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Hello and welcome to the transfer window. The only podcast that brings you the news before it becomes news. We were bringing you insight and analysis

into all the issues you're talking about. On today's pod, we'll be talking Manchester United

in detail, a window which is slightly puzzling, I think, just what the hell happened over the last

three months. We'll also be talking Barcelona, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton and much, much more.

I mean, McGarry, with me as always, is the man described as transfer expert on numerous media

websites over the last two or three days. Mr Duncan Castles, who's been getting quoted to quite

frequently. I'm sure you have all seen that as well as, of course, this podcast.

Duncan's only one place to start because it has been a very interesting and quite confusing

recruitment policy in terms of Manchester United.

And this has been the longest transfer window in history

in time they've had to do their business.

We have been talking since May about what Olegre Guna Solshar had targeted with regards

to positions. We've been talking about the targets

that he had identified. We've been talking about the players that they have discussed in

recruitment meetings with the likes of Edward Woodward Matt Judge et al. And yet it took until the very last day and indeed the very last hours of the window

until they signed four players, none of whom who Saul Shah identified,

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