I’m always glad once the transfer window slams shut because it gives me anxiety like nothing else when putting together this magazine. I’d delayed publishing August’s issue because we signed Crysencio Summerville, Niclas Füllkrug, Guido Rodríguez in quick succession.
And believing that maybe that would be it for us this summer, I wanted to try to get some references to these three in August. But we didn’t have the space or opportunity to get the full lowdown on this trio before going to print, which I was keen to correct in this issue and it was great to hear from Leeds, Dortmund and Betis fans on their former heroes.
Then we go and sign Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jean-Clair Todibo and Carlos Soler and let Nayef Aguerd, James Ward-Prowse, Kurt Zouma and Maxwel Cornet leave. Thankfully our wonderful designer is a United fan so we’ve been able to squeeze in a piece about our new full back.
It’ll be good to see a bit more of Todibo and Soler on the pitch in claret and blue before we cover them. And it’ll be interesting to hear from the fans of the clubs we’ve let players go to and see how they are settling in.
Despite Aguerd’s heartfelt post on social media, he has only left on loan as have the others. A decent season away from east London and they might be welcomed back into the fold. Albeit I can’t really see that happening for Zouma or Cornet, and you can put money now on Ward-Prowse scoring a free kick against us in November.
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