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Hello and welcome to the transfer window, the podcast that brings you the news before it becomes news as well as insight

and analysis into all the subjects you're talking about in football.

I mean, McGarry, with me as always, is the transfer guru Duncan Castles.

Today we'll be bringing you exclusive news on Manchester United, West Ham United,

as well as Juventus and wolves and much more.

I'm delighted to say that we're starting, Duncan,

with a question from a young man called Sankul Patak,

who lives in Mumbai and India,

representing, of course, our multinational listenership, which of course we value very much.

And Sanko has asked us, how do the transfer gurus get the insight about transfers that are going to happen way before anybody else?

As somebody from the clubs tell you something, you know, as a snitch, he asks,

or do they get paid for this?

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