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Hello and welcome to the transfer window. The podcast, it 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 McGarabning with me as always is the transfer guru, Duncan Castles.

Today in the pod will be bringing you news of managerial menu ground changes perhaps at Real Madrid, PSG, maybe even other places as well.

As well as news on Olegre Solshar and transfer plans at

Manchester United, and of course, the continuing saga of Leo Messi. Will he won't he? Will he

well? We might be able to give you some knowledge on that as well. And of course, the Dunkie Award,

as this is Friday's podcast. Duncan, we're going to start with the Santiago Bernabeo, where Zinidin

Zadan is under increasing pressure to retain his position as head coach after home and away defeats to

Shaktaudnetsk in the Champions League.

Interesting statistic, I think, for anyone,

and that is that Reimod had now lost more Champions League games

since Christiana Ronaldo left the club

than they did in his entire career there.

Now, that tells you something.

Perhaps they are pining for the Portugal captain

in terms of success. Of course, he was a five-time winner of the competition while playing

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