"63 today - ahh, those golden years!! As Bette Davis said: 'Old age ain't for sissies.' Oh boy."
In betting the house on 19-year-old Monaco forward Anthony Martial, Manchester United has emphasized the English Premier League's standing as the financial ogre of European soccer.
European giants Real Madrid and Manchester United exchanged barbs on Tuesday after goalkeeper David de Gea's proposed move to the Spanish club broke down at the 11th hour.
The English Premier League may have dominated the transfer window with the scale of its spending but AFP Sports looks at some who got away and joined clubs on mainland Europe:
Instead of taking another lap around Camden Yards, Cal Ripken Jr. marked the 20th anniversary of his 2,131st consecutive game by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Orioles hosted Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.
He sat in the upper deck, basically unrecognized amid a sea of happy baseball fans. He let out a cheer when the best hitter on his favorite team smoked a home run and diligently scanned the out-of-town scoreboard to consider playoff implications. And he waited his turn in the long Citi Field men's room line, just one more fan spending a hot summer day watching the Mets and the Red Sox play.
Nick Kyrgios went down swinging at the US Open, losing for the fourth time to Andy Murray before jousting with the media over his 'bad boy' reputation which he lambasted as "ridiculous".
Australia's Lleyton Hewitt has at least one more match to play on the US Open hard courts, where he became a Grand Slam champion.
Roger Federer is all in favor of the roof which will tower over the cavernous Arthur Ashe Stadium at next year's US Open - just don't ask him to discuss it mid-match.
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