Premier League golf equipment have ensured deadline day was one of the crucial dramatic of all time, however not each workforce are eager to rejoice.
English top-flight sides have spent greater than £2billion this summer time, with the British switch document damaged twice by the champions.
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Quite a few different groups broke their membership document for each signings and gross sales, however which navigated the market one of the best?
talkSPORT.com ranks ALL 20 golf equipment’ window from worst to first…
20. Wolves
Precisely the place they discover themselves in the actual desk is mockingly the place Wolves have ended up on this checklist as effectively.
The membership’s 3-2 defeat to Everton means the Molineux outfit are the one aspect with no factors on the board after the primary three video games.
That is probably not a shock to their followers, who needed to wait till the beginning of November final season for the membership’s first Premier League win.
Since then, Wolves’ beginning XI has been pilfered with Rayan Ait-Nouri, Matheus Cunha and Nelson Semedo all leaving this summer time.
So as to add insult to harm, Wolves followers had been heard chanting towards Fosun and Jeff Shi to ‘again the workforce or promote the membership’ on Saturday.
Much more alarmingly, all three promoted sides this season have invested over £100m every, which is not an excellent omen for the Previous Gold.
Vitor Pereira joined the voices calling for brand spanking new signings, with Tolu Arokodare finishing his £24m transfer from Genk, whereas Jørgen Strand Larsen was saved out of Newcastle’s clutches in one other great addition.
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19. Fulham
The Cottagers have been up towards it on-and-off the pitch to date, with a VAR mix-up proving deeply pricey of their defeat to Chelsea.
What hasn’t been pricey is the membership’s steadiness sheet this window, with supervisor Marco Silva even bemoaning Fulham’s lack of enterprise.
Backup goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte was the only real arrival for almost all of the summer time for lower than £500,000.
Their long-standing curiosity in turning former loanee Reiss Nelson right into a everlasting addition even failed to return to fruition.
Fulham did handle to outlive a late hijack try from Porto to seal a membership document £34.6m transfer for Shakhtar Donetsk winger Kevin.
In the meantime, in addition they signed Samuel Chukwueze from AC Milan.
Nevertheless, a £22m deadline day deal for Chelsea’s Tyrique George fell by way of in an enormous setback for each participant and Fulham.
Following a document Premier League factors tally and an Eleventh-place end final time period, Fulham have missed a possibility to again Silva.
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18. West Ham
The Hammers acquired an enormous increase with their 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, highlighted by Lucas Paqueta’s celebration.
The Brazilian’s dedication to West Ham after they rejected Aston Villa’s provide value £47m has simply been sufficient to keep away from backside place.
Earlier than Sunday, issues had been trying extraordinarily dicey in east London after three straight defeats in all competitions, conceding 11 objectives.
Captain Jarrod Bowen was additionally captured confronting a few of the travelling supporters within the aftermath of the membership’s Carabao Cup exit.
Hammers hero Dean Ashton argued Graham Potter has been let down within the switch window, with Mohammed Kudus a high-profile exit.
Membership legends Aaron Cresswell, Lukasz Fabianski, and Vladimir Coufal had been all moved on with no actual succession plan in place, with offers for Mads Hermansen and Callum Wilson not setting the world alight.
Late offers for Mateus Fernandes and Soungoutou Magassa, on the again of that morale-boosting Forest win, has improved the temper barely.
As issues turned out, West Ham performed an enormous function within the dramatic deadline day story with the mortgage seize of Brighton defender Igor Julio resulting in Marc Guehi lacking out on a transfer to Liverpool…
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17. Crystal Palace
The Eagles get a slight little bit of leniency in that, for months, they did not know in the event that they had been promoting Europa League soccer or a Convention League marketing campaign to each potential targets and their key stars.
In the end, it proved to be the latter – which can have been the definitive blow in any hopes of retaining Eberechi Eze.
It is unfair to anticipate Yeremi Pino to supply the identical high quality because the England star, however it’s simple that Palace have downgraded.
Holding Eze from returning to his boyhood Arsenal might have all the time been unimaginable, however the identical cannot be mentioned for Marc Guehi.
Palace have been conscious for over a 12 months that their captain wasn’t extending his keep at Selhurst Park, and but their supervisor and proprietor discovered themselves at odds over whether or not to stay or twist by deadline day.
Oliver Glasner solely simply received the battle in holding onto Guehi, however the Eagles now run the danger of failing to construct on the best period of their historical past.
Christantus Uche, Borna Sosa and Walter Benitez might all assist in bulking out Palace’s squad for his or her debut European marketing campaign.
