This year’s January transfer window looks set to become the sporting non-event of the year, with a series of failed deals and botched negotiations becoming a celebration of the transfer that never was.
If anything, this year’s transfer party was set to be halfway worth it, complete with a decent schedule planned months in advance. There was Neymar, the latest “new Messi,” whose signature was supposed to start yet another epic Barcelona versus Real Madrid war.
But what did Neymar do? Instead of releasing cryptic and meaningless statements about his future, he decided to play the spoilsport and sign a contract extension with Santos. They have made us believe that...
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