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Lynne, Oxford: Should Liverpool sell Curtis Jones?

Morning, Lynne. There seems to be mixed opinions among Liverpool fans about Curtis Jones, but he does appear to be highly-rated by Arne Slot and England Head Coach Thomas Tuchel.

There is going to be some tough competition at Liverpool next season, especially once Florian Wirtz comes into the equation, so Jones will want plenty of game time with the World Cup coming up next summer.

This could be a big factor. I would be reluctant to sell, but Liverpool will want to recoup some of their lavish spending and there would be no shortage of takers should Jones come on the market.

The same will apply to Harvey Elliott, who has already hinted that he cannot afford to be sitting on the sidelines with a World Cup coming up.

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Michael: Hi Phil, Should Crystal Palace be worried after Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to remove Drogheda United from the Conference League? Is this another example of big clubs getting leniency, whilst smaller community-based clubs don't receive the same treatment? Thanks.

I think there will certainly be a concern at Crystal Palace until this is settled – but I hope it is because they have earned their place in Europe.

I really felt for Drogheda United, who were punished because they are owned by the Trivela Group, with Danish side Silkeborg, who are in the Conference League, also under the Trivela umbrella.

Uefa are still deliberating on Palace after being told that John Textor, who also owns Lyon, did not take decisions on the club’s behalf as he only has 25% voting rights.

Textor is also trying to sell his stake in the club, which Palace hope strengthens their case.

Let's hope it works out for them.

Brighton & Hove Albion

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A quick break from the Q&A to bring you some more info on the new Brighton signing announced around half an hour ago.

Diego Coppola is a highly rated Italian centre-back who has come through the ranks at Hellas Verona.

He made his first-team debut as a 17-year-old in 2021 and established himself as a regular at the Serie A club over the past three seasons. During 2024, Coppola appeared in 34 of Verona's 38 league games.

His solid displays for the club also earned him his first international call-up from former Italy head coach Luciano Spalletti.

He made his debut for the Azzurri on 6 June against Norway, starting and playing the full World Cup qualifier, and also made a substitute appearance against Moldova three days later.

Despite standing at 6ft4, the lanky Coppola is highly mobile and is comfortable with the ball at his feet.

A move to the Premier League will cap off a memorable month for the young Italian defender.

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Anon: Hi Phil, do you think Thomas Frank can make a success of Tottenham? And what one signing would really allow him to hit the ground running?

I really do think Thomas Frank can make a success of it – although success clearly does not equate with winning trophies for chairman Daniel Levy as Ange Postecoglou was sacked after winning the Europa League, the club's first silverware for 17 years.

He did a superb job at Brentford and is ready for Spurs.

I think if he can turn Bryan Mbuemo’s head away from Manchester United, that would be a top-class signing, as well as real show of faith from player to the manager who developed him at Brentford.

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Matt: The Club World Cup will allow Chelsea and Manchester City to earn millions, helping to bring in new players and offset PSR concerns. Do you think other Premier League clubs are angered by this, while they must sell players and hold fire on new signings?

Hi, Matt. I think there is a feeling of injustice among some clubs – I would suggest Aston Villa and Newcastle United are prime examples – who feel they are being prevented from punching their true financial weight in the markets because of this.

And there are others lower down who feel it is weighted to suit the more powerful clubs.

It is, however, the modern way now and they have to find ways around it by smart recruitment and producing their own players.

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Peter, Woodhall Spa: Hi Phil, Paris St-Germain have successfully demonstrated that football at the highest level is again evolving strategically. Will Pep Guardiola be able to bring in the right players at Manchester City to keep pace with PSG, Liverpool and other competitors?

Morning, Peter. Well Manchester City are certainly trying as they bring in new signings, such as three last week in Rayan Cherki, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Tijjani Reijnders – as well as bringing in quality such as Omar Marmoush in January.

City’s struggles last season were alien territory for Pep Guardiola, so it will certainly be interesting to see how he adapts, but we are talking about the greatest coach of recent times and he will have been away this needed to be done.

It will be a tough task, though, as we have seen champions Liverpool are going big as they close in on the £100m signing of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.

Day two of the transfer window reopening has brought us some new stories to delve into, and here's a round-up from the morning so far:

• Brighton sign Italy international Coppola
• Crystal Palace close in on PSV goalkeeper Walter Benitez
• Gossip - Everton agree deal for Manchester City's Kyle Walker
• Gossip - Napoli pursue Manchester United's Jadon Sancho
• Gossip - Newcastle consider attacking additions in Anthony Elanga and Joao Pedro

We'll bring you transfer updates throughout the day. But now it's time to turn to our chief football writer Phil McNulty.

You've been sending in your questions for Phil throughout the morning - now it's time to provide some answers...

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion head coach Fabian Hurzeler on new signing Diego Coppola: “Diego is an exciting addition for the club.

“Although he is still young, he is tall, strong and mobile and he will give us a real physical presence.

“He has made impressive progress in Serie A and deserved his call-up to the Italian national team. We look forward to helping him develop even more.”

