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Romeu didnt get many chancesto impress during his four-year

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1 Raheem Sterling Liverpool to Man. City 49m

2 Christian Benteke Aston Villa to Liverpool 32.5m

3 Memphis Depay PSV to Man. United 31m

4 Roberto Firmino Hoffenheim to Liverpool 29m

5 Morgan Schneiderlin Southampton to Man. United 25m

6 Baba Rahman Augsburg to Chelsea 21.7m

7 Georginio Wijnaldum PSV to Newcastle 14.7m

8 Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich to Man. United 14.4m

9 Aleksandar Mitrovic Anderlecht to Newcastle 13m

10 Yohan Cabaye PSG to Crystal Palace 12.8m

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2 Liverpool 77.5m

3 Man. City 70m

4 Aston Villa 53.6m

5 Newcastle 36.7m

6 Chelsea 35.5m

7 Tottenham 29.3m

8 Crystal Palace 25.3m

9 West Brom 24.5m

10 West Ham 24.5m

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FERNANDO TORRESLiverpool to Chelsea

RAHEEM STERLINGLiverpool to Man. City

MESUT OZILReal Madrid to Arsenal

SERGIO AGUEROAtletico Madrid to Man. City

JUAN MATAChelsea to Man. United

ANDY CARROLLNewcastle to Liverpool

ALEXIS SANCHEZBarcelona to Arsenal

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Real Madrid to Man. City

59.7m

50m

49m

42.5m

38m

37.1m

35m

35m

32.5m

32.5m

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CRISTIANO RONALDOMan. United to Real Madrid

LUIS SUAREZLiverpool to Barcelona

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ANGEL DI MARIAMan. United to PSG

85.3m

80m

75m

50m

44.3m

CESC FABREGASArsenal to Barcelona 34m

LUKA MODRICSpurs to Real Madrid 33m

XABI ALONSOLiverpool to Real Madrid 30m

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55m

JACKSON

MARTINEZPorto toAtletico Madrid

24.5mLA LIGA

PAULODYBALA

Palermoto Juventus

23mSERIE A

ARTURO

VIDALJuventusto Bayern

26mBUNDESLIGA

ANGELDIMARIA

Man. Unitedto PSG

44.3mLIGUE 1

CRESPO

Parma

to Lazio2000SERIE A

35.5m

2Barcelona have spent

40 million on twoplayers Aleix Vidaland Arda Turan butneither of them can

play for the club untilJanuary becauseof a transfer ban!

BIGGEST SUMMER SIGNINGS 2015

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to

Tuesday,August18.

ANGELDIMARIAReal Madrid

to Man. United

59.7mLA LIGA

KAKAAC Milan toReal Madrid

56mSERIE A

ROBERTOFIRMINOHoffenheimto Liverpool

29mBUNDESLIGA

JAMESRODRIGUEZ

Monaco toReal Madrid

71mLIGUE 1

RECORD SALES BY LEAGUE

BUSIESTTEAMSTHIS

SUMME

RBYLEAGUE

10 12 12 13

2015

2014

2014

2009

STEFANSAVIC

6.4m

ATLETICOSSUMMERSIGNINGS

JACKSONMARTINEZ

24.5m

LUCIANOVIETTO

14m

YANNICKFERREIRACARRASCO

14m

FILIPELUIS

11m

BERNARDMENSAH

7m

And thats how much rivals

Barcelonahave spent on new

players over the same time!

Thats the total Real Madridhave

spent over the last five transferwindows, including this one!

NEW PLAYERSHoffenheimBUNDESLIGA

NEW PLAYERSEibarLA LIGA

NEW PLAYERSGenoaSERIE A

NEW PLAYERSAngersLIGUE 1

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well chuffed The Ramssnapped up Austria aceWeimann hes a quality

forward who has bags ofenergy and knows howto hit the net! We cantwait to see him totallyowning defenders inthe Championship!

CHAMPIO

NSHIPBUYS

!

MATCHc

ountsd

ownthemost

expens

ivesum

mermov

es!

9

JELLEVOSSEN

GENKTOBURNLEY

2.5MILLION

Danny Ings boots will be hard to fill, butVossen could be the man to do it! The striker,

who helped Middlesbrough reach theplay-off final in his loan spell last season,has great link-up play and lethal finishing!

10

7

44MATCH!

ANDREAS

WEIMANN

ASTONVILLATODERBY

2.75MILLION

8

Powerful striker Stuanicould be Boros main

man up front thisseason! The Uruguayace scored 12 La Ligagoals in just 15 starts

for Espanyol in 2014-15,and is seriously good inthe air! Hes definitelyone to watch out for!

