Andy Cole opens up on racism & Arsene Wenger on football's role in society
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's David Ornstein is joined by one of the leading strikers in Premier League history as Andy Cole opens up on the issue of racism in football and the wider world.
Amy Lawrence discusses her exclusive interview with Arsene Wenger with words from the man himself.
The Athletic's Liverpool writer James Pearce details why Timo Werner is not on his way to Anfield.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ornstein and Chapman podcast on The Athletic. |
| 0:12.3 | Coming up today, I'm joined by one of the leading strikers in Premier League history |
| 0:16.7 | as Andy Cole opens up on the issue of racism in football and the wider world. |
| 0:22.8 | Matt Slater is here to explain how Manchester City hoped to overturn their two-year Champions League ban |
| 0:28.6 | and what's holding up the proposed takeover of Newcastle United. |
| 0:33.1 | Our Liverpool writer James Pearce will give us his take on why Timo Verna is not on his way to |
| 0:38.8 | Amfield, and Amy Lawrence reveals all about her exclusive interview with a certain Arson |
| 0:45.3 | Venger. To read their work and plenty more as we build up to the return of Premier League, |
| 0:50.5 | EFL, Spanish and the Italian football, make sure you subscribe and download the Athletic |
| 0:56.2 | app if you haven't already. Access is free for 30 days by going to theathletic.com forward |
| 1:02.4 | slash Ornstein and Chapman. |
| 1:06.7 | Well, there's somebody that I've really wanted to speak to on our podcast for a long time now. |
| 1:11.1 | He's one of the greatest Premier League strikers of all time and also one of the most decorated. |
| 1:16.5 | He played for Newcastle and Manchester United, among many others in the top two divisions of English football and had an illustrious career also represented his country. |
| 1:27.4 | It's Andrew Cole and I'm very privileged to say he joins us now. |
| 1:31.4 | Andrew, first of all, I want to know how you are, because as many of our listeners will know, |
| 1:37.5 | you've been battling with health problems from a physical and mental perspective |
| 1:41.7 | that have come about as a result of a kidney transplant that |
| 1:45.5 | you had and that means it's really a day-to-day thing so are you okay yeah not so bad um as i say |
| 1:53.1 | it's where one it's east day as it comes you know no two days are the same i think for me |
| 1:58.8 | it's just trying to have half accept where I'm at, |
| 2:02.4 | and just trying to get on with it to the best of my ability. And where are you at? |
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