Hello everybody, welcome to the latest edition of the Transfer Talk podcast.

My name is Pete Graves, and we've got a lot to talk about today.

Delighted to say, joining me in the studio is ESPN Sam Tye, so I'm lovely to see you.

And also we have special guests, The Daily Mail's Dominic King, who's going to help us discuss

all things Liverpool.

But Sam, firstly to you, mate, I believe it's your birthday today.

Do you mind me asking just how old you are?

I like to be cryptic.

I'll say that I'm the same age as when Gary Cahill and Marcello retired from. A quick Google. 45 are coming. Fair to say that in the Abramovich Chelsea era, I would be up for a maximum one-year contract extended. So we're in the ballpark of 36 then, are we? We might be. Yeah, fine. Well, happy birthday to you. Thank you. Welcome along. Thanks for coming in on your birthday, mate, and hope you can enjoy the rest of your day after this next hour.

And delighted to welcome the Daily Mail's Dominic King onto the podcast. I believe it's your transfer talk debut, Dom. Is that right?

Listen, I'm delighted to be on with you. let me wish Sam for happy birthday as well and

express my envy because if I were being cryptic I'd say I'd be playing for well I wouldn't

be even playing for the legends team but probably be playing for the over and past it once so there

we go managing the legends team yeah yeah you've read really that phase of that phase of your life. It's great to have you on, May. It's so much to talk

about with Liverpool. Of course, D'Amasheth, not here again. You know, it's like, I missed a few episodes in January, and he was messaging me like, oh, when you're coming back, pet, and all that. I've could be out two weeks in a row. He's not even here, but I believe he's in Lanzarotti at the minute,

playing golf, and it's blowing a gale out there. He sent me some videos of like palm trees blowing about. So he's gone out there for a golf trip and his ball is literally blowing all over the place out there. So it's a blessing. But Darmesh, I'm sure I'll be back next week for the next episode. So, yeah, I hope

you're having, Darmesh, from your sunlounge, and, well, shading from the wind, I hope

you're having a nice holiday, mate. But look, Dominic, I mean, so much to talk about. I mean,

the Sala news is something we're going to talk about in detail shortly. But I presume it wasn't quite the

quiet international break that you were sort of hoping for, Dom. Okay, you know, international

break comes along and you think, ah, a bit of a mid-time off from club duties, but it's been

anything but there's been so much going on. Well, it's, it's one of those, it's one of those stories as a reporter that, you know, everything gets

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