Still at least it is one that is going to be spiced up with football aplenty: Gold Cup, Club World Cup and all the drama, nonsense and dramatic nonsense of the transfer window. I'm James Benge, let's go!

Although the idea of overloading the midfield makes sense, dropping one of the team’s fastest and most agile players into an unnatural position is puzzling, especially when the midfield of Tillman, Quinn Sullivan and Brendan Aaronson doesn’t offer much in the way of pace.