However Glasner, who has one 12 months left on his deal, forged doubt over his personal future in response to his frustrations at one other poor window.
If the spectacular Austrian does depart Palace this summer time’s exercise will likely be a watershed second in his historic tenure in south London.
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16. Aston Villa
It is arduous to quantify how a lot Unai Emery’s switch plans had been altered after a aim they did not get towards Manchester United on the ultimate day of final season led to them lacking out on Champions League soccer.
Villa had invested closely to try to construct a aspect usually in a position to compete in Europe’s elite, and now monetary restrictions from dropping into UEFA’s second tier have hamstrung additional funding.
PSR woes meant followers have needed to say goodbye to one among their very own, with Jacob Ramsey the autumn man, having been compelled to Newcastle.
A £30m transfer for ahead Evann Guessand represented the one main signing for Emery till deadline day.
He was given his first begin for the membership within the 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace, however the Ivory Coast striker was hooked at half-time.
Two Manchester United flops have since adopted Guessand by way of the door, with Victor Lindelof a free agent since leaving Previous Trafford.
Villa followers will hope Emery will get the identical tune out of Jadon Sancho that he did from his final Crimson Devils loanee in Marcus Rashford.
The pair’s England colleague, Harvey Elliott, was additionally snapped up, whereas Emiliano Martinez, who was unnoticed of their squad on Sunday, did keep put however has had his dedication to the membership questioned.
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15. Brentford
On steadiness, the Bees have suffered greater than the 5 golf equipment beneath them on this checklist however have a minimum of finished what they will to again their supervisor.
In June, proprietor Matthew Benham would have thought that might have been Thomas Frank, however Tottenham swooped to land him.
Each of final season’s high goalscorers, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa, finally left – as did captain Christian Norgaard.
However within the instances of Mbeumo and Wissa, Brentford made Manchester United and Newcastle pay over the percentages to finish a transfer.
Brentford did add some firepower as a much-needed substitute for the outgoing entrance duo with Reiss Nelson becoming a member of on a season-long mortgage from Arsenal. Nevertheless, Nelson is but to constantly carry out within the Premier League.
Jordan Henderson is a shrewd signing to switch Norgaard’s management, with a club-record deal for Dango Ouattara additionally sanctioned.
Regardless of his mistake within the 2-1 defeat to Brentford, goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher will present his value long-term.
The Irishman was a snip at £12.5m (rising to £18m), maybe the one instance of Liverpool not maximising the worth of one among their gross sales.
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14. Leeds
The Whites would have bitten your hand off for 4 factors from their first three Premier League video games, with two clear sheets.
A 5-0 thumping at Arsenal apart, a win over Everton and a draw to Newcastle confirmed that they will compete on the top-flight degree.
However the goalless stalemate on Saturday underlined the necessity for attacking arrivals, with a penalty their solely Premier League aim to this point.
That a minimum of got here by way of their new striker, Lukas Nmecha, however the signing of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who hasn’t hit double digits for Premier League objectives for the reason that 2020/21 marketing campaign, with simply three in 26 appearances for Everton final season.
Leeds deserve credit score for his or her £100m outlay on new stars, with Anton Stach and Sean Longstaff the standouts from the ten contemporary faces.
Nevertheless, a number of key targets had been missed out on, together with Harry Wilson, Gustavo Hamer, Eduard Spertsyan, Igor Paixao, and Facundo Buonanotte.
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13. Bournemouth
It says quite a bit concerning the success of the Cherries’ current switch home windows that they’ve had Europe’s elite combating for his or her stars.
Milos Kerkez, Illia Zabarnyi, and Dean Huijsen have all departed for Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, and Actual Madrid, respectively.
The trio had been all the time going to depart this summer time, however any workforce shedding such a degree of high quality would have a dangerous impact.
As they’re now famend for, Bournemouth regarded to have changed effectively, with Adrien Truffert and Bafode Diakite impressing early.
Alex Jimenez, Djordje Petrovic, Amine Adli, and Ben Gannon-Doak all symbolize good worth in immediately’s market.
Arguably, their greatest increase was tying down Antoine Semenyo, who had attracted curiosity from Tottenham Hotspur previous to signing a brand new deal.
The departures of Neto and Ouattara have left Bournemouth barely gentle within the back-up goalkeeper and striker departments, although.
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12. Brighton
The Seagulls have served because the blueprint which Bournemouth have needed to research this summer time after years of shedding their high skills.
Once more, it was Chelsea, and this time it was Joao Pedro, whose price has seen Brighton recoup simply shy of £300m in charges from the Blues in simply three years.
