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Chaz Kicks Off!
Transfer Fees Are INSANE!” Charlie Austin on Football’s £100m Madness
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Charlie Austin takes aim at the extraordinary money being thrown around in football as another crazy transfer window reaches its conclusion.
Are clubs massively overpaying? Have £60m, £80m and £100m deals simply become normal — and what does a former Premier League striker make of the numbers being spent?
Charlie and Peter also get into Liverpool and Alexander Isak, Celtic and Rangers’ European struggles, the Champions League draw and the big games coming this weekend.
Plus:
⚽ Can Liverpool run riot against Nottingham Forest?
🔥 Is this the weekend Alexander Isak comes good?
⚫⚪ Tottenham v Newcastle — what do Newcastle need?
🏆 Why Charlie wants the Celtic and Rangers Premier League debate put to bed
⚽ QPR, West Ham and the Championship
🎮 And another round of Chaz Kicks Off predictions powered by PlayNimbus.
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