Thiago Alcântara

The Premier League know what would happen.

And that's the thing here where, and actually, Craig, we saw a few headlines saying, I think it was Alisson and Thiago, players like this, have been left out.

I suspect that the clubs might have said, listen, and I think the players as well, saying to the likes of Alisson, you don't need to fly to Australia to play Australia twice.

And then the Indian game, Craig, I believe is in Salt Lake City in America.

Even, like, he has just that aura about him, doesn't he? Like, he just, even the way he just passes the ball, he just looks good doing it.

It's something similar to Thiago Alcântara, just the, the sheer aura on the ball [laughs] and, like, just the link-up play with Wirtz yesterday, the speed of him.

Like, he, he broke the Premier League record for quickest player of the season, uh, when he came on against Ipswich, like, straight away, so that's the, the signs of things to come.

[laughs] Pretty good, yeah.

Jack?Well, do you know, it's quite funny you should say this.

So it was actually planned the week before, and it was supposed to be an open-top bus tour of Liverpool with Thiago, Barry, and Brennan Johnson.

So that was the initial plan.

So I, I had that planned, you know, in my head, all the questions and things that I could potentially ask them.

Did, did you kind of fall into, feel, felt like it fell into that pattern quite quickly?

Honestly, that's exactly how it was.

Because, like I say, I was scrambling around in the morning, 'cause I had my questions for, like, Thiago and for Brennan, and I was like, "Oh, what am I gonna ask him?" And I, I just, like, wrote down, like, topics really, like you said, like what, what would be quite good to ask, what would people wanna know.

And I had it all on me iPad, and I had me iPad on me, me lap, and I don't even think I really looked at it, because-

But again, sentimentality, not one to put people's nose out of joint.

Joel Matip and Thiago, fair enough.

They retired because of injuries.

They were leaving anyway, but they retired because of injuries.

I think the Milner extension was a big factor.

The Henderson extension was the straw that broke the camel's back ultimately.

but he left the club Thiago won as well definitely like Edwards wouldn't have signed him but I'll allow Jürgen that one because I love Thiago but I think his first tenure was definitely an A this one This one's very hard because we know he hired Hughes.

We know he brought back Ward and Woodfine and Marquez.

Oh, wanted him

... and Thiago.

Good footballers, but yeah, but it's not the same level.

It's not the same level.

And Thiago was a, Thiago was a veteran opportunity.

I don't think that's e- I don't think that even comes close in terms of the profile and the prestige of the Wir- the, the Wirtz or the Isak or Barcola signings.

So he's, he has c- he's c- enormous credit to me for that.

The Dutch right-back played 30 league matches in the 25-26 season, scoring twice against Leeds and a winning goal against Chelsea in March.

The team in full, Raya for Arsenal, O'Reilly, Man City, Saliba, Arsenal, Gabriel, Arsenal, Timber, Arsenal, Rice, Arsenal, Cherky, Man City, Bruno Fernandes for Manchester United, Semenyo for Manchester City, Haaland for Manchester City and Thiago for Brentford.

Ethan heads to Dortmund.

Ethan Winari has joined Bundesliga side of Borussia Dortmund on a season-long loan.