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Anything can happen on transfer deadline day. There are still figures working at Newcastle United who know that better than most after what happened in the final hours of the mid-season window 15 years ago. It never saw the light of day after Carroll boarded a helicopter bound for Merseyside to complete a British record £35m move to Liverpool. ... Read full Story
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Barcelona’s financial situation does not leave them with many options in terms of signings, but the club have been smart enough to identify and target young talents who are close to exploding onto t... ... Read full Story
As far as deadline days go, 2011 was crazy for Liverpool. It was 28 January when Torres handed in his transfer request at Liverpool as he wanted to move to Chelsea and three days later, on deadline day, Liverpool confirmed they had agreed a then British record £50m fee with Chelsea for the Spanish striker. Liverpool were already in the process of signing Luis Suarez from Ajax for £22.7m but decided that without Torres, they needed a proven Premier League striker. ... Read full Story
Fernando Torres was widely regarded as the Premier League's best striker at the time, so Chelsea's 2011 January deadline day move for him felt like an act of both aggression and dominance. The club threw their weight around by spending a then British transfer record of £50m to sign Liverpool's outstanding player – aside from perhaps Steven Gerrard – at a moment when Liverpool, long past their glory years of the 1980s, nevertheless appeared to be rebuilding. It underlined how Chelsea, who had previously bid for Gerrard and later Wayne Rooney, were willing to use Roman Abramovich's vast resources to pursue almost any player they wanted. ... Read full Story
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 31, 2026 is:
short shrift \SHORT-SHRIFT\ noun
Short shrift means “little or no attention or thought” or “quick work.” In religious use it refers to barely adequate time for confession before execution.
// Certain neighborhoods have received short shrift from the city government.
“[Charlie] Caplinger echoed the concerns of many speakers at the meeting, with charter captains saying the recreational fishing industry’s economic contributions were being given short shrift.” — Mike Smith, NOLA.com (New Orleans, Louisiana), 6 Nov. 2025
Did you know?
We’ve got a confession to make, but we’ll keep it brief: while it’s technically possible to make “long shrift” of something, you’re unlikely to find long shrift in our dictionary anytime soon. Short shrift, on the other hand, has been keeping it real—real terse, that is—for centuries. The earliest known use of the phrase comes from Shakespeare’s play Richard III, in which Lord Hastings, who has been condemned by King Richard to be beheaded, is told by Sir Richard Ratcliffe to “Make a short shrift” as the king “longs to see your head.” Although now archaic, the noun shrift was understood in Shakespeare’s time to refer to the confession or absolution of sins, so “make a short shrift” meant, quite literally, “keep your confession short.” However, since at least the 19th century the phrase has been used figuratively to refer to a small or inadequate amount of time or attention given to something.