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Jorginho for £24m? Declan Rice for £200m? And you call Chelsea owner Todd Boehly ‘mad’…

Chelsea spending a lot of money has unsettled some who would like to ignore that Enzo Fernandez was brilliant at the World Cup. Leader of the gangIf you were naively thinking that Manchester United selling no players during the January transfer window meant that the rich vein of content that is ‘Manchester United exodus/cull’ was …

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Shock as Manchester United act swiftly and sensibly in the transfer market

With their back-up goalkeeper getting recalled early and an injury to a key player, Manchester United had their work cut out in the January transfer window. The contrast between Manchester United’s January transfer activity and previous windows has been striking. Last summer, United spent weeks and weeks in an ultimately fruitless quest to get Frenkie …

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Cancelo culture runs head-first into Pep Guardiola’s ‘no bad faces’ policy at Manchester City

Joao Cancelo returned from the World Cup in a gloomy state of mind, and the result of that is a move to Bayern Munich on loan. Pep insists on a tight ship. After their 1-0 win against Arsenal in the FA Cup on Friday night, Pep Guardiola was asked about Mikel Arteta’s decision to leave …

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January transfer window: The biggest winners, losers and shocks | Football News

EXPLAINER Chelsea dominate European football’s 2023 January transfer window with a raft of signings, while Bayern spring a surprise. Chelsea have made Enzo Fernandez the most expensive player in British football history in a deal worth $131m, as English Premier League spending power dominated the 2023 January transfer window. Other big signings were also sealed …

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Liverpool and Everton transfer sh*tshows torn to shreds as Caicedo is January window loser

There must have been something in the transfer water on Merseyside because Everton and Liverpool had diabolical windows. Moises Caicedo’s wasn’t much better. The winners are here if you want something a little cheerier… EvertonThere is a softly humorous paradox to what might be Everton’s final transfer window as a Premier League club for some …

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Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd among the Premier League 2023 January transfer window winners

Arsenal pivoted to brilliant effect, Chelsea bent FFP to their will and Man Utd were smart in the face of adversity. But Brighton are the new masters. Facundo Buonanotte and Yasin AyariThose names might not be particularly familiar now but give it 18 months or so and both will be touted for nine-figure fees to …

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Chelsea will have to step away from the transfer roulette wheel eventually

Chelsea are in 10th place in the table but are spending money like it’s going out of fashion. Is there a method behind a scattergun transfer policy? This season has been one of considerable change in the Premier League. Arsenal and Newcastle United have established themselves as creditable Premier League title challengers. Manchester United, having …

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Arsenal move and British record transfer among deals which should go through on deadline day

The 2023 January transfer deadline day actually promises to be a phenomenal one, with Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and more all scrambling. 10) Sasa Lukic to FulhamWhile their promoted brethren continue to make signings aplenty, Fulham have bid their time this month. Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest are locked in different stages of relegation panic …

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Give Anthony Gordon a break. And is Caicedo crisis when Brighton become victims of their own success?

The Mailbox reacts to Liverpool’s FA Cup exit and new priorities; Brighton’s stance over Moises Caicedo and Arsenal; Leeds let-downs; and the grief Anthony Gordon is getting. Get your views in to [email protected]… Give Gordon a breakAs I read the numerous comments about Anthony Gordon’s perceived ugliness as well as the various memes coupled with …

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