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Hello and welcome to the transfer window, the podcast that brings you the news before it becomes news, as well as the best insight and analysis on all the issues you want to debate in world football.

Very pleased to see. We've got a very special edition today.

We're going to focus later after the news on what it's like to be a Premier League player on preseason.

When you've got that difficult combination of regaining your fitness and playing meaningless friendlies in foreign countries,

well, all the time focusing, of course, on what is the start of the season.

An interview with England and Premier League goalkeeper Ben Foster exclusively coming up for you.

We'll be doing that after the news, of course, because the news, as always, is with our transferred guru, Duncan Castles, who's going to tell us about Tottenham Hotspot, who have definitely fired into the market. Duncan, what's going on with them?

Yes, I'm hearing that they are progressing a deal that we told you about back in May for Giovanni

Los Alcelsso, Real Betis's Argentinian attacking midfielder. Pretty much a like-to-like replacement

for Christine Erickson if that becomes necessary for Tottenham.

It's not going to be a cheap deal.

Tottenham made a significant bid back in May, which Betis knocked back.

The reasons for that is that Betis had the player on a hundred million euro release clause,

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