CHRISTIANSTUANI

ESPANYOLTO

MIDDLESBROUGH

2.8MILLION

Sheffield Wednesdayonly scored 43 goalsin the Championshiplast season, but new

boss Carlos Carvalhalhas gone a long way

to fixing that problemby signing hitman

Joao! The forward isan absolute beast!

LUCASJOAO

NACIONALTOSHE

FF.WED.

2.8MILLION

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ed to see Brady

Chester leave,bagging speedmon Odubajo

eered them up!right-back wasof Brentfords

players in 14-15!

rby sold rock-soliddefender Shackell toBurnley three years

ago, but they musthave missed him cozthey just bought him

back for big bucks! Hismega experience andtop tackling will reallyboost the back four!

rocked for West Hamin 2014-15 before his

old club Boro splashedthe cash to bring him

back this summer!With his dribbling,passing and footybrain, we reckon

hell totally boss it!

2

1

6

Tricky forward Ince hit11 goals in just 18 leaguestarts during his loan spell

at Derby last season, andnow hes a full-time Rams

player after they convincedHull to sell! Could he fire

them to promotion?

TOMINCE

HULLTODERBY

4.75MILLION

class goals for TheFoxes last season,

and were expectingto see a lot more of

that in 2015-16!The ex-England

striker has clevermovement, great

technique and epicfinishing skills!

3

DAVIDNUGENT

LEICESTERTO

MIDDLESBROUGH

4MILLION

JASON

SHACKELL

BURNLEYTODERBY

3MILLION

MOSESODUBAJO

BRENTFORDTOHULL3.5MILLION

STEWARTDOWNING

WESTHAMTOMIDDLESB

ROUGH

7MILLION

Fulham made their biggestsigning of the summer when

they bagged wicked attackingmidfielder Cairney back in June!The 24-year-old, whos a classypasser and ace free-kick taker,got three goals and five assistsin 32 league starts last season!

5

TOMCAIRNEYBLACKBURNTOFULHAM3.5MILLION

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ottenham v vertonSaturday, 5.30pm

Everton havent beaten Spursat White Hart Lane for six seasons,

but The Toffees beat Southamptonat St. Marys for the first time in 13years recently, so can they breakanother away-day hoodoo?

Newcastle v ArsenalSaturday, 12.45pm

Theres been some crazy results

in this fixture over the years, likea 4-4, 4-1 and even a bonkers 7-3!The net has been busted 34 times

in the last nine clashes, too anaverage of nearly four per game

so we cant wait for this one!

WHITE HART

PAIN?

GET READY

FOR GOALS!

forthis

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3 4

Liverpoolv West HamSaturday, 3pm

Gossips reckon West HamsAndy Carroll could makehiscomeback from injury thisweekend just in time to play

old club Liverpool! The gianthitman will want to kick-starthis season and push for a placein Roy Hodgsons England team!

Chelsea vCrystal Palace

Saturday, 3pm

Palace have never beaten Chelsea

in the Prem at Stamford Bridge!Theyve conceded 13 goals in thelast four games at the championshome, so will Alan Pardews boyspark the bus and try to catch The

Blues on the counter-attack?

Man. City v WatfordSaturday, 3pm

The last time these two teams met,

SergioAguero bagged a 31-minutehat-trick in a 4-2 City win in the FACup! The Argentina hero has madea good start to the season can hemake it a great start with another

ace treble against The Hornets?

ANDYS

ANFIELDRETURN!

PALACE PARK

THE BUS?ANOTHER AGUERO

HAT-TRICK?

look out

weekend!

WEEKENDPREVIEW!

MATCH checks out the bigtalking points ahead ofthis weekends massivePremier League action!

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WATCHIT!Swanseav

Man.United

Sunday4pm

MATCHWINNERS

Swansea hero Gylfi Sigurdssongot ten assists and seven goalslast season, and Man. Uniteds

31 million man Memphis Depaywill hope to make a similar

impact in 2015-16. Theyre reallydifferent players, but both have

the ability to win matches!

SIGURDSSON MEMPHIS

72 SPEED 91

90 FREE-KICKS 87

92 TECHNIQUE 86

87 FOOTY BRAIN 81

80 FINISHING 86

421 TOTAL 431

WINGWIZARDS

Montero isnt the only wing king ready

to rip it up on Sunday! Andre Ayewspace, power, heading and ice-cool

finishing impressed against Chelseaand Newcastle, whileJuan Mataunlocks defences in his sleep!

ELECTRICMONTEROSwans winger Jefferson Montero destroyedChelseas Branislav Ivanovic on the openingday, and his next target is Red Devils newboy Matteo Darmian! The Ecuador hero is

one of the fastest players we've ever seen!

