Alejandro Irarragorri; Chair of Santos Laguna & Atlas Owner Orlegi Sports; Jeff Barger of Columbus Crew's Nordecke Supporters Group

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In a bonus episode, Grant has two revealing interviews. Alejandro Irarragorri is the chair of Orlegi Sports, which owns Santos Laguna and Atlas of Liga MX. He discusses his successful strategies for his Mexican clubs and shares his thoughts on a potential MLS-Liga MX competition, his near-miss (so far) on buying Newcastle United and much more. Then Grant speaks to Jeff Barger (33:28), the communications director for the Columbus Crew's Nordecke supporters group, about the drama in recent weeks over the club's controversial rebrand and ownership's decision this week to restore "Crew" to the team's name forever. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. La Liga has the best title race in Europe, and it's heading down to the final day. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in La Liga, Ligue 1 and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it costs only $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.
0:09.6	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.5	We've got a bonus episode today with interviews of two people, Alejandro Irraragori, the
0:16.9	chair of Orlegi Sports, which owns Santos Laguna and Atlas of Liga MX, and Jeff Barger,
0:23.8	the communications director for the Nordeka, the Columbus Crew Supporters Group, who discusses
0:29.1	all the drama around the team's recent rebrand.
0:32.9	We've had some great guests lately, including Steven Mandis, Dwayne de Rosario, and Brendan
0:37.7	Dunlop, and Emma Hayes.
0:40.0	So check those out.
0:41.3	Now here's interview number one with Alejandro Irraragori.
0:47.2	Our guest now is Alejandro Irraragori.
0:50.4	He's the chair of Orlegi Sports, which owns Liga MX Club, Santos Laguna and Atlas.
0:57.6	This is currently in the semi-finals of the Liga MX playoffs.
1:01.5	Alejandro, thanks so much for coming on the show.
1:04.1	Grant, more than happy to be with you and to share this conversation on your podcast.
1:09.8	Really good to have you here.
1:11.1	We have lots to talk about, my friend, including your thoughts on MLS and soccer in the United
1:16.6	States.
1:17.6	But I want to start with Santos Laguna.
1:21.3	Once you started running the club in 2007, no team has reached more Liga MX finals than
1:29.1	Santos with seven appearances.
1:32.3	But you've managed that success while keeping player salaries down to number eight or number
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