Football Daily - PL Review: ‘Laughable’ Spurs & Maguire ‘basketball’

Episode Date: August 30, 2026

Aaron Paul talks Premier League with striker Charlie Austin & The Telegraph’s northern football writer Luke Edwards. Hear from Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi as their misery continues, meanwhile Bruno Fernandes scores a hat-trick for Man Utd. Also on the agenda are Hull City with their strong start, do Liverpool need to play for Isak more? And which transfers could we see ahead of the deadline? Send your messages and voicenotes on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369.03:05 Man Utd are back… 04:30 Harry Maguire can play basketball! 06:45 ‘Laughable’ Spurs, 17:30 Half-time teaser, 19:30 Can Hull City keep it up? 23:40 Do Liverpool play for Isak? 27:40 Gakpo poised for Man City move? 30:10 Which other transfers could we see?

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are the former Premier League striker Charlie Austin. And if there was a league table of Northern writers, this man would be very much up in the top echelon searching you for European football, or would he be mid-table? It's the telegraphs, Luke Edwards. How are you, Luke? Welcome back, Aaron.

What a lovely introduction there. I mean, I thought you're going to say something really nice and pleasant and flattering, and then you just sort of relegated me to your open conference, Are you a title contender? I'm a Champions League contender. I'm not just domestic. I'm going Continental for Tentender. That's what I am, Aaron.

I keep coming back on this podcast. Look, it's just a joy to see you, really. It's a joy to see you. Always good to be back with you, Luke. And Charlie, I mean, it's been a hot minute, hasn't it? It has, mate. It's been a while, to be fair.

I've done it last week with Luke. We had good fun. Got a bit excited because it's the first week of the Premier League. Yeah. And now we're back. We're back for the next one. But as, yeah, it's been a while, my friend. It's been a while.

It has. I mean, tell us about your interesting weekend because I think as far as parenting goes, you are quite real with it. You like to tell everyone what it's about. And I respect that because I'm childless for now. And I like to learn off of you guys. I don't really have that many male role models in my life.

And so I look at you. I look at Luke. And I want to really sort of just like, just drain every sinew of knowledge you've got. when it comes to it. So tell us about your weekend with your kids. I've been to Reading Festival. Yeah. Wow. I went Friday. I took my daughter and her friend and my nine-year-old son and his friend.

Really enjoyable until it rained and then became very obviously wet and muddy. And then we went back yesterday, full mud bath, but the sun was shining. Very enjoyable. However, comfort zone, that was something that it was not. Oh, dear. So it was about, it was a learning. care for myself. However, I had the dad flag in the air and I was fully supporting dads with their kids, mate, at Reading Festival. Who was the most popular Charlie at Reading Festival? Charlie Austin or Charlie XX? Well, to myself, definitely Charlie Austin, to my 14 year old daughter, Charlie XX.

And everyone else at the festival. Fair play. Luke, do you want to join our top up and tell us about your sort of parenting situation and what you're going to be up to? I'm going to IB for my daughter's birthday next year and I'm already getting, breaking out in slight cold sweats. I don't think I've been since 2009. So that's going to be a blast from the past. But you know I've got a broken foot, Aaron, so I'm very much out of action at the minute.

There's a lot of sitting on the sofa. There's a lot of watching, well, basically I spent my entire weekend, watching sport, a mixture of football and cricket. Well, it's great to have you with us. We are very much back, and we don't do much on this, but Manchester United. are back, aren't they? Beating Ipswich Town in our live

commentary game on 5 live. Bruno Fernandez with this second Premier League hat trick United absolutely peppering that Ipswich goal with 33 shots today. The last time they had more in a Premier League game was October 2016 against Burnley.

