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The transfer window closed just in time for the one show to start, which was very reasonable yesterday.

Mark Gay's move collapsing is perhaps the most interesting part of it.

Does that mean footballers who go on strike have a better chance of getting what they want?

Some Newcastle fans very unhappy with Alexander Isak, but welcoming Johann Wisser with open arms.

Elsewhere, Villa go for Sancho Elliott and Lindenoff, Spurs get Mouin. Man City and Man United by keepers, and finally Chelsea getting an attacking wide man for Kendo Buonanote. Really? Then to the EFL from Middlesbrough at the top of the championship to Cheltenham at the bottom of League 2. We'll cover it all, but probably won't mention your club. All that plus one brilliant email,

and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.

On the panel today, Barry Glenn Denning, welcome back.

Hi, Max. Thanks for welcoming me back.

That's a pleasure. I think we've got enough messages saying, is Barry alive? Has he moved to another podcast? Oh, okay. I know I was fine. Just had a week off. Fine. Yeah. So, you know, maybe four or five. So you are, you know, you're an integral part of this thing. You should be delighted with that. From Not the Top 20, George Ellick, hello. Hello. And the man who was standing outside the Etihad. Were you inside? Were you, Sani Ridger-Vadjula, for the whole of Deadline Day and Sky Sports News? How are you, Sammy? Hello, yes. I was in the Academy Stadium, so you can, like, you overlook the Ettydie had and it's where the women's and

the youth team play but it's all part of the same training complex huge place did anyone stick

a sex toy in your ear do you know what i brought one but no one even tried to take it off me um

where should we start what jim says is it recency bias or does this deadline day feel a little more manic than usual? As a podcast, I reckon, George, that we're not like obsessed with the window. It does feel like it's been quite an interesting one. Yeah, I mean, and that's across, I think, all leagues. It kind of feels like the age of the transfer saga from back in the day, you know, thinking of the likes of Beckham to Real Madrid,

Ronaldo to Real Madrid. The way that now transfers get reported, it's changed quite a lot,

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