Football transfer rumours: Rúben Neves next to join Manchester City?

If today’s tell-all tolerates this, then its children will be next

You find us in exuberant, bloodthirsty mood, refreshed and relaxed following a bracing weekend spent gadding around in Leicestershire in a reenactment of the Battle of Bosworth Field that was enjoyed by all involved … until they felt the cold steel of the Mill’s rondel pierce their flesh and send them screaming into The Afterlife. A mobile on-site greasy spoon run by former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, it sells bacon, egg and sausage rolls at extremely competitive rates.

In potentially more true news, Liverpool could trim a couple of fringe players from their squad before the European transfer window shuts. The Liverpool Echo says Borussia Dortmund are interested in taking Divock Origi off their hands, following the failure of Wolves to bring him to Molineux earlier this summer. Liverpool are willing to sell, but apparently not for a penny less than £27m. In need of a fresh start, Loris Karius has been told he can leave Anfield and the beleaguered goalkeeper is quite literally talking Turkey with Besiktas.

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