No they don’t , the odd deal when a club with muscle does not want to sell might. So Liverpool can’t bully the Saudi Government , not exactly a shock . It would be impossible for Sunderland to have a staring 11 with 8 new players if deals were so difficult . Marinakis buys and sells players like I change my socks . Chelsea do countless deals every window , how do they find the time .
At the end of this window look at how many deals in and out have been done by the 20 Prem clubs and then defend they are so complicated line . It’s just not true , difficult people make negotiations difficult. Of course there will be the odd deal that gets drawn out . Burnley have done about 25 in and out this window on a skeleton staff and counting every penny one would imagine .