HeyJaredBienkowski's Bletherings
The personal substack of journalist and sportswriter Stefan Bienkowski.
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Are we in a Premier League transfer bubble? (opens the original)
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This summer’s transfer window has been very bizarre, and in many ways it feels like there’s a bit of a bubble growing in the Premier League.Only nine of the top 25 player sales by PL clubs were to clubs outside the English top flight this summerTwo of them were to Saudi Arabia. And one was Rasmus Hojlund’s deal to Napoli, which was agreed last season. That leaves just six transfers.The average transfer fee paid for a PL player to a European club was just €8.9m this summer.While the average trans
Liverpool should play Szoboszlai on the right wing (opens the original)
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The Anfield club are chasing their own tail in the summer transfer window, trying to sign Bradley Barcola, but that probably won’t solve their problems on the right wing. The former Lyon star could probably do a job there, but Andoni Iraola would perhaps be smarter to try Dominik Szoboszlai out on the right for a number of reasons.
The brute-force Premier League (opens the original)
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