The Athletic FC Podcast

Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slate speak to Paul Barber CEO of Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.Plus, The Athletic's Oli Kay joins us we’ll also look back on England’s failed attempt to host the 2018 World Cup and a chain of events that led to the collapse of Sepp Blatter’s FIFA empire.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman brings you exclusive insight and stories from David Ornstein and other writers at The Athletic.This week, hear part of David's interview with Arsenal invincible Freddie Ljungberg about the importance of having players with a winning mentality.Also, ahead of a crucial few weeks for Liverpool’s scouting department, Simon Hughes joins us to tell us how the club find players. And Chris Waugh will tell us how Newcastle may have finally found a way to get the most out of £40 million striker Joelinton and to discuss the continued uncertainty surrounding the ownership of Mike Ashley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In April 2019 The Athletic's Andy Mitten was tasked by Four Four Two magazine to fly unannounced to the heart of Sinaloa, Mexico, home to the most powerful drug cartel on the planet, and track down the coach of Mexican second division side Dorados, none other than Diego Maradona.This is the story of meeting Maradona in Mexico, as Andy recounts the extraordinary tale to The Athletic's Adam Hurrey.Subscribe to The Athletic and take advantage of our special Black Friday offer of £1-a-month for 12 months by heading to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slater discuss footballers' image rights after as top players including Gareth Bale & Zlatan Ibrahimović are planning to object to use of their likenesses on the hugely popular and lucrative EA Sports game, FIFA 21.We are a joined by Tom Horton a barrister who runs the twitter account TheFootballLaw and has written an excellent thread on the issue of footballers and their image rights in reaction to this story.And as English football prepares to welcome fans back into stadiums, we are joined by Mark Catlin, CEO of Portsmouth in League One, who tells us how his club are preparing and how they will choose which fans attend matches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by David Ornstein to bring exclusive insight and stories from David and The Athletic's team of writers.Coming up today we’ll have the best lines from David’s column that includes Arsenal news - as they open talks to tie down a young striker and tensions boil over in training. Plus we also have an update on Olivier Giroud’s future at Chelsea. And we are joined by The Athletic’s Adam Crafton who has been speaking exclusively to Shaun Wright-Phillips about some of the secrets of Jose Mourinho’s success.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slater are joined by Wrexham FC director Spencer Harris as he takes us inside the takeover deal that saw Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney purchase the club this week.We'll hear about their plans to take Wrexham to a global audience, the positive impact they've already made on the local community and there's tales of late night zoom calls with Reynolds and The Rock.In addition to that we're joined by Harrogate Town chairman Irving Weaver for his perspective on the continued wranglings over the proposed EFL bailout by the Premier League and he has some interesting things to say about Project Big Picture.Subscribe to The Athletic for just £1-a-week by heading to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman and David Ornstein are joined by The Athletic's Simon Hughes with an update on Liverpool's January transfer plans as it appears they are unlikely to move for a defender despite their mounting injury concerns at the back.Elsewhere Ryan Conway takes us inside the unravelling of Philip Cocu's Derby after the Dutchman left the club on Saturday, including insight into the chances of Wayne Rooney ending up in the hotseat.There is also news of a potential contract dispute for Adama Traore at Wolves, Man Utd targeting Portugese defender David Carmo, plus we hear from former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Athletic's Adam Leventhal, Raphael Honigstein, Matt Slater and Adam Crafton convene for a discussion around the question that just refuses to go away - will there and should there be a European Super League?This was originally broadcast live on twitter, for more live broadcasts from The Athletic follow @TheAthleticUK on twitterYou can subscribe to The Athletic for just £1-a-week by heading to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Athletic's Mark Chapman, Matt Slater and Laura Williamson discuss the extraordinary chain of events that saw one of the most powerful men in British sport talked himself out of his job as chair of the Football Association.Sanjay Bhandari, chair Kick it Out, football’s equality and inclusion organisation joins the panel to discuss the comments made by Greg Clark that led to his resignation, why he had to go and how the Football Association should change.We also hear what went on in the first part of the DCMS committee meeting that Clarke was involved in alongside, Premier League boss Richard Masters and his English Football League counterpart Rick Parry for failing to agree on a rescue package for the Championship, League One and League Two.If you are not already a subscriber I urge you to head to www.theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to sign up for just £1 a week  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Athletic's David Ornstein is reunited with host Mark Chapman to discuss stories from David's weekly column including concerns over Mason Greenwood and how the January transfer window is shaping up. Plus we’ll hear David’s interview with former Watford & Leicester boss Nigel Pearson.And we are joined by The Athletic's German football writer Raphael Honigstein who has been speaking to players about their experiences of playing for both Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp.To read all the articles we discuss on today’s podcast in full simply head to www.theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to sign up for just £1 a week  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.