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LIKELY LINE-UPS!

JAMES SAYS...Swansea 1-1 Man. United

"These two teams have had great

starts to the season, so it's a toughone to call. I reckon Gomis will scoreagain, but Wazza will silence theLiberty Stadium with a worldy!"

YOU SAY

Romero

Rooney

Darmian Smalling Blind Shaw

Schweinsteiger Schneiderlin

Mata Januzaj Memphis

Fabianski

Gomis

Naughton Fernandez Williams Taylor

Shelvey Cork

Ayew Sigurdsson Montero

TURN OVER FOR PREDICT THE RESULT...

WEEKENDPREVIEW!Check out all the key infoahead of Sundays clash

at the Liberty Stadium!

UNITEDREVENGESwansea did the double over United lastseason they won both fixtures 2-1 and

gaffer Garry Monk will hope to repeatthe trick in 2015-16! His tactics, style ofplay and ability to make game-changing

subs will give LVG a big headache!

ROONEY'SBADRUN

Man. United striker Wayne Rooney

has only ever scored once againstSwanseain six matches and Swansrock Ashley Williams has played inall of those games! Can the Walescaptain keep Wazza quiet again,or will Rooney end that bad run?

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Swansea wins 9

Man. United wins 11

Draws 5

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Give yourself three points for a correctscoreline and one for the right result!

JAMESSCORE

YOURSCORE

FINAL

SCORE!

James

50MATCH!

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I saw Sunderland play Leicesterrecently and they were rubbish,so Im going for a Villa win here!

JAMES SAYS 1-0

YOU SAY

v

BOURNEMOUTH

LEICESTER

I was going to say 6-0 to myteam Leicester, but Id be happywith a Mahrez goal and a point!

JAMES SAYS 1-1

YOU SAY

v

STOKEWEST BROM

With all their skill kings, Stokeare like an English Barcelona.

Shaqiri and Diouf to bag!

JAMES SAYS 2-1

YOU SAY

v

TOTTENHAM

EVERTON

Everton have hardly spentin the transfer window and itmight cost them home win!

JAMES SAYS 2-1

YOU SAY

v

CHELSEA

CRYSTAL PALACE

Palace have bought well thissummer, but Chelsea wont slipup at home again. Blues win!

JAMES SAYS 2-0

YOU SAY

v

SOUTHAMPTON

NORWICH

I like Norwich, but I reckonSouthampton will have too

much for the Prem new boys!

JAMES SAYS 2-0

YOU SAY

v

LIVERPOOL

WEST HAM

Id love Benteke to bag here,but Im going for another

Coutinho strike to nick a win!

JAMES SAYS 1-0

YOU SAY

v

NEWCASTLE

ARSENAL

Newcastle will be much betterthis season, but Arsenal shouldstill have too much for them!

JAMES SAYS 1-2

YOU SAY

v

MAN. CITY

WATFORD

Watford gave City a scare inthe FA Cup a couple of seasons

ago, but they wont here!

JAMES SAYS 4-1

YOU SAY

v

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1True or False? Lethalstriker Rondon is West

Broms record signing!

2Which national teamdoes The Baggies

new boy play for Chile,Uruguay or Venezuela?

3How old is Rondon 21, 23, 25 or 27?

4Name the massiveRussian club that Tony

Pulis signed him from!

5Rondon has played forLas Palmas and which

other Spanish club?

5QUESTIONSON...

salomon

rondon

3. 4.

1. 2.

Which new signings have we zoomed in on?

C E-UP!

Which new PremierLeague signings

name has been alljumbled up?

2West Hamsigned me for

10.7 million from

a French teamthis summer!

ot an assist on mybut and scored in

Prem home game!

sition is attackingld or on the wing!

n you work oute mystery Prem

signing fromthese clues?

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Mark where youthink the ball shouldbe in this action pic!

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Name the new signing whos inthe latest Fantastic Four film!

Andre AyewSwansea

Ibrahim AfellayStoke

Artur BorucBournemouth

Toby AlderweireldTottenham

Which countriesdo these summer

buys play for?

NAMETHE

COUNTRY!

1. Micah Richards

2. Bakary Sako

3. Gerard Deulofeu

4. Christian Fuchs

5. Steven Caulker

6. Shay Given

7. Younes Kaboul

8. Kieran Trippier

Which clubs have these players joined recently?

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QUIZ

Can you namethis ex-PremierLeague record

signing?

MEGAMASH-UPName the Premsummer signingin this weird pic!

