The Athletic FC Podcast

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton and Oli Kay to discuss the backlash and protest from fans of the Premier League biggest clubs against their owners that has brought the game in England to a tipping point. What could happen next and are proposed reforms too little too late? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater are joined by former Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon to get his perspective on the how the Super League proposal was handled by his successor Florentino Perez and to get his unique insight on how to lead an iconic football super power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss a difficult week both on and off the field for Tottenham which was capped off in the League Cup final - so what’s the plan now for Daniel Levy and Spurs? David also reveals that Arsenal are still paying Mesut Ozil a huge sum of money has details on new contract for a young star. And The Athle...

 Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater to digest one of the most dramatic week’s in football history as plans for a breakaway Super League collapse and why the clubs involved might get what they want from UEFA anyway. They are joined by Peter Kenyon former Chief Executive of both Manchester United & Chelsea - two clubs that were part of the Super Leag...

The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke and James Maw react to the news that Spurs have sacked Jose Mourinho. They discuss why it's happened now, the impact it will have on the squad, and whether the appointment was doomed from the very start. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton Dominic Fifield to discuss the staggering news that football’s biggest clubs are prepared to break away from UEFA competitions and establish a new European Super League.. They also look at Crystal Palace ahead of what could be a summer of change - The Athletic has learnt that Patrick Vieira is being considered as a replacem...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by NFL writer & host of 'The Athletic Football Show', Robert Mays, as well as, The Athletic's Ed Malyon (both live from Chicago) ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft...  The trio preview this years event, discuss the changing landscape of TV & broadcast deals, mammoth player contracts and the money in college football - carefully translated for even an uninitiated Premie...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton & our Manchester United writer Laurie Whitwell. On this week's pod, how United are working behind the scenes to avoid a summer transfer saga in their pursuit of a striker. Laurie will share some of the details from his piece on Jose Mourinho’s time at Old Trafford including his public falling out with Paul Pogba - and w...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater are joined by Dr Tom Markham to explain how a football club is valued and how deals are negotiated between buyer and seller with our guest Dr Tom Markham - who is on the board of the group that has just bought EFL side Wigan Athletic. Analysing a raft of recent deals including the breaking news during recording of thi...

The Athletic's Adam Crafton speaks to Valencia president Anil Murthy to get his view on the incident which took place during the game between Valencia and Cadiz on Sunday when Valencia defender Mouctar Diakhaby accused Cadiz's Juan Cala of racially abusing him, which lead to the Valencia players leaving the pitch for 20 minutes. The following days have seen Cala issue a strong denial that he used...

The Athletic's David Ornstein is joined by our German football writer Raphael Honigstein, our Chelsea correspondent Simon Johnson and our analytics writer Tom Worville to look at the latest on the increasingly public saga that is the future of Dortmund's Erling Haaland. We get the inside track on his, and agent Mino Raiola's, current state of mind from Rapha, Worville runs the numbers to try and w...

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...

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...

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  &...

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...

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 ra...

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 y...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater speak to Jacco Swart & Alberto Colombo, executives from European Super Leagues, the organisation that is working with the Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga to lobby against the more radical proposals for European club competition reform. We hear about the conversations that are taking place to broker the ongoing power...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton & Patrick Boyland. Coming up today David shares his latest information on Manchester United's purist of Jadon Sancho. Patrick gives the inside story of how Carlo Ancelotti masterminded Everton's historic win at Anfield and reveals Marcel Brands plans as Director of Football at the club. Plus, hear how Fantasy Premier Le...

Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic is Football news reporter Matt Slater speak to Jonathan Walters, the former Premier League player who has applied to become the new CEO of the professional footballers union in England. They also speak to Andreas Krannich, from Sportradar, a company that works with sporting federations and leagues to fight the rise in match-fixing across a range of sports. The Ch...

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Adam Crafton & Simon Hughes.  Coming up today David’s will share exclusive detail on Jose Mourinho’s contract at Spurs. We also discuss Simon's recent column that asked fans to try and relate to what Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been going through as a person following the loss of his mother. We also reflect on Adam's incredib...