That was 372 games ago. Thoughts everybody? Manchester United are back part 972. Yeah, but in my first half, credit to Ipswich, Ipswich were really, really good, first half took the lead, caused Manchester Night a lot of problems, could have maybe added a second goal,

and I thought they were on top, and then it's one of those games where a slip changes it all, really. Nunes slips just sort of deep inside, or the halfway line, really, and Cunia breaks away and sets up Fernandez for the equalizer just before half-time, and I think then from there there was a momentum shift, But Manchester night who were on its second half,

that they, you know, I think Michael Carrick would have been a little bit worried by what he saw for 40 minutes. It seemed to be a bit of a continuation of the whole game. But once they got level, they were superb. The one thing I have to say, and I'm, it didn't have a bearing on the result in the end, but I have just seen a candidate for one of the oddest decisions of the season in the second weekend, which is Harry McGuire, who appears to be able to play basketball, controlling the ball with his hand, bouncing it in front of him,

and then shooting, the ball is deflected in. The laws state that the goal can stand because it's an own goal, not Harry McGuire's goal, and it hits off the deflects off the edge defender. That seems very, very strange to me, Aaron. It's very harsh. It's this new rule, isn't it? It's just odd because your common sense says,

he's hand-balled it to bring it under control, and that leads to the goal, Charlie, surely. Yeah, and I'm fully with you, look, and I feel like this is, unfortunately, with a second weekend. It's one of them where the rules, we're finding out more about rules every weekend when certain scenarios happen.

Like to the common eye, that's handball and that's a free kick and the goal shouldn't be allowed. However, the knock-on effect is because Harry McGuire didn't score it as an own goal, it can be allowed. Hang on a minute. It's handball.

Now, we don't need to go back and see point C, D, F and G because it's an own goal. It's handball. It should be a free kick. It didn't, it shouldn't count. However, flip side of it, Manchester United played at home their first home game of the season against newly promoted Ipswich. So I'm not really too sure we can, us speaking about it, or Manchester United fans, really get too carried away. No, but what I did like, Bruno Fernandez, there's a little bit of debate at the end of last season, Aaron and Charlie. I don't know if you remember, he won football writer's player of the year.

And there was a bit of a debate about whether it should have gone to someone like Declan Rice because Arsenal won the title. Look, I voted for Bruno Fernandez because he's capable of those sorts of performances. And he carries Manchester United on his shoulders time and time again. And he was, again, very quiet at Hall. But I thought it's phenomenal today. He got the hat trick. But it was his all-round game as well, his creativity, the past from Rembeumo.

He's taken that game by the scruff of the net. They were in a little bit of trouble. Like I said, they were 1-0 down. absolutely smashes it past the goalkeeper at his near post. So that's what Bruno Fernandez does. And he's up and running again this season, and I think he'll continue to be Manchester United's talism. Conclusion to that section,

Manchester United are back. Let's push on and talk about Tottenham. 3-0 defeat for them on the opening weekend. Brentford followed up with a 2-0 loss at home to Newcastle United, 300 million pounds spent, bottom of the table, new season, same story. They are going to spend more money. but still are Charlie

where did you even go with these? For two years they've been in the position they have been right and they was in the Champions League because they won the Europa League and that qualified them to get in there we all thought Totten would be a different proposition this year because they have spent money. Last weekend

against Brentford they got brushed aside quite easily and I think the alarm inside is Deserby come in with how many games did he play five games last year, whatever it was. Five or six six games you got at the end of last year. Yeah and Yaisler's come in with two and a half, three weeks of preseason, and he's turned them into two performances that are exciting for Newcastle.

However, for me, I think it doesn't matter how much money is spent, like you said, as was like 300 million and they're still going to spend. I think the alarming thing was what Deserby said. It doesn't matter how much you spend. Money cannot buy mentality. And if I was a Tottenham fan, that would be something that would scare me. As an ex-pro, that is so true. Mentality, you can't put a price tag on.

Before we unpack this, let's hear from the Spurs boss, Roberto Deserby, after Saturday's 2-0 defeat at home to Newcastle. I have no doubt about the quality of the player, about the quality of the project. We need time. Maybe we fought could be better at the beginning, easier. By the end, we have to accept this moment. I have not doubt because I think we have a great squad, great players.

We are lucky because our club has done something great in transfer market. We are not ready yet, yes, we are not team yet. It's true. And we work to become a team as soon as possible. What do you say to some of the fans because they're worried that it might be repeating last season again? for the result. We are working. To become strong

to become top team is not enough to change the players on the paper. You have to become team. We have to create the connection between the players. The new players they have to adapt in a new

environment, in a new club, in a new city, in a new stadium, a new teammates, a new dressing room, a new coach. So many, many things. to become team. Spurs fans have only seen three wins

from their past 23 home league games. I actually asked someone to do this on 606. I can't remember it was back in the last season. Work out the worst value season to get out there. How many wins per sort of like, you know, pound effectively are you seen? Spurs have got to be up there. Considering the price that their fans pay, they've seen a remarkable sort of, you know,

devaluation in what they've got. It's been so, so bad. They've lost their opening two games of a league campaign without scoring for the first time since 1974. Where did you even start with this luck? I mean, you could laugh at them. I mean, you honestly could because there was top that, you know, we talked about Manchester United being back.