Alan Shearer Robinho

AndriyShevchenko

Mesut Ozil Fernando

Torres

Which of these legends didntbreak the Prem transfer record?

Rio Ferdinand

How many Prem goals didPalace new boy Connor

Wickham net last season?

THE

NUMBERSGAME!

1. Michael Owen

2. Wilfried Bony

3. Romelu Lukaku

4. Yohan Cabaye

5. Dani Osvaldo

6. Tyrone Mings

These are the record signings for which clubs?

Name the Prem newboy hiding behind the

famous trophy!

TROPHYTIME!

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9. Darren Bent is Aston Villas recordsigning, but which Premier League

club did they sign him from?

10. How much did Prem clubs spend ontransfers last summer 635 million,

735 million or 835 million?

3. Which giant England strikeris the record signing for both

Liverpool and West Ham?

6. In 2012, who became the first playerto move from Arsenal to Man. United

in the Premier League era?

7. Which left-back is the most expensiveteenager in Prem history?

8. Leicester broke their transfer recordlast January to sign which striker?

4. Which Italian club did Tottenham bagrecord signing Erik Lamela from?

5. Raheem Sterlings the most expensiveEnglish player ever, but which London

club did he start his career at?

1. Which club broke the recordfor money spent in one Prem

transfer window last summer?2. Whos the most expensive Premier

League defender of all time?

TransferwindowBRAIN-BUSTER!

Howmuchdoyouknowaboutthetransferwindow?

?

?

?

735Million

835Million

635Millio

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Which Newcastlenew boy scored onhis debut against

Southampton?

CHANGER!

Which new Prem star has turnedinto Ian Beale in EastEnders?

2006-09

2009-14

2014-15

Liverpool

2015-

West Brom

TRANSFER TRACKER!Fill in the gaps in the career of new

Baggies hitman Rickie Lambert!

Name the big-spending clubs badge!

Aston Villa Wigan

Man. United Swansea Watford

Which of these clubs has TomCleverley never played for?

Leicester

QUIZTRANSFERS

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F I T I P X S P M E D H

R F S C J V A S U N B H

Z B X M M Y G B P Y P S

D M X J H E T Q C L S G

X C S I Z B N Y E C D P

K T T R V I I C J F E F S Z I C D E G K X

L M Q H E F M L V Z H D H B Q T C T G U V A A T Z B N J C S P M

V M B N A V Q T Q G W P H P Q P M S T Q P W Z Q G S Q G O W H T

V M A N C H N C X X S H A Q I R I G W S E V Q A K Q F P W R O T

B O L R A W R C T E F A X O T K O M I Q I Q Q K B O Y K M S U W

G K Y G P L F D F C C C I V O R T I M H E V F J W A X D T G A L

J A J U O A E M A W N J C R E K L U A C P I P J L G R P Q L O E

F A H P U N O X D U Z B A M F O R D M G I W F L D Q J L B Q R D

B S L D E X J J O E K C Z R I F Z S E H B G E L V K C C L L Q A

E R I C H A R D S E P G S V W N K E O W M F A O U L F K U P Z R

V G X S L E G I O M K M J W V T W L L J A G E M L A M T O Y T GT M P T R B Q M Z L W E B O I X

C E T R Q N W Q D D D M A J G P

T S H Y J L U R U E H S K H Q Y

N O V W I U G Z B R R U S I Z N

E S E C J S E W P W R R D J U M

A N A I M R A D V E S A Y C Q P

Z X W M X J A H U I E V J W B Z

R D C G X I N F B R S V U U C T

B D D A X J J D A E F D Z Z T A

C O W R Z Z T N F L M X T J G K

N G X E Z G L I C D R C A P P K

G I D A W S X L Z G L G L G J N

C J Y T E X F M W V P B K I H F

B E G O V I C O E V K U O V V K

W Y P U I X E T C X Y Z N Y A W

O F T R U U C F D U W K Y E V V

G X M E A Q H V K K B O E E S E

L E M T X S A M U P U H C N N B

M U F A L E O K R S M P Q F I F

E S B K H F C P R K T V S P D Q

P B M M P K X Q E R K D T E B U

S N D K U J C P D E T Z P R M G

K K X H J L C I U X U Q E H M D D G E S T E D E E Z V A X N O U

A A H Q I V U I W T X X P D G C O N R H S M D R M X Y K A O E N

S C Q Q I R M M R Z Z O Y E F E A H O N T E Y A P V B C A F V P

F L F E Y O N I Q U Q K Y G I U S C T C V B D J X P N Q O F S U

N H V K T T P T D G H I M A R H E B Q R X C F I O B L L V N Z N

P N F D N P U N U Z S C G U E I S A L C U G W W I W U F E Y Q W

N D Q B I T Y F O G T R E B M A L F N N F X C K K E G L U Z B Y

H H R E L I M M Y G O A C L A F B V U T H J K T D S C F G R G F

B L R B C O D L Q Q P O Z E E N Z B P W U D F O U F S Z C Z U Q

Can you find 30 Premier League summer signings in this grid?

