Episode 78 - Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk replacement? + Chelsea vs. Spurs preview

On this episode, Ted and Patrick look at 5 transfer rumours around the Premier League, including a potential Virgil van Dijk replacement. Which of these make sense and which are agents spouting nonsense? Then, we look ahead to the mid-week games, including a preview of Chelsea vs. Spurs. Enjoy! Monday's newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/p/and-so-it-begins The Dating episode of ManDown: https://youtu.be/IiiVvRX0478?feature=shared Subscribe to our FREE newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/subscribe Join Variance Betting: https://www.thetransferflow.com/upgrade Follow us on our Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1WTKOt7byrELQcGRSzu1Q X: https://x.com/TheTransferFlow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetransferflow.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetransferflow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transferflowpodcast Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:22 - Hugo Larsson to Manchester City for £50M? 02:38 - A lower price? 04:09 - How does Pep play into these decisions? 05:26 - Passing as an attribute vs. age curve 06:15 - Jonathan David to Newcastle on a free? 07:27 - Manchester United an option? Or a non-EPL team? 08:10 - Barcelona rumours and David’s creative numbers 10:30 - Isak replacement? 10:52 - Darwin Nunez to Atletico Madrid for £60M? 11:37 - The right kind of coach for Nunez 12:27 - Luis Diaz, Mo Salah, and Trent 13:59 - Nunez as an Isak replacement as well? 14:36 - Enzo to Atleti? 16:59 - Aston Villa? 17:57 - Let Darwin be Darwin 18:39 - Jobe Bellingham to Brighton 20:12 - What will Jobe become? 22:09 - Is Germany a better league for him? 22:45 - The easy Dortmund link? 23:36 - Schlotterbeck to Liverpool for £60M 26:00 - Everything about this makes sense 27:20 - Liverpool’s rebuild + Don’t become Man United 28:04 - Does Schlotterbeck help you get MORE out of VVD? 29:19 - Chelsea vs. Spurs preview 30:58 - Stoppable force meets moveable object 32:24 - Brighton v Aston Villa 33:52 - Beef with Spurs? 35:42 - Wednesday lookahead 36:52 - B -Roll (ManDown, American accents, Coldplay, and Actors) 49:42 - C-roll (Sean Paul, Pitbull, FloRida, and Kate Blanchett) 52:54 - D-roll (findom and pay pigs)