Well, Top them were back, weren't they? They were re-establishing their Big Six credentials, flexing their financial muscles, you know, taking these players off other clubs like Sandro Tenali from Newcastle. And Tottenham were back and they weren't going to have any repeat of the successive 17th place. finish, but they've started the season really badly, and top them are back. They're back to being rubbish. I mean, that is me being slightly facetious, but that is where they're at. I mean, they haven't started the season well at all, and I think that is hugely, hugely concerning. There is a hangover from the previous season. They, well, did they win three games at home last

season? And I just thought they were poor again, but that scar tissue is going to take a long time to heal, I think. And it's a new team, it's a new group of players, but, the atmosphere, the nervousness, the tension, that was all still there. And I actually thought, if I'm going to be kinder, because yes, we can all laugh at Topman because let's be honest, Aaron, it is quite funny when someone goes and a club goes and spends 400 million pounds in the summer, completely really changes their team and is just as bad as they were at the end of last season. That is funny, I'm afraid, Tottenham fans.

But if I can just be a little bit kinder, I thought they were quite good first half. I think they created the better chances. I think the concern will be that Newcastle were... Did Newcastle have two shots on target and scored both goals? The concern will be how easily they were undone by a diagonal ball from Gonzales to Dedich, heads it onto a languor and that leads to the goal. I think after they went behind, that is where the concern would be for me, because I thought they were poor after that,

and I thought Newcastle controlled the game. They do have to gel at a team, I think, and Dii from Everton will be a fantastic addition for them with Richarlison going the other way. I think he will improve them. I think it is far too early to panic at Tottenham. I still fully expect them to be pushing in and around the European places this season. I think Deserby is a fantastic manager.

You're going to have to just take your licks. You're going to have to be the butt of a joke for August. You're going to be the banter club for August. You're just going to have to accept it. Someone has to be. It's Tottenham Hotspur again. If anything, they should be delighted the fact they're going to get rid of Rich Charleston to Everton.

And if you're an Everton fan or the hierarchy of it, you'd be disappointed about losing a high-quality player going the other way and you'll get him at Richardson back. Now, they've got all these players in. It's about jelling them. And it will take time. I totally understand that. I really do.

But at the moment, Tottenham Hotspur has a club, as people involved in that and fans, maybe need to understand where they are. They have to get rid of this soft underbelly. They rebuilt their back line because they have a soft underbelly, because they keep losing games and keep losing games in a very, very silly manner. They stayed up by one point last season.

This is Tottenham-Otspur football club. This is Spurs. They are an institution in the Premier League. And we can't, I just don't think we can talk about Europe now and where they're going to finish right now in August. I was trying to reassure, Aaron, I was trying to reassure people. I was trying to be nice.

Can I not just inject some... What you do, not? Coulouse in therapy or something over the summer. No, yes, it's therapy. It's therapy that I'm giving a little bit of fairness. I'm getting a little bit of hope to top them fast. Look, they're embarrassing themselves. What do you want?

What do you want me to? Do we want to keep kicking them? Absolutely. They are a joke. They are farcical. They've spent 400 million pounds. And then I'm better. But I still think they will get better.

I think the players they've signed are good players in the main. I still think they will get better. Yeah, and I'm with you, Luke. I totally understand that. And I think the players will when they gel together. But we can't get away from the fact they spent 400 million. Everybody had a laugh. Everyone had a laugh last year.

because Alexander Isak and Florin Verst didn't work, and everyone said about that price. They spent, yeah, still, and still laughing. But you need to understand, they signed Savio-Savio-Savigno. Man City didn't want him. He scored one-slash-2 goals from Man City. Yeah.

Omar Mahmush. Don't get me wrong, he's playing second fiddle to arguably the best number nine in world football. So that is it. Then goes to Spurs. These are not players that are playing week and week out in the Premier League, other than Sandro Tanali.

