Hello Rank Squad!
With Declan Rice becoming the second most expensive Premier League signing in history, we decided to have a look through the top 10 and cast our eye over what we could learn from the others - from Virgil van Dijk to Enzo Fernandez, and everyone in between.
Jack and Dean take a look through the deals that make up those headline purchases, and examine how and why they either succeeded or failed, to get a read on the situation.
There's a Things We Love, which discusses the new war of words between the Saudi Pro League and MLS off the back of Cristiano Ronaldo's latest comments, and also some wonderful homecomings made in this transfer window.
Plus, Hot Takes returns - this week we hear your views on offsides, net spend, and whether Paul Scholes was better than Zinedine Zidane.
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The Ranks FC 23/24 Awards & The Season's Best Stories
Ranking Major Transfer Dilemmas This Summer
Champions League Takeaway: Madrid Leave It Late & Dortmund Make It Great
Ranking the European Team of the Season
Champions League Takeaway: Dortmund Stun PSG & Madrid Held in Munich
Ranking the Premier League Team of the Year
Ranking the Final Four in the Champions League, Europa League & Conference League
Champions League Takeaway: Premier League Catastrophe, Reyes de Europa, Lucho's PSG Remontada & BVB Stun Atleti
Ranking Breakout Stars of This Season
Champions League Takeaway: Xavi Silences Lucho, Dortmund Stay Alive, Bayern's Experience Tells & Another Madrid-City Classic
Rúben Amorim: The Next Liverpool Manager?
Ranking Rule Changes That Would Improve Football
Ranking the Best Wingers in Europe
USMNT Drop Another Dos a Cero on Mexico (Postbox Excerpt)
Ranking the Most Dramatic Finishes To This Season
Manchester United End Klopp's Quadruple Dream (Postbox Excerpt)
Champions League Takeaway: Penalty Delight for Arsenal & Atléti, Rolls Reus Returns & Barça's Youth Injection
Ranking the Greatest European Goalscorers Ever
Champions League Takeaway: Madrid Edge Leipzig, City's Training Day, Bayern Breathe Again & Bossman Mbappé
Ranking Players Who Could Quit the Premier League
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