs 3-0 on 11 Sep 2021, I would say that it was probably less underwhelming and impactful than Haaland’s league debut at Man City. Wouldn’t you?

[@richardmcluckie122]

I can't believe you haven't made a further adu t-shirt!?! It needs to happen, I think people here would snap them up like mad!