Tbf, their turnaround under Rohl last season was pretty impressive and they seem to have recruited well - Lowe and Chalobah are established Championship players with EPL experience, plus they've added Bournemouth's Jamal Lowe, Man U youngster Charlie McNeill, goalkeepers Beadle and Hamer. Don't know enough about the overseas signings yet.
And it's not the strongest Championship I've seen. I expect West Brom/Leeds to fill the top two spaces. Luton have money(!), Burnley have a sh!te manager, Blunts are almost entirely a new team, Norwich rebuilding (again). Then you're looking at Blackburn, Preston, Coventry who were around the play-offs last season.
Of the promoted teams, Derby's pre-season has been terrible, Oxford will probably go straight back down, Portsmouth could go either way.
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I don't know if I've got an intolerance of Bedfordshire towns, but I'm glad the Premier League is Luton free.
(Nicked from X).Apparently Newcastle are in negotiations to buy Marc Guehi, which seems like a strange move on Palace's part.
I think he only has 2 years left on his contract - I don't know how big a drop off there would be next summer?
Sounds like a shit 80s ITV Saturday night 'variety' show double act.
Solanke to Spurs then. Hopefully fucks up Bournemouth ahead of next week.
It's now got the Romano HWG.
Zubimendi rejects Liverpool
Cajuste to Brentford is about to collapse due to some paperwork issue
Connor Gallagher has been sitting in Madrid for five days waiting for Chelsea and Atletico to agree terms, and now he's been told to go back to London
Animal torturer Zouma's move to the Middle East has collapsed due to a failed medical
Nketiah to Marseille has collapsed because the clubs can't agree a feeBrighton are paying Leeds 40M for Rutter. That's going to hurt Leeds badly.
Bournemouth are paying £47m for Evanilson, who we were slightly linked with earlier in the window. Probably too late for him to be starting on Saturday.
Southampton signing Cameron Archer from Villa. Feels like he hasn't quite become the player he looked like he might, but he's still only 22.
Leicester got gazumped by Hoffenheim for a striker they were expecting to sign.
Kalvin Phillips to Ipswich is weird. Hopefully he can be their Jesse Lingard.
Is it wrong to be relishing the prospect of another club to be really, really struggling as they flap about stumbling around in the dark abd challenging for Derby'srecord (alas, they won't be) almost as much as I'm wishing for some lower mid-table mediocrity devoid of any drama of any kind at all for ourselves?
Thought not.
Leicester finishing this season with 12 points is very much the dream.
I feel like everyone thinks Leicester are going to be worse than they actually are.
