Federico Chiesa has not travelled with the Liverpool first team for their pre-season tour in Japan. A minor niggle best treated on Merseyside, so the club say. But we all know the decision is carried by the undertow of Chiesa's wretched debut campaign,

Liverpool's off-season is fully underway, and with the English Premier League inching closer & closer, our crew is thinking about the moves that Arne Slot's side has made so far.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is of the opinion the Gunners must continue to recruit before the transfer deadline if they are to compete at the top end of the Premier League table this coming season. It follows the North Londoners' acquisition of Martin Zubimendi,