Gabe: £100m is very good business for a player who's often looked distracted by transfer speculation since January. Dom: The sale of Tonali shows how the current spending rules simply entrench the status quo. Colin: Great money for Newcastle but very disappointing to see him go.
Whoever is chosen as Jens Berthel Askou's successor as Motherwell manager will be fairly confident of progressing beyond the Conference League's second qualifying round following Wednesday's draw. Being unseeded, the Fir Park side could have faced Denmark's FC Copenhagen or Finland's HJK Helsinki, two sides with regular European football behind them. Instead, they were paired with the lower-ranked Havnar Boltfelag of the Faroe Islands, with Well hosting the first leg on 23 July and travelling to the 5,000-capacity stadium at Gundadalur, Torshavn the following midweek.
KBK: I watched the final game and trophy presentation with a flock of international Gooners in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Lou: Just love Arsenal and Arteta and this team have made it the best version of the best club. Colin: I saw my first title winning game in 1953 beating, I think, Burnley with Jimmy Logie scoring a clever goal.
Unai Emery's Villa have been the best thing, making the three-and-a-half-year period the most joyful and fulfilling. Thank you, Unai Emery's Claret and Blue Army. Colin: I started supporting Aston Villa when I was 13 and they won the FA Cup.
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