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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5469967, member: 405"] With the start of the Premier League less than 2 weeks away, here is the latest transfer news. David Moyes not at all happy with Everton's effort (and injuries) as their US preseason tour ends with a draw vs. United, following losses to West Ham and Bournemouth. Moyes says they "need 8 or 9 new players" before the window closes at the end of the month. Ouch. Tottenham finally seal their loan deal with Bayern for Joao Palhinha, who will bolster their midfield. James Madison suffered a knee injury in their last game, and is going to be out for several months, it looks like. West Ham have just added striker Callum Wilson, the free agent who last played for Newcastle. Nice pickup for them! It was also nice to see Luis Paqueta back for them. He's a very talented guy. However, Graham Potter will not be bringing back Mikhail Antonio, now that he has signed Wilson up front. I was surprised to hear that Antonio is now 35 years old. He has had a lot of injuries these last 2 or 3 years, as well being in a terrible car crash last winter. This sounds like the end of the line for him at the top tier. He looked reasonably good in the US, but Rasmus Hojland is very publicly for sale by United for 30M. Big news in the striker games is that Liverpool made a 110M offer for Alexander Isak of Newcastle, after having talked informally to them about a 120M offer. Liverpool says publicly that they will go no higher. Some people at Newcastle feel that Liverpool was tapping up their player, who has been unsettled. They feel that the offer was to save face with their supporters, and was insincere, after they had already signed Hugo Ekitike. Good news for Newcastle is that Isak returned to training with Newcastle today, and they are trying to welcome him back. However, Newcastle have made an 80M offer for Benjamin Sesko, a big 6-5 battering ram center forward who is still only 22. He is not the finished article, though. He is similar to DeLap, who was signed by Chelsea, but about 3 inches taller. But I don't think Sesko is going to want to move there, which has been a huge problem for their recruitment this summer. Newcastle had previously made an offer for Brentford's Yoanne Wissa of around 25M, and the rumor is that 30M would do it. Or maybe they will turn to PSG's Goncalo Romos for the number 9. I'll believe it when I see it. Milan may make an offer for Darwin Nunez, hoping they can get a bit of a knock down price, now that Nunez seeks his time under threat. Liverpool wants 50M, so my bet would be a move to Saudi. I think it was Al Hillal who was interested in him. Spurs are supposedly interested in Rodrygo now that Son is gone, but Levy never spends that kind of money. It's probably the agent trying to find a home for him. Chelsea offered Christopher Nkunku and cash for Barcelona MF Ferran Lopez, but Hansi Flick is not interested in Nkunku. Juventus are interested in Sporting Lisbon's MF Morton Hjulmand. They've offered 40M, but Sporting wants 60M and feel under no pressure to sell, after getting big money for Gyorekes from Arsenal. Colorado Rapids have signed CB Rob Holding from Crystal Palace. Holding is still only 29, and used to play for Arsenal. Tim Weah moves on loan from Juve to Marseille with an option to buy for 14M. Nice move. Good league for him. Milan also interested in Dusan Vlahovic from Juve, and were willing to offer one of four players as a makeweight on the price. Atalanta's Ademola Lookman, the winger, is upset that his club have resisted Milan's efforts to sign him, and has asked to be moved. Milan, meanwhile, have turned to Juve's Nico Gonzalez, or Chelsea's Christopher Nkunku. More dominoes will surely fall. Jakub Kiwior, the Arsenal CB, is subject of interest from several clubs, but Arteta would like to keep his 25 year old CB for depth. Arsenal are going to play a lot of games this year. Girona and Crystal Palace seem to be close to a deal where attacker Odsonne Edouard would go to Girona for Right Back Arnau Martinez. Former Everton CB Yerry Mina wants to leave Cagliari and return to the Premiere League. He can be had for 2M Euro. Nice pick up for a midtable team. Mina is still only 30. He still has a few years in the tank. With Chelsea unwilling to go past 60M Euro for Xavi Simons of Leipzig, Leipzig have asked about Tyrique George, a tall talented 19 year old LW for Chelsea whose path to the first team is clearly blocked. Good deal for everyone. [/QUOTE]

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