Manchester City SIGN Elliot Anderson for a British-record fee of £116m | A price worth paying?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's a bit boring, innit, everyone being like, Oh, it's priced up the market, oh, how on earth is Elliot Anderson one hundred and sixteen million? It's a bit like it's old men shouting at clouds and then like other clubs being reactive.
And the other thing I hate is Every transfer that City do. Oh yeah, but the charges. Oh NordVPN cybersecurity built for every day. And just before we get started, a word from our sponsors, NordVPN. To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan, go to NordVPN.com forward slash talking city. Our link will also give you four extra months on the two-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. And the link is in the podcast episode description box.
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Talk in City podcast with myself, Alex James, and Chief City Writer Simon Bikowski. Simon, hello. Hello. Are you well? Uh I'm very well, thank you. How are you? Yes, not so bad, thank you. Not so bad. Last time I was here We were discussing sandwiches for more of a podcast than I thought we were getting.
Yes.
Somebody sent me a message about that, which is means it's travelled uh a la Danny Murphy's cat. I feel like it was that level of Right, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Intra well.
Not traveled as far as Danny Murphy's cat travelled. That that went quite somewhere. But then returned. Uh but you've not been back. Uh not been back. No, but but we're cons yeah. This podcast doesn't pay enough. Please sponsor us. There's a sponsor out there. I'd like another sandwich. Um yeah, considering it. So, um yeah, have you what's the most expensive food you've bought in the last week?
Wow, great question. Uh I honestly could not tell you for a as in a consumable Whatever.
I mean, if I open it up to drink, you can probably say you've you've brought bought an eighteen pack for the one out of the phone. Yeah, I don't think I've even had a drink.
Good. So I'll give that some thought while we're chatting and I'll come back to you at the end of What's been the most expensive item in my shopping basket this week? Good. Look forward to it. Speaking of expensive items I tell you what, you couldn't write this, could you? Which you can clearly see we haven't. That was a good script. Elliot Anderson.
Yes.
Most expensive transfer ever. Official confirmed. Yeah. Done deal. Yeah. Uh which Uh we did speak about
What’s the hype around Elliot Anderson’s £116 million move to Manchester City?
Last week or whenever it was. Um But over the line and I think you can see from sort of his general performances at the World Cup what what he can offer, if you didn't know already.
Yeah, I think he's been very good. Um I don't think he's been like amazing, but England haven't been amazing. And um it was a really good forward line breaking pass from him that kind of set England on the way for the The winning goal um against DR Congo. So, uh yeah, very good. And yeah, I d I kinda like that there's not been any fuss made about the transfer and it's like, yeah, just focus on England and do England. I Don't like so much, but I don't w do I understand it at all? I don't know. It's a bit boring, innit? Everyone being like, Oh, it's priced up the market, oh, how on earth is Elliot Anderson hundred and sixteen million? It's a bit like it's old men shouting at clouds and then Like Other clubs being reactive?
But if you sort of like oh how on it like uh who doesn't think Elliot Anderson is in that ballpark in this market. Like I just I don't I don't really understand it. But um Yeah. But other clubs are moaning, so that's funny as well.
Well, I think that always happens. So two things annoy me about transfers in the modern era. Uh one is exactly what you just said. Oh, how is a player. I mean, it probably happened it probably happened when Dunno, trying to think of a big transfer from like Andy Cole moving from Newcastle to Manchester United. Probably happened then. You just you would only hear about it if you were in the pub. Yeah, yeah. Somewhere where there were other people. But obviously social media makes it more
Uh Stanley Matthews cost ten P and he was ten times the player. Shut up.
Obvious. Yeah. Um But he's a he's an elite level midfielder starting for England in the World Cup, next to another elite level midfielder in Declan Rice, who cost more than a hundred million three years ago.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:52
2
What’s the hype around Elliot Anderson’s £116 million move to Manchester City?
2:52–8:15
3
Is Elliot Anderson worth a British‑record fee based on his England World Cup performances?
8:15–12:51
4
How did the hosts evaluate Anderson’s impact versus other recent big transfers?
12:51–17:05
5
Which midfield targets are City considering after signing Anderson?
17:05–23:48
Speakers
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