Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and our summer transfer window grading show.

Yes, we've compiled our report cards from some of the biggest teams in the Premier League and across Europe.

So keep on listening here to find out who's top of the class in spending and selling and who's flunking in the market?

My name's Ryan Bailey joining me today. It's your friend. It's my friend. It's Taylor Rockwell. Hello, Taylor. Hello, my friend and your friend, Ryan Bailey. Hi. How's it going? It's going well, man. Happy to be here on a Tuesday that feels like a Monday, but it's actually a Tuesday. That's right, that's right. Joe Larry's here. Joe's here Joe did you enjoy the long weekend I really did and now it is messing with me in the same way that apparently is messing with Taylor I woke up today and thought all right I've got to do all my normal oh oh wait no no that's not right which is great like the benefit guys of three day weekends is that both you get a three day weekend and only a four day work week which for Graham is actually just a six-day work week instead of a seven-day work week. That's right. The traditional Graham work week of seven days a week continues. Graham Rutherland, hello. Hello, Ryan Bela. Yeah, I didn't have a three-day weekend. I just sat at a table like that SpongeBob meme on my own. I still watched all the soccer. Just couldn't talk to you guys about it. So it's good to have

you back. It's good to be back indeed. Joe, I'll put it to you that the Tuesday after a long weekend, the morning is the worst because there's so much catching up to do. Oh, yeah. I thought you were talking about morning with a you in it along the way because it is sort of morning what has passed in the long weekend.

Graham, I'm just, I just want everybody to understand how dedicated Graham is. with a you in it along the way because it is sort of mourning what has passed in the long weekend.

Graham, I'm just, I just want everybody to understand how dedicated Graham is to his craft. None of the rest of us showed up for a recording session yesterday. Truly, Graham's right. He kind of was the SpongeBob and the SpongeBob meme. And Graham still carried on and did a whole show on his own on the Patreon. A whole show. It's like 10 minutes. By definition, you put out a show, which is a whole show.

So, Graham, I am proud of you.

Listeners, Graham is a whole show.

So, Graham, I am proud of you. Listeners, Graham is a legend. Yeah, if I didn't get an episode out on a Monday after a full weekend, I just explode, just combust. So I avoided that, thankfully. So, there are. Thank you for that. And for the people in your immediate vicinity are very grateful that you didn't combust as well, I imagine.

Well.

Wow. So thank you for that. And for the people in your immediate vicinity are very grateful that you didn't combust as well.

I imagine, Graham.

Well, most of them.

Most of them anyway.

It would have been messy.

That's all I'm thinking.

Patreon.com slash total soccer shows where you can find Graham's gate kept bonus weekend review that he recorded yesterday.

Also lots of bonus episodes.

Bonus video, including the limited to my little trip to California this weekend. You're hanging out with YouTubers. Is that what the new haircuts about? You had to fit in with them. Do I look young, Graham? Do I look trendy enough? Is that it? Yep, that's what I was trying to do. Not as young as them. Indeed. Yes, lots of fun had in California this weekend. and you can check it out on our Patreon feed. And of course, you get access to our Discord server where all the cool kids are hanging out. It is the best way to support Total Soccer Show. Patreon.com slash Total Soccer Show. Oh, thank you very much. All right. Shall we get to our summer transfer greetings, Taylor? We've got a few clubs we've selected out here. Quite a few clubs we've selected out here. We're going to talk about the deals they've done. Yes, indeed. We're going to talk about the nature of those deals and we're going to give them grades. Shall we start, Taylor, with the champions and the champions elect of the Premier League Manchester City,

who, uh, not a great deal. This is, this is the city way, isn't it? Just a couple in, a couple

out each season, little gradual improvements and sheer dominance continues. Yeah, and with that in

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