Then, it was interview time. As I said, there are often many people around on these significant days for a player, but when the interview begins, that’s when you block it all out and just focus on having a good conversation. And, from my end, it’s about working out how to make the conversation flow naturally while steering us onto topics that I think fans want to know.
Interview done, it was time to transcribe it, then we had a few more announcements to sort. There was a buzz about Carrington with people in a huge variety of roles working hard to get things done in time for the deadline, whether it be those busy completing loan deals for young players, a videographer editing his Lammens announcement video or the photographer flicking through for his best shots of the day.
As dusk arrived, the Carrington chef put on some pizza to fuel everyone, and, with everything wrapped up, I headed home while some of the more important people stayed on to complete a hard but productive day’s work.
So, busy, long, exciting… that’s what it’s like to work at Manchester United on deadline day.