Now, they're not signing Andrew Robertson of three or four years ago. They're signed Andrew Robertson of now. From a player scenario, that is called the money train. Because it's the first time Tottenwasper have been spending money and now all of a sudden you can go to Spurs and earn money. And that's why I think from a player's perspective, the project is great, the training ground, the stadium, etc., etc. but we can go there and earn a few quid.

So when I look at it from a Charlie Austin perspective, was it QPR for you where you jumped on the train? Yeah, I've got the back end of it. Yeah, so I got the back end of it. Because after that, when we got relegated from QPR, that's when we kind of just went down the hill then and all the players left who got the money. But now I'm not saying Tottenham are going to go the way of QPR.

Of course I'm not, but I'm just saying that's the feeding that players get. What is it doing in a dressing room? I was thinking about this actually yesterday. when you've got someone like Tanali who comes in on $275,000 a week around that figure what does that do to a dressing room dynamic Charlie if you're

there and I know we're talking silly numbers here for the normal people listening to this we're talking silly numbers but you're only on 110,000 pounds a week 120,000 pounds a week can that cause problems listen if any player was sat here

speaking to the pair of you when you asked me that question Luke and said no, they're talking nonsense. Because your fault process is, it all depends if he's doing the business, right? If he turns up and is doing the business for the whole team and making you better and making the team better and making you win week in week out, not a problem. But if he's not and you're, so say, the spotlights on you on them figures, which are astronomical, of course he is, regardless of that, it's not the issue.

but then the spotlight's on you. And then it's hard not to get away from that because then there becomes conversations in the dressing room, which then becomes a divide. Now, if you've got to look at it for the last two years at Tottenham, from the outside looking in,

very much so looks like there was a divide in the dressing room. Just because how they performed. They didn't look like a together unit. It's interesting, he's talking about we need a team already. It's like, I don't get this thing about Tanali. Tenali didn't go to the World Cup.

he signed for Tottenham before preseason he's been at Tottenham for the whole of preseason it's not like he's come in and he was on strike at Newcastle or he wasn't training properly because he wanted his move. He's had a full preseason and they're saying he's not physically ready well ultimately while I've been kind you know the pressure

cranks up Aaron it cranks up it's too back to back to feats it's too largely limp performances certainly the Brentford one I thought they're atrocious so you know these are questions that need to be asked and yeah he needs time of course he needs time he's been back to the tune of 400 million pounds. He's got all the players he wants. It's actually ultimately we're going to come down to it

It's up to deserve you to turn them into a team now that no one else can do it. He's the manager. That's up to him It does make me a little bit worried that he's talking about players who've been there all preseason Not being fit enough or not being part of a team. Okay, here is your halftime teaser as we head into the break Get your pens ready only four newly promoted teams have won their first two Premier League games in the season But can you name them answers on the way next? Five live sports So here's the first ball of this series All the cricket you laugh

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On the Football Daily Podcast, Premier League Review with Aaron Paul. Welcome back to the Premier League Review. Now before the break I said only four newly promoted teams have won their first two Premier League games in the season. Can you name them any ideas, gents? I'm going to go with. Didn't Whole City do it previously? It was Whole City, yeah. Thank you.

Come on Charlie. Westbro? No. Sunderland? No. Think iconic Premier League teams from the early 2000s. Charlton? No.

Wigan? No. I'll give you a clue. When they used to score goals at home, their goal music, in the early 2000s was James Brown, I feel good. This is continuing a long-standing tradition. Right, okay. You know what, I'm just going to give you the answers

because we need to crack on. It was Bolton Wonders of 2001, 2002. 2017-18, David Wagner's Huddersfield Town. Oh, yeah. Do you know what's quite scary on that? And I'm not disrespecting Huddersfield. I actually forgot they was in the Premier League. Yeah, it's been a few years of nothingness.

Easily done to be careful. Yeah, there's been a few years and nothingness. and Hull City again this season. Ollie McBurney, he said to say we're the worst team in Premier League history is not, it's not a bad start from the boys, is it? 2-0 against Man United last weekend, a big 1-0 away at Coventry this weekend. Can they sustain this, boys? No, I think it's not sustaining.

