Welcome back everyone. And as we end 1,057 consecutive days of Nations League games and finally – finally! – bring down the curtain on the 2021-22 season, it’s time for the Mill to crank back into action and the real business of modern football to commence: the frenzied splodging of obscene quantities of cash, and fevered speculation thereon. Who will be riding through their city centre on an open-top bus at the end of August having “won” the transfer window?
So let’s start with the team that merely won the Premier League, for Manchester City are hunting midfield reinforcements, with Kalvin Phillips thought to be top of Pep Guardiola’s list. Football Insider reports that City have “submitted an offer” for the Leeds and England midfielder, who has also been linked with Liverpool and Manchester United.
