Window is a pain, say English top flight managers


Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur - Barclays Premier League - Old Trafford - 8/8/15. Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal before the match. Action Images via Reuters / Darren Staples

LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The circus that is the transfer window has become as much a part of the entertainment experience as the football but, with the season now in full swing, managers have had enough of all the absurd moving and shaking intrigue.

While they got ready for the second round of Premier League matches this weekend, the communal grumbling was becoming ever louder as leading managers moaned about unsettled players and big-money poaching when all they wanted to do was prepare their teams to play football.

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