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Transfer Talk

Lukaku’s value assessed, how Griezmann fits at Barca and is Villa’s spending spree risky?

Transfer Talk

Sky Sports

Soccer, News, Sports News, Sports

4.5886 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

After Inter Milan and Manchester United hold talks over Romelu Lukaku, the panel explain why he will not be sold cheaply and would be difficult to replace (06:23). Sky Italia’s Valentina Fass joins the show to discuss whether Inter can actually afford Lukaku, as well as providing updates on Toby Alderweireld, Matthijs De Ligt and James Rodriguez. With West Ham’s pursuit of Celta Vigo striker Maxi Gomez ending, the Hammers’ move for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Sebastien Haller is discussed (10:16), including whether he would be a good fit in the Premier League. As Aston Villa prepare to take their spending past £100m, Rob Dorsett phones in to assess whether it is money well spent (15:29). The panel assess how Antoine Griezmann will fit at the Nou Camp and whether there is also room for Neymar (34:50). Laurent Koscielny’s refusal to travel on Arsenal’s preseason tour of the USA is also on the agenda (38:58). As is the future of Dani Ceballos, with North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham going head to head to land the rising Spanish star on loan from Real Madrid.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Transfer Talk, brought to you by Bet 365, where every nail biting Neil-Neil, every bizarre

0:06.8

VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap in, false start, dead heat,

0:13.2

and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.

0:16.7

From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsports.

0:20.0

Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet 365. This is the Transfer Talk Podcast and what a busy week it has been in the world of transfers and

0:41.4

Tom White.

0:42.4

That's me and in the studio with the Sky Sports News Report of Darmesheath

0:46.5

And Sky Sports features writer Nick Wright Darmesh

0:50.7

This week honestly you come off air and then two hours later I've been going

0:57.0

back on and so much has happened in those couple of hours.

1:00.9

This week has been absolutely brilliant, isn't it, for that?

1:03.6

Yeah, I mean, every morning before I even come into the office I've been getting phone calls,

1:08.9

having to check a few stories out and then I think they've been coinciding with the good morning transfers and the

1:15.1

transfer talk shows seems to be quite a busy period and it's taken a hell of a lot out of

1:19.2

you hasn't it you look really tired Tom you're right pet? I've never looked anything other than 10 out of 10 in my life

1:25.0

Just like Nick right here as well. It's great, isn't it, when it's this busy?

1:28.0

Absolutely, yeah, absolutely. It was interesting, Darmish was saying how one of those those transfers the Maxi Gomez one was going

1:34.4

back and forth back and forth last week send peppers down my spine every time I hear

1:37.7

that name. 10 minutes we come off we come off a new twist., it's been a good summer.

1:43.1

It's hot thing up now, isn't it?

1:44.6

Yeah, there's lots to get through today.

1:45.9

The latest on talks from Intermelan and Manchester United

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