I don't think that's the right word as. I feel like all the sentence of it, I feel like it's to gather momentum of what it is in everybody involved in the football club. So against Manchester United at home, the first Premier League game for many years. They won. However, they was going into it. Everybody was excited about their welcoming back to the Premier League, and they got a great result against a poor Manchester United team, right?

But ultimately, you're looking at it and go, it's not saying it's a free one, but if we can pick up, not get beaten, that's a good result. However, they went one better and won the game and got three points. But go into Coventry away, or when they play Coventry, that's one where they've got to try and pick up free points. And they've done that because ultimately, let's be honest, come flipside when we get to April time. Respectfully, Hull and Manchester United are not competing against each other.

But Hull and Coventry will be. So the fact, Hull have taken three points off of Coventry, the second game into the season. That does more positive scenario for Hull than it fully well does for Coventry because Coventry have got two L's in their bracket. But Hull, fantastic. Two great results. however it's a step in the right direction. It's two giant steps in the right direction, should we say. I always say, tactically, they're bang on, Hull.

One thing you give them. And the biggest question mark they've got over them is, can they keep the intensity up in terms of the style of play? Can they keep doing what they do? You know, for the first 60 minutes, can they keep it going for the back half an hour? I think that what's impressive about Hull and we had the assistant manager on last weekend

and he was telling this, they're quite happy about the ball. They don't care if they don't have a position of the ball. They won promotion playing that style of football. So they haven't really had to adjust in the Premier League. And I think that gives them a big boost. What I will ask, though, is what happened the last time whole City won their first two Premier League games of the season?

We've talked about it just there with the halftime teaser. They went down that season, didn't they? But they ended up being relegated. So it's a long way to go. But I agree with Charlie, it's a really big result for them. them to go to Coventry and win. Far bigger than the Manchester United one. They had to suffer, they had to hurt.

Coventry looked the slicker of the two seams, but that doesn't matter. Point to make prizes, mate. Exactly. What's on the eye doesn't matter. Exactly. And the two championship games they played in last season, I think they both ended in nil-nil-nil draws.

They were, yeah, very tight games. And, Coventry looked good. They look nice. But nice, as you're just saying there, nice doesn't win you anything. and they're going to learn that the hard way in the Premier League. We've seen lots of nice teams come up from the championship into the Premier League and then struggle. So it's a big wake-up call for Coventry, and you can sort of feel that, can't you?

Coventry came up as champions, amazing. They had all that feel-good factor and all that optimism and excitement. It's amazing how quickly you go to Arsenal, you get spanked, you're out-classed. Welcome back to the Premier League. Massive leap-up in class against the champions. Three hit that one, but then that second game's the tough one. against another team that's going to be down there at the bottom and you end up losing 1-0 in front of your own fans

and suddenly Hull have got, if you need 36 points to stay up, shall we say, you know, Hull of taking a big chunk out of that in the first two weekends of the season, whereas Coventry are already like, oh my God, where are we going to get any points from? So it's a big psychological shift for those two teams and Frank Lampard will, again, very, very early days, no need to panic,

but what will already look like a really tough task for Coventry, I think probably looks just that little bit harder now. They've got too many decent championship players in there. Not good championship players and excellent championship players. To me, decent championship players. And that's the problem that Ipswich had under McKenna a couple of seasons ago. Let's talk Liverpool because, like Spurs, they're another team yet to win in the league this season.

Two all at Newcastle last weekend. Now another tool at home to Nottingham Forest. There seems to be this thing about Alexander Isak having barely any touches. one does it matter too from a striker's perspective where do you think he is right now when are we actually going to see Alexander Easek firing on all cylinders and being the player

that Liverpool have paid this exorbitant amount of money for last weekend was a very very very tough place to go his performance was almost like he was playing hide and seek but at the weekend the ball come across six yards no no six yards that's being polite

three yards out from goal perfect for him, he's scored. So he's off that big zero. He's on one now. Hopefully from a striker's perspective, that pushes him on now and builds him up with confidence. He's got his first goal at the cop end.

That can push him on. However, when you play as a number nine, you've got to go two ways. Erland-Harlane don't touch the ball a lot, but scores. We see that Friday night. He don't touch the ball a lot and scores two goals. Now, is Alexander Isak in that bracket? I'm unsure.

