I'd take a boring window over insistent reports that half the league are only a signature away from stealing half the team since we weren't in a position to realistically decline, whether it being due to silly money, players wanting to upgrade either the prestige of the club they're playing for or amount of cold cash, or a black hole instead of a piggy bank.
Sure there were a few mumblings of Maddison leaving but they never really became more concrete than wishful thinking from other's fans