Window to close before the season starts next year
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/14/transfer-revolution-window-shut-premier-league-season-starts/
I absolutely love Hatem, I think he's fucking mint.
But he's clearly available at a knockdown price and Rafa hasn't shown a sniff. Rafa's the best thing to happen to this club in 15 years so whatever his call is then it's fine by me.
My uncle Jim once told me "If you can leave your home town, your friends and your family it will open your eyes and make you a man."
Only if your home town is Sunderland and your friends and family are a bunch of knobs, mind.