Bezos Wants Liverpool | Transfer Journalist Detained | Johnson and McNeil Straight Swap
Football Between The LinesShow Notes
We get into the increasingly ridiculous world of transfer rumours, why supporters are being driven mad by endless links and whether the people spreading them should be held to account.
There's also the growing revolt against Gianni Infantino, what happens if football's major governing bodies finally turn on FIFA, Jeff Bezos and a potential £4.5bn valuation of Liverpool, Newcastle's worrying summer, Brennan Johnson and Dwight McNeil swapping clubs, and whether modern football's financial rules actually work.
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