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Hello. Hello and welcome to the Transfer Window, the podcast that takes you inside the biggest deals at the biggest clubs in world football. I'm Johnny McFarlane and joining me are our Transfer Market Insiders and Pundits Extraordinaire,

Duncan Castles and Ian McGarry.

This week, we take a deep dive into the feasibility of Saudi interest in Manchester United

and with Abu Dhabi's involvement in Man City and Qatar's at PSG,

we look at the ramifications of nation-states taking control at football's

biggest clubs. Rahim Sterling crashed home his first England goals in three years during

a superb performance in Spain, but it's the Manchester City Star looking to make celebrating

on Spanish turf a more regular occurrence as new contract

talks appear to hit a brick wall.

And we preview Chelsea versus Manchester United at Stanford Bridge on Saturday as Marizio

Saris' rejuvenated side will look to apply more pain to Josie Marino's stuttering charges.

Okay guys, we're going to start today with some extremely interesting news from behind the scenes

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