Are there any stats on this? Particularly for clubs outside of the top 4. Say we had bought erm Rooney/Tevez ( I know we won't) but we would have been paying over 1 million a month per player in July/August with little revenue coming in, is this how it works for clubs like ours?
I doubt it as normally transfer prices are quite high on deadline day so they'd pay more money anyway
Agents delay things (as do players, under the advice of their agents) in the hope to get a better deal and better terms generally.