Afellay

Alderweireld

Ayew

Bamford

Begovic

Behrami

Capoue

Caulker

Cech

Clasie

Clyne

Darmian

Delph

Depay

Deulofeu

Eder

Falcao

Gestede

Gradel

Kaboul

Lambert

Lens

Mitrovic

Mulumbu

Payet

Richards

Shaqiri

Tomlin

Trippier

Wickham

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Transfer Special Part 1

Who Am I?:Dimitri Payet.

Rondon Quiz:1. True; 2. Venezuela;3. 25 years old; 4. Zenit; 5. Malaga.

Close-Up:1. Bastian Schweinsteiger;2. Radamel Falcao; 3. AleksandarMitrovic; 4. Sebastian Coates.

Soccer Scrabble:Roberto Firmino.

Spot The Ball:I3.

Name The Country:Ayew Ghana; Afellay Holland;Boruc Poland; Alderweireld Belgium.

Prem Stars:1. A. Villa; 2. Crystal Palace;

3. Everton; 4. Leicester; 5. Southampton;6. Stoke; 7. Sunderland; 8. Tottenham.

Footy At The Films:Fabian Delph.


Flashback:Andy Cole.

Epic Signings:1. Newcastle;2. Swansea; 3. Everton; 4. Crystal Palace;5. Southampton; 6. Bournemouth.

Odd One Out:Mesut Ozil.

Trophy Time:Xherdan Shaqiri.

Numbers Game:Five.

Mega Mash-Up:Petr Cech.

Brain-Buster:1. Man. United; 2. EliaquimMangala; 3. Andy C arroll; 4. Roma; 5. QPR;6. Robin v. Persie; 7. Luke Shaw; 8. AndrejKramaric; 9. Sunderland; 10. 835 million.


Game Changer:Georginio Wijnaldum.

Transfer Tracker:2006-09 BristolRovers; 2009-14 Southampton.

On The Box:Rudy Gestede.

Bogus Badge:Aston Villa.

Odd One Out:Swansea.

Wordsearch:See below.

Quiz answers!

F I T I P S P M D H

R F S C J A S U B

Z B X M M Y G B P S

D M X J H E T Q S G

X C S I Z N Y D P

K T T R V I I C J X F E W R X X Q F X T X S W X Z I C E G K X

L M Q H E F M L V Z H D H B Q T C T G U V A A T Z B N J C S P M

V M B N A V Q T Q G W P H P Q P M S T Q P W Z Q G S Q G O W H T

V M A N H N C X G W S E V Q A K Q F P W R O T

B O L R W R C T E F A X O T K O M I Q I Q Q K B O K M S U W

G K Y G L F D F C H E V F J W X D T G AJ A J U A E M A W N J P I P J G R P Q L O

F A H P N O X D U M G I W F D Q J L B Q R

B S L D X J J O E K C Z R I F Z S E H B G L V K C C L Q

E P G S V W N K E O W M A O U L F K P Z

V G X S L E G I O M K M J W V T W L L J G E M L M T Y T

T M P T R B Q M Z W E O I X

C E T R Q N W Q D D M J G P

T S H Y J L U U H S H Q Y

N O V W I U G Z B R U S I Z N

E S E C J S P R R D J U M

V S A Y C Q P

Z X W M X J A H U E V J W B Z

R D C G X I N F B S V U U C T

B D D A X J J A F D Z Z T A

C O W R Z Z T F M X T J G K

N G X E Z G L C R C A P P K

G W S X Z G L G L G J N

C E X F W V P B K I H F

E V K U O V V K

P U I X C X Y Z N Y A W

O F T R U U F D U W K Y E V V

G X M E A Q V K K B O E E S E

L E T X S A U P U H C N N B

M F L E O K R S M P Q F I F

E S K F C P K T V S P Q

P B M P X Q R K D T B U

S N D K J E T Z R M G

K K X H J C U X U Q E H M D Z V X N O

A A H Q I V I X X P D G C O N R H S M D R M X K A O N

S C Q Q I Z Z O Y E F E A H V B C A V P

F L F E Y O N Q U Q K Y G I U S C T C V B D J X P N Q F U

N H V K T T T D G Q R X C F I O B L V Z N

P N F D N U N U Z S C G U G W W I W F Y Q W

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