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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 that you're talking about in football.

I'm in McGarry and I'm delighted to say joining me today is as usual our transfer groom, Dr Duncan Castles,

but also the doyen of La Liga TV, Mr Graham Hunter, who is going to talk us through the subjects surrounding El Classico,

which takes place this weekend,

as well as a new story that Duncan has right now on the potential move of Namar.

Duncan, what is the latest on the Brazil international's future?

Well, look, it's something that's, I think, comes as a shock to Paris Saint-Germain,

and something that you would say was unexpected

because the signals from Namar's camp for the best part of a year

has been that he was happy at Paris Saint-German,

and he was going to sign a new

contract there and he'd been trying to get Lino Messi to come and join him and all was finally

sweetness and light in Paris after that record move and after basically summer after summer of

him trying to get out of Paris Saint-German and get back to Barcelona.

Now the information I have is that Namar has called a halt to those negotiations with Paris-San-German,

is refusing to sign the new contract that's been offered to him, and is once again pushing for a move to Barcelona.

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