Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and you're listening to the Ranks FC podcast.

Hello, Rank's Squad and welcome to Ranks FC.

It's your favourite football podcast back for another week.

And today we're going Continental. We're going to take a look at some of the European giants on the continent

and just examine how their preseason and transfer windows are going.

A little bit about what we did for a couple of Premier League teams last week.

My name is Jack Collins, and I'll be your host today

and joining me from across the water, Mr Dean Jones, live from San Diego.

How you doing, mate?

Yeah, I'm good, mate.

This is a big episode, I think.

You know, we've obviously covered the Premier League in, yeah, I think quite good detail

recently.

And on the Patreon, even, you know, a lot of the focus has been around the Premier League.

Obviously, we've had to address the copper and the Euros and the Olympics.

And you've even been watching the Olympics this morning before we've recorded this.

This evening, I should say, for you. But, yeah, we haven't really started to get into the

details of the European giants. And so when we were debating what we should talk about for this week,

you know, I was like, well, what about like a preseason checking on Europe's elite clubs?

And it seems like a good time. You know, we're a week, two, week, three weeks away from

the start of the competitive stuff, I guess, because there's obviously

like Super Cups and Shields and stuff to be played before the real campaigns begin, and

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