Episode 160 - Florian Wirtz and Liverpool are BACK + Chelsea's Defense is Broken

On today’s episode of The Transfer Flow, Patrick and Ted run through transfer deadline chaos and a genuinely weird Premier League weekend. We start with the biggest rumours flying around late in the window, including Curtis Jones to Inter (and why stats people have always loved him), Ademola Lookman’s move to Atlético, Jean-Philippe Mateta’s failed medical, and the increasingly strange career arc of Jhon Durán. From there, we dig into Spurs’ comeback draw against Manchester City and why Pep’s side still look incapable of controlling games for 90 minutes. We also talk Liverpool’s recent surge, whether Florian Wirtz and Xavi Simons have finally cracked the Premier League learning curve, and why City’s second-half numbers should worry everyone. We wrap up with Chelsea’s worrying trendlines under Liam Rosenior, how much beating Napoli matters for him, and what it would take for Chelsea ownership to make a change. Tickets for The Transfer Flow Conference (May 22, London) are available now for a 10% discount: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981005227964/?discount=earlybird10 Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTransferFlow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/subscribe Join Variance Betting: https://www.thetransferflow.com/upgrade Follow us on our Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1WTKOt7byrELQcGRSzu1Q X: https://x.com/TheTransferFlow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetransferflow.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetransferflow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transferflowpodcast Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Accidentally going live and the TTF conference! 02:34 - Jeremy Jacquet to Liverpool or Chelsea? 03:36 - Minutes as a resource 05:30 - Xavi Simons and Florian Wirtz have figured something out 06:10 - Rayan Cherki was BALLING this weekend 06:55 - Curtis Jones to Inter Milan 07:57 - Will Liverpool let Curtis Jones go? 09:02 - Did Jones need more minutes than he got? 10:10 - Connor Gallagher and Jones + alternate realities for Jones 11:37 -Jean-Phillipe Mateta’s failed medical 12:53 - Why more players are failing medicals 14:04 - Learning from past players (Umtiti) 15:36 - Unfortunate for Palace 16:47 - The price for Larsen is not great 17:34 - Ademola Lookman to Atletico Madrid 18:31 - The price isn’t too far off 19:57 - Atleti are confident bringing in older players 20:38 - Simeone’s kids and Zidane/Thuram 21:48 - Jhon Duran leaving Fernebache 23:04 - Red Flags 25:47 - Solanke’s goal and Tottenham vs City 26:42 - 1st vs 2nd half stats 27:41 - City can’t defend with the ball anymore 29:25 - Ekitike making the Isak signing look insane 29:49 - Have Liverpool flipped a switch? 31:02 - Liverpool vs City 32:04 - Man United vs Fulham 33:23 - Ted’s Carrick suggestion from last year 33:55 - Chelsea’s trending is becoming concerning 34:37 - Shifting between tactical styles 36:00 - Carabao Cup potentially enough? 36:55 - How patient will Chelsea’s ownership be with Rosenior? 38:33 - Forcing Patrick to read a children’s book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices