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Hello and welcome to the transfer window.

This is the podcast that not only takes you inside the biggest deals at the biggest clubs in world football,

but brings you insight and analysis on the issues that matter every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

I'm John McFarlane and joining me are Pund's Extraordinaire Duncan Castles and Ian McGarry.

On today's transfer podcast, it's your questions answered.

We assess the current state of Premier League officiating and ask do English referees allow physicality to prosper at the expense of skill. With Mauritio Pocetino's future in London uncertain,

could Daniel Levy turn to Josie Marino to take spurs to the next level? And, Neymar to Madrid is the transfer story that just won't go away, but will the Spanish

Giants number one target cut the mustard as the main man at such a huge club?

Well, there's only one place to start this week, and I know it's your questions answered,

but there's been big news coming out of

Madrid with the appointment of Zinidine Zadan as manager for a second time to Real Madrid. It's just

nine months after he left the club to get a recharge of the old batteries. Duncan, has that been

...