The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic's David Ornstein joins Mark Chapman with an update on Arsenal's January transfer plans and has more detail on the mood within the club after another chastening Premier League defeat.We're also joined by our Liverpool writer Simon Hughes with information on Mohammed Salah's future at Anfield after the normally tight-lipped Egyptian gave an interview to the Spanish press last week, is this a public fluttering of eyes at Barcelona and Real Madrid or an attempt to nudge Liverpool into giving him a new contract?And there's been another head coach sacked at Watford so we speak to Adam Leventhal for the inside story on Vladimir Ivic's departure and the arrival of Xisco Munoz.Get one, Gift one with The AthleticSearching for a last-minute Christmas present? Subscribe to The Athletic and you'll get another subscription completely free that you can give to anyone as a gift.Head to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to take advantage of this special offer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Business of Sport podcast: Mark Chapman ad The Athletic's Matt Slater discuss examine the state of sports TV rights following the termination of French football’s £3bn TV deal with rights expert and media content Pierre Maes.Matt also speaks to Charlton Athletic owner Thomas Sandgaard on his aim to get the club back to the Premier League.Plus Jonas Baer-Hoffman, General Secretary of the global players' union FIFPRO joins us to mark the 25th anniversary of the Bosman rule that changed the way football transfers were done forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coming up today, host Mark Chapman & David Ornstein discuss issues surrounding Mikel Arteta's first year at Arsenal after a terrible start to the Premier League season.The Athletic’s Laurie Whitwell will join us to detail the inside on Paul Pogba’s time at Manchester United and what might happen next..And our German writer Rafa Honigstein will be with us to discuss the future of Leipzig’s Dayot Upamecano & his exclusive interview with Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Chapman is alongside Matt Slater, football news reporter at The Athletic and today we are going to discuss the City Football Group.The Athletic have this week published an in-depth piece looking at the entire City Football Group, that is the group that controls Manchester City, New York City FC, Melbourne City FC among others, it’s so in-depth actually that it’s in two parts!We’ll explore some of the themes in that piece on today’s pod with Professor Simon Chadwick, the Barnsley co-chairman Paul Conway... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You’ll have noticed a lot of rainbows at football grounds in the past week or so. They are there as part of the Rainbow Laces movement, which aims to celebrate LGBT+ people working in the game, LGBT+ fans and create a discussion around what more needs to be done to make the game a more welcoming place for all.The Athletic's Adam Crafton, Alex Kay-Jelski and Nancy Frostick are all members of the LGBT+ community and in this special podcast they answer your questions on the challenges facing LGBT+ people in football and how we can make sure that the Rainbow Laces campaign makes a genuine difference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week host Mark Chapman and The Athletic’s David Ornstein are joined by Leeds United’s in-form striker Patrick Bamford joins us for a chat straight from the training pitch.David will share details from his weekly column including an exclusive on one of European football’s rising stars, Dominik Szoboszlai.And The Athletic's Dominic Fifield will be with us to discuss what the future holds for Patrick Vieira following his dismissal as manager of French club Nice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.