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    Ross Barkley

    If you can't appreciate a well-worked Levy price reduction ploy, the whole joy of the transfer window must be lost on you. No wonder you spend the season bitterly scrutinising the ITK forum for minor posting infringements. Live a little. Scrutinise some small print. Watch a few negotiation...
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    Ross Barkley

    If so, I hope that isn't leaked too widely. We don't just want to help spare Everton's blushes, as this is got over the line at a good price, we want a reputation as a club that is reliable at sparing blushes.
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    Serge Aurier

    I'd missed that! Feet of clay. To go with the knees.
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    Serge Aurier

    Who do you mean - Woodgate? Hardly an idol, though.
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    Davinson Sanchez

    Why would Border Force pay special attention to Colombian nationals arriving from Amsterdam with a phalanx of villainous-looking bald Londoners?
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    Davinson Sanchez

    Oh yeah. Good point. I've only ever flown to Amsterdam for work and vaguely assumed that London City was the most sensible airport. My London transport skills are on a par with Hank's.
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    Davinson Sanchez

    I'd give it best part of an hour from London City Airport to the training ground; M25 or A406 would both be grim.
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    Davinson Sanchez

    Really? Don't see why. You could get from the Ajax training ground to the Spurs one in less than three hours, using scheduled flights.
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    Ross Barkley

    No reason to think the journalist is Scouse, the Echo piece isn't relevant to the speculation about RB, and the story in The Week isn't bylined. Meaning it's all the more likely to be nonsense, merely posted because it seemed something of an outlier.
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    Newcastle vs Tottenham: Match Thread

    David Squires in the Graun today:
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    Ross Barkley

    Not that The Week is a serious source, but this is the first report suggesting that we've given up on RB, I think? The Liverpool Echo says Tottenham "would be prepared to offer in the region of £20-25m" for the Everton midfielder, but that was before news broke of his latest injury, and the...
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    Serge Aurier

    The side that suggests he's deeply unpleasant seems more robust and better-evidenced than any side to the contrary - which doesn't seem to have been shared even by the hyperactive agent who is planting all these stories.
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    Team v Chelsea (H)

    In that case he should have been fine for Newcastle but be crocked for Everton. I don't think that's how injuries work, though.
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    Transfer revolution: Window to shut before Premier League season starts next year

    Start the season later and abolish international friendlies. Problem solved.
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    The Best of The Best

    There will never be another Doherty. Amazing player.
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    Davinson Sanchez

    Is Leg-over Sanchez his nickname? Good for Ajax. More original than Dirty Sanchez.
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    Adopt a player 17/18.

    That's the easy bit. I've found that Mousa needs three walks a day or he starts nibbling the furniture. And he howls when I'm at work.
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    PLAYER WATCH: Paulinho

    €40m?! Did we have a sell-on clause?
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    Wembley pub thread

    Football isn't football without ocakbasi. Are there any Turkish restaurants near the stadium, preferably south of the railway bridge, which are remotely as good as the ones on Tottenham High Road?
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    Davinson Sanchez

    That would make more sense if Dier was off.
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