Liverpool don't play that way that Man City do. But I look at Liverpool at the moment and I just think, do they play for the striker? Do they play for Alexander ESAT? Because Newcastle did for the whole time he was there. Now I look at Liverpool and I think they play with wingers that are on opposite sides. They play with full backs that would rather pass the ball into the number 10. So I'm very unsure still on this side. Do I think Alexander ESAC can score 20 plus goals in the Premier League for Liverpool? Two games in. It's not only two games in. This is last season as well. I'm still very unsure that we are going to see

the best of Alexander Isak we're in number nine for Liverpool and I hope that I'm proven wrong. He looks damaged to me and I fought it for a long time I kept saying it on the podcast last season he looks damaged emotionally and there was a really telling moment for me

that even when he, I mean he was pretty dire again against Nottingham Forest he was pretty dire again there were some pretty awful moments when he got the ball stuck under his seat he was played in on goal and he couldn't get a shot away even his assist in the first half

is a poor touch. There were lots of concerning things there, but what I was looking at him, when he scored, you know, the trademark celebration, the kind of hitchhiking gesture, which, you know,

the point in the thumb over his shoulder, that he used to do so arrogantly at Newcastle where it was like a sneer and a swagger and he even did it against Liverpool in the Carabar Cup final. It was so half-hearted after he scored. It was, he did it,

but he almost looked to me to be slightly embarrassed to be doing it because he, and I thought, that is betraying where he is mentally, how low he is on confidence. I still don't think he believes he belongs in Liverpool shirt. The fact he went missing against his former club, Newcastle, I think, again, shows a player who mentally is harmed

by all of the experiences of the last 12 months. They're going on strike, the force on his way out in Newcastle, being pretty hopeless and unfit and not matched sharp when he got to Liverpool, get in the bad injury. I think he is damaged, and I think it's going to take a lot to build him up. and it's whether Liverpool is the right environment and the right club to do that because the expectations and the demands on him are so high. They need their striker to be scoring goals.

They need their striker. The world-class striker they thought they were signing to show up. And he hasn't. I think there's a lot of pressure on him. I'll be really fascinated to see where he goes because hopefully, and I say this genuinely, because I know I've given to Alexandre, he's a bit of stick. I genuinely hope because I saw him at his best at Newcast and he's a phenomenal player. and I hope we get to see him again.

I hope the injuries haven't taken too much out of him. I hope he hasn't lost his hunger, and I hope he can turn it around at Liverpool. But we'll see he's got a goal. If he can't build on that over the next two months, he's in trouble. Charlie, I wanted to touch on this story involving Bradley Barkler, Liverpool seemingly agreeing a fee for him $123 million. Crazy.

But Cody Gakpo could well leave, and Manchester City have opened. talks. Now, as far as sort of, you know, getting into, you know, like the dating terminology, in fact, I just would never have seen that. You know, when you look at a cup and you're like, how did they get together? This is

where I'm going with this one. I'm with you, as and I said that that's a one in one else. Now, I understand Bradley Barcoa's coming in. A brilliant signing for Liverpool. And I think you've got to park the price tag, right? Because this transfer window proves that the price tags of players have been astronomical. It really has. It really has.

However, Liverpool are very over the years have never been a one-in-one-out football club. They really haven't. If Cody Gapop potentially leaves in the next 48 hours, which ultimately we expect to happen, if something happens to Alexander Isak, and I really hope it doesn't, who's going to play down the middle?

Now, not only can Gapo play on the left, but he also can be a number nine. He doesn't want to play there, but he can do that job. He really can. The knock-on effect is, is if Tottenham come in for him. Yeah, Tottenham are throwing the money,

and they want to get certain players in Premier League proven, I understand, but I'll still be disappointed. However, the fact he's linked to go to Man City, I did not see that. And then the knock on effect of that is, hasn't Lou? Where does he play? Because if he's leaving Liverpool, because Bradley Barcola's coming in on the left,

what happens when he goes to Manchester City? Where is he going to play? Really, chaps? Where is he going to play? Has he done enough for Liverpool to go to Manchester City? If they are level on par, par, or you say Liverpool are higher or Manchester City or lower. Is that a step below or is that a step above? I really don't know.

