Why decision on big Champions League reforms was postponed
The Athletic FC Podcast
04/01/21
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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.
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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.
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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 work out which of Europe's big clubs would suit him best, and Simon has insight on why there might be some at Chelsea who haven't given up on luring Haaland to Stamford Bridge this summer.
There's also a look at the fallout from Chelsea's 5-2 defeat against West Brom at the weekend, with reports of an understandably heated dressing room that turned into training ground scuffles on Sunday.
Plus we're joined by our Aston Villa correspondent Gregg Evans for our weekly look at the England picture ahead of the Euros, this week focusing on Jack Grealish's race to regain fitness ahead of the tournament.
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