Marcus, Pete and Jim are here to hail the latest cab off the centre-back rank, with Raphaël Varane and Ben White two more risk-free additions expected in the coming days.
Elsewhere, the post-Gareth Bale era winds down at Spurs with Eric Lamela's sad departure, Steve Bruce shoulders the takeover burden and Wayne Rooney looks tired - someone get him some players, my word.
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