I'm so shocked of it. My mind's obviously blown on the scenario, if I'm honest. I'm surprised Liverpool are letting him go to Man City, but perhaps they don't really have a choice in it. It is, you wouldn't normally see a transfer between those two football clubs, particularly not when they were going head-to-head for Premier League titles under Clop and Guardiola. So it is a bit of a head scratcher.

They obviously just want Parkola in that much. this is going to make room in the squad for him to come in on wages and in terms of transfer fee. And I think Barcoa is an exciting signing for Liverpool. Is he definitely what they need? I think if you looked at Liverpool at the end of last season at the start of this, I'm not sure another winger was really what they were absolutely crying out for or another forward. So, yeah, it's an exciting signing for Liverpool. It's a slight strange, but a bit of a head's gone with you, Charlie, I find it slightly strange to letting him go to Man City.

Is Enzo Fernandez going to potentially be joining? Cody Giacpo at Manchester City. I'm pretty sure. Going off what Enzo Mariska said it in his press conference last week, it was about signing captains and experienced players, but not just for an age,

it was more of the appearance side. It just, looking through the murky waters, it looked like he was talking about Enzo Fernandez without even mentioned his name. So I wouldn't be surprised by Wednesday morning if Enzo Fernandez is a Manchester City player. What about some of the other deals?

It looks like Ollie Watkins is, Well, he has completed his 51 million pound move to Saudi pro-league side, Al-Hilal. Al-Hilal also working on an agreement to sign Gabriel Martinelli, and that's not just where the exit stopped at the Arsenal. It seems as though Gabriel Jesus is heading off from Arsenal to Barcelona

for a fee of eight and a half million pound. In this day and age, what a bargain. Is he reduced to clear, Luke? Reduced to clear. That's a fourth. Football manager. That's a championship manager, O1.02 fee, isn't it?

Do you know what I mean? Well, they want to get him off the wage bill. Arsenal have done some, I mean, Arsenal have been criticized in the past, haven't they, for not doing outgoings very well, not being very good at selling players. They've sold a lot of players. I think supporters are a little bit concerned.

They're not brought enough in. Have they brought enough in the other way to strengthen that squad? We'll wait and see. They don't believe that, Luke, surely. I think they will, I think they'll be expected to bring maybe one more in before the deadline day, I think. Won't they with all those players going out, Aaron?

I do. I do. I do. They wanted Alvarez, didn't they? I know, but he wants to go to Barcelona. Yeah, he's not coming. So they were looking for another player. But if we look at the, as Arsenal's squad and who they have brought in, Solos, they brought in Bruno Gimerias.

They've moved players on that are not, that ineffective, should we say. We can talk about Martinelli for argument's sake, right? And they lost Troside as well. But is he going to keep... But does he do enough for Arsenal to warrant a start? But you want replacements, didn't you? Yeah, but they're sort of... Compared to what the Premier League is.

They have got... It's not just replacements is upgrades, mate. Yeah, but for me, I think they've strengthened. For me, I do think they have strengthened. Regardless however you look it, I think they have strengthened. I think Bruno's a great signing for him. And the winger, the winger from Bruges has done really, really well, isn't he? He looks like he's certainly not.

the player he was at Norwich. Tell me, chaps, tell me please, other than Arsenal, who prevents them from win the league? I think Arsenal will win the league, but Chelsea are flying. Two games in, big bold statements. They do look like the real deal, Charlie, didn't they? They look dangerous.

No, absolutely, but the only worry that you always have is that they've played the games they have and they conceded obviously the free today. However, going forward, they look phenomenal. They really do. Other than Chelsea, you look at it and go, everybody's had to change of manager, Arsenal in that period of time

where it looks like they're going to dominate for for a couple of years, chaps. I really do think that. But it's exciting time if you are a Chelsea fan, that is for sure. It is. There you go. That is it for this week's episode of the Premier League review. Don't forget Aston Villa versus Arsenal to come

on Monday night. Updates of that into Five Lives Monday Nightclub with Mark Chapman, Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Stephen Warnock. I'll be a cut-down version of the Monday Nightclub as the next Football Daily podcast. Thank you to Luke and to Charlie Austin

and thank you to you for listening. As they go, it's five live sports. It's all up to stop out. Everyone standing around the 18th green. He shows to the centre. And that will do it. I'm a champion. The home of the world's greatest sporting events.

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