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The Transfers Podcast

Transfer Grades | Man Utd D | Chelsea E | Inter & Juventus B | Ranking the Summer Transfer Market

Season 1, Ep. 20

Paul Macdonald joins Ronan Murphy to analyse the transfer market and more.


+ New arrivals’ lack of impact at Man Utd


+ Chelsea’s €238m black hole


+ Liverpool’s clever future plan


+ Would Madrid have paid for Mbappe?


+ Broke Barca’s broken players


+ Serie A win the summer transfer market


+ FIFPro & the future of the transfer window


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