The Athletic FC Podcast

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater to bring you the latest developments in the battle between UEFA and Europe’s top clubs over UEFA Champions League reform as proposals are thrown into doubt over a commercial rights disagreement.Ronan Evain, Executive Director of Football Supporters Europe joins the podcast to bring a fans point of view on the reforms and his fears for football as a spectacle .And we hear Matt’s interview with Damian Willoughby, Chief Executive Officer of City Football Group India about their plans to grow their brand in the region following success on the field with Mumbai City - winners of the Indian Super League. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein and Adam Crafton to discuss David's exclusive on Liverpool finalising a deal to sign RB Leipzig’s centre half Ibrahima Konata.Then, The Athletic's James Horncastle will tell us all about his big interview with both Mino Raiola & Jonathan Barnett - agents to some of the biggest names in world football.And we’ll continue our look at how The England squad is shaping up ahead of the Euros by looking at Chelsea’s Mason Mount with The Athletic’s Liam Twomey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slater discuss the landmark multi-million pound deal between the English Football Association and UK broadcasters to screen matches in the Women’s Super League.Special guests for the roundtable discussion are Kelly Simmons, Director of The Women’s Professional Game at the English Football Association & Bex Smith, Strategic Consultant at Copa 90  & CEO of Crux Sports a company that supports players through their careers. She is a former New Zealand international, who has captained her country at two World Cups and two Olympics. She later worked for Fifa, managing the Women's World Cups and hosts of The Players podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton & Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss José Mourinho’s efforts to lift the gloom around Spurs and the continued misery at Newcastle United.Also as England players gather for international duty for the last time before Euro 2020 - what is the significance of Trent Alexander Arnold’s omission from the squad? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater look into reports that clubs in Belgium have voted in favour of merging with the Dutch Eredivisie. We speak to Alex Muzio chairman of Belgian sleeping giant Royale Union Saint-Gilloise who last week sealed a return to the top flight.And this week sees the return of The Cheltenham Festival, the highlight of the British jump racing calendar, behind closed and under pressure to deliver for an industry hit by lost revenues due and negative publicity - former Jockey Club CEO Simon Bazalgette joins us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s Adam Crafton & our Sheffield United writer Richard Sutcliffe to tell us how Chris Wilder's dream job turned sour and shares his thoughts on what the future holds for the club & Wilder.Also on the pod, Arsenal writer James McNicholas drops in to explain the reasons why Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was dropped by Mikel Arteta yesterday.Right now you can subscribe to The Athletic for a special price of £3.99 a month for 6 months. That’s 40% off the full price of a subscriptionYou’ll enjoy great analysis and in-depth features from the very best football writers around, as well as ad free versions of all our podcasts.So go to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to take advantage of this special 40% discount. That's www.theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater speak to Joey D’Urso Investigations Writer covering football for The Athletic about the collapse of The Football Index the so called “football stock market” that has seen users portfolios crash to almost nothing..And it’s football accounts season - Kieran Maguire from the Price of Football podcast joins us to run the numbers and pick out the talking points from the books of clubs including Manchester United.You can subscribe to The Athletic for a special price of £3.99 a month for 6 months. That’s 40% off the full price of a subscriptionYou’ll enjoy great analysis and in-depth features from the very best football writers around, as well as ad free versions of all our podcasts.So go to theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to take advantage of this special 40% discount. That's theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton & Jordan Campbell.David outlines the reasons that Manchester City will not be making a move for PSG striker Kylian Mbappe but Erling Haaland remains an option.Jordan shares the inside story of how how Steven Gerrard delivered the Premiership title for Rangers and what how he might look to cement his legacy at the club and beyond.Plus, in his weekly column for The Athletic Alan Shearer thinks the next round of international matches should be called off - is he right?Right now you can subscribe to The Athletic for a special price of £3.99 a month for 6 months. That’s 40% off the full price of a subscriptionYou’ll enjoy great analysis and in-depth features from the very best football writers around, as well as ad free versions of all our podcasts.So go to www.theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to take advantage of this special 40% discount. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater speak to Simon Hallett, owner of English League One side Plymouth Argyle football club and Chief Investment Officer at Harding Loevner, an investment boutique that manages more than $70 billion for individuals and institutions about how he finds the balances between running a football club like a business and a labour of love - as a life-long Plymouth fan. We hear about the business processes implemented in leading a football club at the intersection of economics, finance and psychology and data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton & Tim Spiers.Hear the inside story of super agent Jorge Mendes' influence at Wolves, how he operates and how he took full advantage of uncertainty during the most recent transfer windows - much to the admiration of many within football.Plus, we look at the paradox of Brighton and Graham Potter and hear why his admired by decision makers at the FA.And after another weekend of tough weekend for match officials is it time they were given more chance to share the mechanics of the decision making as it happens at post-match to viewers at home? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.