The Athletic FC Podcast

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.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater & Adam Crafton for a brand new podcast about the business of sport.This week; who are the people that want to own football clubs in the Premier League, EFL and in European and why on earth would they want to but one in the first place?Each week we'll be joined by The Athletic's brilliant football journalists - with the occasional special guest - to go deep into the stories affecting all our clubs and the game we love.We'll discuss the owners, agents and key decision-makers, to take you behind the curtain into the world of football business and other sports across the globe.  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.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Laurie Whitwell who has updates on stories including pay-per-view and Chelsea’s continued pursuit of West Ham’s Declan Rice.Greg O'Keeffe joins us to discuss the small details that are having a negative effect on what was a great start to the season for Everton.And They Athletic's Italian football writer James Horncastle details the second coming of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Italy and what AC Milan are doing off the pitch to get back to the top of the European game.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.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Laurie Whitwell to go through stories including Manchester United’s continued pursuit of Erling Haaland.Our Manchester City writer Sam Lee will discuss the future of Pep Guardiola whose contract expires in the summer and we cross to Spain to speak to The Athletic's La Liga journalist Dermot Corrigan who’ll give us reactions from inside Barcelona and Real Madrid after this weekend’s El Clásico.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 month  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.