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton have confirmed the signing of Italian international central defender Diego Coppola for an undisclosed fee.

The 21-year-old has signed a five-year deal at Amex Stadium after joining from Serie A side Hellas Verona.

Coppola, who stands at 6ft4, has won two senior caps for Italy and is currently representing his country at the Under-21 European Championships.

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Ashley Young spent most of the first half of last season at right-back for Everton before being replaced by Jake O'Brien for most of the second half.

Club captain Seamus Coleman and Nathan Patterson also made starts at right-back after recovering from injury.

Young, 39, left the club at the end of the season while Coleman, Patterson and O'Brien remain.

Coleman and Patterson both made just four starts last term, while O'Brien also played at centre-back, so Kyle Walker is expected to have the opportunity to make the right-back spot his own if he joins the Toffees.

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In 15 Premier League appearances last season, Kyle Walker did not record a single clean sheet or assist, and Manchester City conceded 21 goals.

He averaged 48.73 passes per match and made 0.93 crosses per match with an accuracy of 29% and two big chances created.

Walker then made two Champions League appearances for AC Milan but was said to have struggled against Brazilian forward Igor Paixao as Feyenoord claimed a 2-1 aggregate win.

In Serie A he made 11 appearances with seven starts, and missed six games through injury/illness. Milan kept two clean sheets from his seven starts., losing twice, and he was used off the bench for his final three appearances. The 35-year-old also came off the bench as Milan lost the Coppa Italia final 1-0 to Bologna.

Today we will be putting your questions to BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty. Thank you to everyone who has got in touch so far, we've never seen so many inquiries arrive so early.

You can ask Phil about any topic - transfers, Club World Cup, anything football related - and he will do his best to answer, inform and educate.

Contact details are the same as usual and can be found at the top of this post.

Premier League

Since leaving Tottenham in 2017, Kyle Walker has made 319 appearances for Manchester City, claiming 73 clean sheets, six goals and 23 assists.

Across his entire Premier League career, from 410 appearances he has claimed 130 clean sheets and conceded 373 goals. He has also registered 36 assists, averaged 57.16 passes per match and made 2.24 crosses per match with a cross accuracy of 18%.

Speaking in January, Guardiola said that City would not have achieved as much as they have if they did not have Walker.

"We cannot understand [what] the club did these years without Kyle, it's impossible," he said. "He's been our right-back, giving us something we didn't have."

Kyle Walker had been in and out of the Manchester City team during the first half of the season, making 18 appearances in all competitions.

Then after being left out of the squad for City's FA Cup win over Salford in January, coach Pep Guardiola revealed: "Two days ago Kyle asked to explore the options to play abroad.

"In his mind, for many reasons, he would like to explore if he can go to another country to play his last years."

Guardiola added that Walker had previously asked to leave after City's Treble success in 2023 and although Bayern Munich were interested, the German club failed to agree a free with City.

Asked if Walker would be granted his wish in January, Guardiola said: "Of course. It doesn't mean it's going to happen because you never know the situation."

This time Walker was able to agree a loan move to AC Milan for the remainder of the season.

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Manchester City have won the Premier League title in six of the nine seasons that coach Pep Guardiola has been in charge and Kyle Walker is one of six players who played in each of those title wins.

City paid an initial £45m to sign Walker from Tottenham before Guardiola's second season in charge and helped the Blues win back-to-back titles, followed by a record four-in-a-row from 2020-24.

That run included winning the FA Cup and Champions League for an historic Treble in 2022-23, and City added the Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup later that year.

Walker also helped City win the League Cup four times and the FA Cup twice (in 2019 as well as 2023).

Manchester City

One of the leading transfer stories doing the rounds today concerns the future of Kyle Walker, with the veteran England defender linked to a move to Everton from Manchester City.

Walker has long been one of the Premier League's best full backs and was a key figure in some great moments for City under Pep Guardiola - but what does the future hold now...

Today we will be putting your questions to BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty. He'll be answering them in around an hour's time then throughout the rest of the day.

You can ask Phil about any topic - transfers, Club World Cup, anything football related. But be polite - and include your name in the body text of all correspondence.

Contact details are the same as usual and can be found at the top of this post.

Daily Mirror

The Mirror, external report that Juventus have joined the bun fight for Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres.

The 28-year-old Swede has also been heavily linked with Manchester United and Arsenal after impressing in Portugal.

Juventus are said to be willing to sell up to eight players to finance the deal and compete with the Premier League giants.

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Newcastle United

Newcastle are looking to boost their attacking options ahead of a Champions League campaign, report The Telegraph., external

There has been some consternation of Tyneside over the club's lack of transfer movement this summer.

But they are reportedly looking to open talks with Brighton over striker Joao Pedro, and Nottingham Forest for winger Anthony Elanga.

Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid are monitoring Aston Villa and France full-back Lucas Digne, report the Times, external.

Diego Simeone wants an experienced left back and his first choice is Liverpool and Scotland defender Andy Robertson.

But if the Spanish side cannot prise Robertson from Anfield, they reportedly would set signts on Villa Park.

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