However they did achieve giving Man United the hands-off throughout thier temporary pursuit of midfielder Carlos Baleba.
As beforehand reported, Brighton proprietor Tony Bloom desires to maintain Baleba for a minimum of another season.
Bloom believes Baleba will finally be value as a lot as £115m switch Moises Caicedo.
Head coach Fabian Hurzeler has been one of many uncommon Premier League bosses to publicly admit that he’s joyful along with his squad.
Brighton landed their key targets early, with summer time signings afforded time to ease in, bar Maxim de Cuyper.
Stephanos Tzimas, Babis Kostoulas and Tommy Watson all might blossom into future stars within the Amex surroundings.
Nevertheless, there’s a sense that the membership are gentle up high following Pedro’s exit and Evan Ferguson’s departure on mortgage to Roma.
Danny Welbeck stays the one recognised quantity 9, with Giorginio Rutter most popular in deeper areas.
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11. Burnley
Scott Parker has been armed with 14 new signings in a bid to outlive within the Premier League, with a promising begin to the marketing campaign.
Defeats away to Tottenham and Man United will not determine Burnley’s destiny, with an enormous six-point victory over Sunderland in between.
The Clarets have matched their fellow promoted rivals in spending £100m, however it’s but to be seen whether or not they’ve obtained worth for cash.
Armando Broja has joined for an undisclosed price believed to be value as much as £20m from Chelsea, having failed to attain in ten Premier League appearances on mortgage at Everton final 12 months.
Equally, his ex-Blues teammate Lesley Ugochukwu arrived in the same deal, however has a job on his palms defending a Burnley again line that has shipped three objectives in two of their three top-flight video games.
On the flip aspect, a £5m deal for England’s Kyle Walker from Man Metropolis might be top-of-the-line pound-for-pound strikes of the summer time.
Benfica midfielder Florentino Luis then turned a extremely welcome deadline day increase in one other coup for the Turf Moor outfit.
The 26-year-old has joined initially on mortgage, with a conditional obligation to purchase for a club-record £20.8m.
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10. Manchester Metropolis
Pep Guardiola turned the primary supervisor to spend €2billion on signings in historical past this summer time, and but comparable issues exist.
Errors this time final 12 months compelled Metropolis into one of the crucial costly January home windows in soccer historical past with a £123m spree.
Half a 12 months on, solely Omar Marmoush appears to be like to have proven wherever near the value tag shelled out for him to maneuver to the Etihad.
Metropolis have tried to conduct the majority of their enterprise earlier than the Membership World Cup to keep away from comparable errors this summer time.
However Guardiola was denied his first-choice long-term successor to talisman Kevin De Bruyne, when Florian Wirtz opted for Liverpool.
His back-up possibility, Rayan Cherki, scored on his Premier League debut however is now sidelined for 2 months by way of harm.
Tijjani Reijnders has proven why he was named the Serie A Midfielder of the 12 months throughout his early Premier League profession.
In distinction, goalkeeper James Trafford has already discovered himself usurped as Guardiola’s No.1 three video games into his return to the membership.
Incoming signing Gianluigi Donnarumma is an simple improve between the sticks, however De Bruyne, Walker, Ederson and Jack Grealish’s departures all depart a void within the dressing room.
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9. Manchester United
Ruben Amorim has splashed over £230m this window, months after Sir Jim Ratcliffe claimed the membership might ‘go bust by Christmas’ with out cost-cutting measures.
Regardless of one other poor begin to the season, it is arduous to argue that United haven’t had a extra constructive summer time than first feared.
Man United got here into the summer time market off the again of their worst-ever Premier League marketing campaign by ending fifteenth.
They had been additionally crushed within the Europa League last, which instructed switch exercise could be hampered by no European soccer.
Nevertheless, Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, and Benjamin Sesko all snubbed curiosity from elsewhere to maneuver to Previous Trafford – the primary two additionally being confirmed Premier League goalscorers, regardless of their comparatively gradual begins in purple.
A fantastic transfer for Brighton’s Baleba by no means materialised, however extra importantly, goalkeeper Senne Lammens did arrive on deadline day.
By way of outgoings, Christian Eriksen, Jonny Evans (since retired) and Lindelof have all been launched to trim the wage invoice.
Bomb squad members Rashford, Sancho, Antony, and Alejandro Garnacho have additionally all left, both on mortgage or completely.
The Crimson Devils obtained in on the deadline day pleasure with the signing of Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens to supply competitors for the struggling Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir.
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8. Newcastle
The Magpies are proof that it isn’t the way you begin, however the way you end, having been on observe for an all-time disastrous summer time final month.
