Copa Independent | Transfer window special: £100m dominoes, Villa’s woes and the incoming deadline day frenzy

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·27 August 2026

Copa Independent | Transfer window special: £100m dominoes, Villa’s woes and the incoming deadline day frenzy

The transfer window has been more frenzied than ever this summer, with wild £100m sums being exchanged between Premier League clubs. Who distorted the market, and are clubs overpaying for new recruits?

Aston Villa and Newcastle have sold several key players this summer – are the Premier League’s new squad cost ratio (SCR) rules to blame? And with only a few days to go until the deadline, which deals will get done before the window closes?

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Miguel Delaney and Richard Jolly join Lawrence Ostlere to discuss all this and more in this week’s edition of Copa Independent, the Independent’s weekly football podcast.