What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Let’s go way, way back, to the beginning of the transfer window and come full circle again, shall we. Would you have guessed it? Could you have guessed it? Not in a million years. It's something that could have come from a Greatful Dead-inspired haze.

Two plus months of constant Ronaldo speculation. Spurs reporting United to the FA. Rooney getting the bubonic plague, oh sorry, a “virus” in Africa. The new ‘Middle’ Eastland owners bidding £34m for Berba at the 11th hour, but getting Robinho for a cool £32.5m instead. And, to add even more drama and intrigue before the commercial break, God knows we haven’t had enough already, the official word about the Berbatov didn’t come until at least 30+ minutes past the bewitching hour.

Ah, but in the end, Fergie kept his prised player and lured a world-class striker to United with patience and steely resolution. It’s a non-move, an addition, and one incredibly successful summer.

What a long, strange trip it’s been.