Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and you're listening to the Ranks FC podcast.

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We are right in the thick of the first of these transfer windows.

But today we're also going to be talking about some new managerial appointments. There's been movers and shakers all over Europe. We're going to dive deep into a few of them in today's

episode. My name is Jack Collins and I'll be your host today and joining me across the water all

the way from San Diego is Mr Dean Jones. How you doing, mate? Yeah, I'm good, mate. Yeah, the transfer windows just shut.

That was nice and short.

Obviously, we've got another one coming up.

But it's livened things up, isn't it?

Like, at least we've seen some, like, significant transfer activity early on in the summer,

which you usually get one or two, but nothing like this. And obviously with the Club World Cup happening and putting so much cash on the line,

teams have been more willing to kind of go into the market.

But even teams that aren't in the competition have been getting a bit active too,

which has been interesting.

And yeah, it's just made the beginning of the summer more lively.

And I think it's fun.

Like, am I massively excited about the Club World Cup?

No.

But at least there is a couple of more areas of intrigue now in terms of actually watching it.

Because some of these teams have made significant

signings that they are going to include. And also with the prize money, teams are going to take

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