Football’s Marmite ramps up with blurry Kylian Mbappe photos and Erling Haaland in Man City kit mock-ups – The Warm-Up

TUESDAY'S BIG STORIES It’s (almost) transfer time Ad/> Old photos of Erling Haaland in Manchester City tops and blurry photos of Kylian Mbappe in Madrid – that can only mean one thing. Sound the transfer klaxon.

TransfersMbappe spotted in Madrid, Arsenal keen on Sterling transfer – Paper Round10 HOURS AGO It’s Marmite for football fans. For some it means muting all manner of buzz words, phrases and hashtags on Twitter (such as here we go, fraud, second medical, advanced talks, war chest, reaches agreement, done deal, spree, spotted, private jet, unveiled, hijacks, raid, stumbling block, saga, speculation, wantaway, free agent, announce) but for others the spate of predicted XI articles, photoshop edits and discussions comparing net spend is undoubtedly the highlight of the footballing year.

And so, either scroll down a tad or continue reading here. Take your pick, as we talk transfers, briefly… First, it would appear world football’s most-wanted forwards are on the verge of completing their respective moves, with Haaland reportedly passing his City medical in a package deal worth £213m.

“This transfer will set new levels,” Jurgen Klopp acknowledged, knowing full well his side’s greatest rivals are on the brink of adding what could and should be the final piece to their Champions League Quest puzzle. /> Don’t expect Pep Guardiola to be as forthcoming, however, when addressing the press today ahead of City’s match against Wolves tomorrow – you can rest assured he’ll face three or four questions on Haaland but insist the game is his main concern, as will be the concern of how they cope without Ruben Dias.

Away from Manchester, Mbappe was seen pottering around Madrid yesterday ahead of an expected move to Real. Achraf Hakimi