20 years of Transfer Deadline Day: How has it changed English football? | A Deadline Day in the life on Sky Sports News
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
PART 1 | Sky Sports News transfer gurus Dharmesh Sheth and Kaveh Solhekol join Peter Smith to discuss whether the transfer window has ever been as big as it is now, what sparks so much interest in transfers, how the window has changed the way clubs operate and whether there may ever be a return to season-round signings.
PART 2 | Reporter Paul Gilmour tells Ron Walker about the inner workings of a Transfer Deadline Day on Sky Sports News, how to cut out the noise on the big breaking stories as the transfer window draws to a close, the life of a Training Ground reporter in the final hours of the window - his favourite memories of Deadline Days gone by.
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| 0:00.0 | The Sky Sports Football Podcast is brought to you by Bet365. |
| 0:04.3 | Bet365 wants to help you make every moment extraordinary. |
| 0:08.4 | That's why they make it easy to change things up. |
| 0:11.1 | You can take a time out, set up reality checks and set your limits. |
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| 0:23.6 | When you play, play safe with Bet365, it means you can enjoy the moments with them. When you play, play safe with Bet 365. Hello football fans, welcome to Essential Football from Sky Sports. It's that time again, |
| 0:39.6 | Deadline Day Eve, when you put out a steak and ale pie in a glass of Carlsberg for farther transfer |
| 0:44.6 | and see what he's brought you in the morning. Yes, that whirlwind of a day is upon us again, |
| 0:49.6 | and with extra significance this year, the 20th anniversary of the inception of the British transfer window back in 2002. |
| 0:56.9 | Suffice to say, it's created a few memorable moments down the years and a real upward trend in the sales of yellow ties. |
| 1:03.6 | These are pictures of Peter Odden Wengee, who has arrived at Queens Park Rangers ahead of potential move from West Bromwich Albion. |
| 1:12.6 | It has taken some time and what are we? |
| 1:14.6 | We are just over half an hour from the window closing. |
| 1:18.6 | Mezzit Erzil is now only playing in the Premier League. |
| 1:21.6 | We've made a fantastic signing in Louis Suarez, who we looking forward to working with and whose transfer |
| 1:29.4 | will be complete once there's a little bit of paperwork come from IACS. |
| 1:36.3 | Harry, great to see you on Deadline Day, as always out of your car, always a special moment. |
| 1:40.3 | Thanks everyone so much for your time. It's been a busy morning for you, hasn't it? |
| 1:43.3 | You know, we lost a couple of players in the last week or so. Danny Simpson, Charlie Austin, |
| 1:47.6 | big players for us. The breaking news is rather big because Manchester United have just confirmed |
| 1:53.7 | in the last few seconds that Cristiano Ronaldo has re-signed for the club. |
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