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Aug 2023
54m 49s

Wilson & Antonio: Will Richarlison shake...

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Newcastle are top of the league! Only one game played, but Callum is buzzing. He got on the scoresheet, but should he have had more?

And debut boy Sandro Tonali put to bed any talk of him not wanting to be in the North East.

West Ham got their first point on the board with a hard fought draw away at Bournemouth. But Rickie was expecting to see Harry Maguire in the side after last week’s pod. The boys debate whether or not he should make the move south.

The transfer market has never been madder. England’s captain, Harry Kane, has moved to Germany. Plus Chelsea and Liverpool are seemingly bidding and outbidding each other for every defensive midfielder in the Prem. So the boys try to make sense of it all…

Do Tottenham need a replacement for Harry Kane? Talk of Richarlison stepping up reopens old FFP wounds.

And Roy Hodgson’s touchline scuffle at the weekend prompts the boys to choose who the hardest manager in the Prem is.

In Footballers Unfiltered, Callum and Michail discuss their fellow players' thoughts on the pod, and Michail receives a nice email from a fan. Want to get in touch with a question or thought? Email us at ffp@bbc.co.uk.

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