So the transfer window shuts tonight and we´ve got four dull months to go through. No more secret sessions logging into your club´s website at work in the hope they´ve announced a big new arrival. On the other hand no more worrying that your brightest star is about to be lured away, says Ralph Ellis.

The transfer window is a bit like the meaning of life. Everybody has asked the question "why?", but nobody has ever come up with an answer. Or ev