Despite Todd Boehly's best wishes, trades do not exist in European soccer. But, well, what if they did?
The Premier League starts back up in a couple of days and then, just a few days after that, the January transfer window swings open. The midseason window tends to end in disaster for a lot of teams, most of whom are making desperation moves at this stage of proceedings. With the small, sample allure of the World Cup still fresh in everyone's minds, this could end up being the most chaotic transfer window in recent memory.
So rather than try to predict how all of that might play out, let's try a little thought experiment and see what it might tell us about the state of the Premier League's Big Six. What if the league temporarily allowed trades? Could we come up with a massive three- or six-team trade that included no straight swaps between the sides but also made everyone better?
Let's give it a shot.