Anthony Elanga represented the one new arrival on Tyneside for an enormous portion of the window, as quite a few gamers rejected strikes.
Hugo Ekitike, Joao Pedro, James Trafford, Liam Delap, and Sesko had been among the many targets who opted for various Premier League golf equipment.
Then got here the saga of the summer time after Isak requested to depart, after which made his future on the membership untenable.
His eventual transfer to Liverpool is clearly a blow to Eddie Howe, however the Swede was a minimum of offered on Newcastle’s phrases for a £125m price.
The Toon secured a coup of their very own with a club-record £69m deal for Nick Woltemade, who had been eyed by Bayern Munich.
Newcastle additionally managed to get Wissa over the road earlier than the deadline, with Ramsey one other spectacular addition.
Isak apart, the remainder of the group at St James’ Park that delivered the Carabao Cup and returned to the Champions League stays intact.
Contemplating the place Newcastle might have discovered themselves as just lately as two weeks in the past, it has been a mighty restoration to rescue the window.
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7. Nottingham Forest
Mr Marinakis can pat himself on the again with one other summer time window effectively finished – although Nuno Espirito Santo will disagree.
Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White turned his again on a transfer to Tottenham after they thought they’d activated his £60m launch clause.
Forest lodged a authorized criticism after they believed Spurs’ method was unlawful, which sparked a complete U-turn from the midfielder.
He pledged his long-term future to the Reds, penning a brand new three-year deal to maintain him on the Metropolis Floor till 2028.
Callum Hudson-Odoi has since adopted go well with by signing an extension of his personal, with Elanga the one star from final season shifting on.
Forest have spent round £180m this summer time, probably the most eye-catching of their 10 new arrivals proving to be Dan Ndoye, who already has a aim and help in his opening three Premier League video games.
Former Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz has arrived on a season-long mortgage from Juventus, with Dilane Bakwa signing on deadline day.
England Underneath-21 starlets Omari Hutchinson and James McAtee are each good purchases from Ipswich and Man Metropolis, respectively.
And on deadline day they introduced extra offers together with that of Oleksandr Zinchenko from Arsenal.
However all of that good work out there threatens to be undone by supervisor Nuno’s ongoing spat with proprietor Evangelos Marinakis.
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6. Everton
Gabby Agbonlahor was proper to warn Premier League golf equipment to be cautious of Everton this season following the arrival of Jack Grealish.
The England worldwide has gone from forgotten at Metropolis to the Toffees’ predominant man in near-record time.
The previous Aston Villa captain has already claimed 4 assists after simply two Premier League begins for his new mortgage aspect.
In reality, Grealish is in rivalry for finest single signing of the window, however Everton have additionally spent over £100m to again David Moyes.
Moyes beforehand admitted ‘we’re simply discovering it very troublesome’ to finish offers, however Thierno Barry, Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor, and Tyler Dibling have all made the swap to Hill Dickinson Stadium.
German midfielder Merlin Rohl was plucked from Freiburg earlier than the deadline, however a brand new right-back didn’t show the icing on the cake.
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5. Chelsea
There have not been many switch home windows since Todd Boehly and co. took over at Stamford Bridge that the Blues have not received the window.
Once more, Chelsea have proved an actual power throughout the market with one other £270m accrued in gross sales from fringe gamers.
But it surely’s not been excellent with their outgoings, highlighted by the recall of Marc Guiu from his Sunderland mortgage simply three video games into the season amid uncertainty round the way forward for Nicolas Jackson.
The latter finally succeeded in pushing by way of his transfer to Bayern Munich, however Raheem Sterling is among the many stars nonetheless in exile.
Nevertheless, Joao Pedro has loved a sensational begin to his Chelsea profession, with Estevao one of many brightest younger skills round.
Query marks stay over a few of the switch technique on the membership, with Enzo Maresca admitting Garnacho is ‘fairly comparable’ to Jamie Gittens regardless of signing each this summer time.
The Chelsea boss additionally publicly said he needed a brand new centre-back following Levi Colwill’s critical harm, however none arrived.
Xavi Simons was a well known goal, however as an alternative joined Spurs, whereas no goalkeeping substitute for Robert Sanchez materialised.
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4. Sunderland
Even probably the most optimistic across the Stadium of Gentle could not have envisaged the summer time the membership have loved.
The Black Cats sealed a club-record sale of £31m transfer to permit Jobe Bellingham to affix Borussia Dortmund days after their Championship playoff last triumph.
But removed from that being an indication that Sunderland would battle within the Premier League, Regis Le Bris has been backed to the hilt.
