The transfer gossip columns are crammed with potential big-money movements to and from the Premier League as this summer's budgets and targets are discussed between chairmen and managers in the context of the denouement of a thrilling campaign.
With most qualification, promotion and relegation issues already settled, and club management already eager to review the highs and the lows of 2010-11, it is the time when football agents have their Blackberries and iPhones on turbocharge and fringe players tweet to their hearts' discontent.