Two clubs shaped by summer disappointment converge at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday, each carrying the quiet burden of what the transfer window failed to deliver. Manchester United rebuilt their midfield at considerable cost yet remain outgunned by the league's wealthiest, while Everton enters the fixture with a squad thinned by departures and a collapsed signing that unraveled on deadline day. In the long story of English football, this is a familiar kind of match — not between giants at full strength, but between institutions navigating constraint, asking whether preparation and character