Sunderland have now surpassed Nottingham Forest’s £142m spree in the summertime of 2022, which was a British document for a promoted membership.
The termination of Guiu’s mortgage is undoubtedly a blow, however one which the Wearsiders countered on deadline day with Brian Brobbey.
The Ajax striker joined his Netherlands countryman at RB Leipzig, defender Lutsharel Geertruida, in a double swoop on Monday.
Habib Diarra stays the assertion arrival after finishing a membership document £30m from Strasbourg.
Granit Xhaka and Nordi Mukiele have each swapped Champions League soccer to maneuver to Sunderland.
Their assertion of intent has been backed up on the pitch, with the Black Cats successful each of their opening two residence matches to this point.
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3. Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs boss Frank is in a curious state of affairs the place he has missed out on key targets and but has concurrently performed implausible enterprise.
Key defender Cristian Romero dedicated his long-term future to the membership, with Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel’s loans made everlasting.
The Lilywhites then atoned for his or her slip-ups in doomed offers for Eze and Gibbs-White by pulling off a coup with the arrival of Simons.
The departure of captain and membership icon Heung-Min Son, coupled with James Maddison’s critical harm, meant extra was nonetheless wanted.
Joao Palhinha has a case for being the discount of the summer time, becoming a member of on mortgage from Bayern only a 12 months after Fulham offered him for £42.3m.
Elsewhere, Kudus has confirmed an instantaneous improve to Frank’s attacking choices and already has two assists from his opening three matches.
Following the disappointing 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth, Spurs landed Randal Kolo Muani on mortgage from PSG on deadline day.
The Frenchman spent the second half of final season at Juventus, the place he scored 10 objectives in 22 video games throughout all competitions.
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2. Arsenal
Sadly for the workforce that has completed Premier League runners-up for 3 straight years, it is second place once more.
Till the ultimate week of the window, Mikel Arteta had overseen one of the best enterprise of any supervisor with a number of key signings.
The long-awaited arrival of former Liverpool goal Martin Zubimendi and Norgaard served as upgrades on Jorginho and Thomas Partey.
Kepa Arrizabalaga and Noni Madueke are additionally prime quality back-ups to David Raya and Bukayo Saka.
Hijacking arch-rivals Tottenham’s transfer for Eze was one other main increase, with Viktor Gyokeres lastly ending Arsenal’s seek for a No.9.
Nevertheless, the place the Gunners have been let down has been in shifting on fringe stars, as one other window has come and gone, the place Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s £35m transfer to Liverpool in 2017 stays the membership’s document sale.
Jakub Kiwior, Albert Sambi Lokonga, and Fabio Vieira all left for comparatively small charges, whereas Leandro Trossard and Oleksandr Zinchenko are nonetheless on the books.
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1. Liverpool
Was there any doubt? talkSPORT.com was already predicting it to be the ‘finest switch window of all time’ on the finish of July.
That bar is a particularly excessive one, and never one to be taken calmly, with Premier League golf equipment typically on the forefront of such debates.
Greatest switch window ever?
Honourable mentions go to Man Metropolis’s 2010/11, (Yaya Toure, Mario Balotelli, David Silva, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jerome Boateng, James Milner), Chelsea’s 2004/05, (Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, Arjen Robben, Tiago, Petr Cech, Mateja Kezman), and naturally, Actual Madrid’s 2009/10, (Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Kaká, Xabi Alonso, Raúl Albiol and Álvaro Arbeloa).
Nevertheless, in all three instances, these golf equipment had been constructing groups to return their golf equipment to the highest, not from a place of energy.
Liverpool are already the Premier League champions, however hinted at what was to return by tying down captain Virgil van Dijk and talisman Mohamed Salah.
They’ve since smashed the British switch document twice, first for Florian Wirtz and now Alexander Isak on deadline day, though they had been hit with the late setback of seeing their £35m transfer for Guehi fall by way of.
The information miners on the Reds have even signed the Swede’s successor with the £79million signing of Hugo Ekitike, who has hit the bottom operating at Anfield, with the arrival of Giorgi Mamardashvili serving the identical function for Alisson Becker.
Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez, at ages 24 and 21, will likely be Liverpool’s two full-backs for the following decade, accidents allowing.
18-year-old centre-back Giovanni Leoni has simply acquired his first Italy call-up, which exhibits the coup the Reds have gotten within the defender.
That is simply the incomings – Liverpool have additionally accrued £220m in gross sales, beginning with an £8m price for simply three weeks of outgoing vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez have each been flogged for a mixed triple-figures, with a buyback clause additionally inserted on Jarell Quansah.
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