Aubameyang To Chelsea: Unfinished Business, The No. 9 Curse & Boehly v Barcelona

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Liam Twomey and Pol Ballus to put Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's deadline day return to the Premier League under the spotlight... Where does the 33-year-old goalscorer fit in, six years on from being coached by Thomas Tuchel at Dortmund, and how will his arrival impact Sterling, Havertz & Mount? Xavi's reluctance to sell at Barcelona, Auba's status at London-rivals Arsenal and a case of some unfinished business in the Premier League. Plus more on Todd Boehly's first transfer window since the Chelsea takeover and the shared desperation/chaos/bad-planning that kept drawing Barcelona and Chelsea together throughout the summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:03.0	Well, he arrived with a Broken Jaw and a Bruise reputation, but Chelsea did secure Pierre
0:09.2	Emmerich-obamiang's Premier League return just before Thursday night's transfer deadline.
0:14.0	We're recording this on Tuesday morning and tonight he's poised to make his first
0:18.4	start for his new club in the Champions League at Dean and Mo Zargre.
0:22.4	Is he the final piece of Tom Boli's big jig? in the Champions League at Deanmo Zargre.
0:22.8	Is he the final piece of Todd Bouli's big jigsaw?
0:25.2	Why were Barcelona happy to let him leave
0:27.8	so soon after he had joined?
0:29.7	And how does this 33-year-old version of Abamiang fit into Thomas Tuckel's team?
0:35.5	We will achieve some big things.
0:37.1	I'm sure about this, so I will try my best
0:40.1	to help the team and come on, you blues. Joining me to explain all the athletics Chelsea correspondent Liam Toomey and a man who knows everything about
0:47.6	Barcelona Pol Barless. I'm Mark Chapman this is the Athletic Football Podcast. You bet he can that is top class
1:04.3	Stay your players in a way and over is one of these guys
1:08.4	He was seen as a good influence to that dressing room probably because he had a point to prove
1:13.6	in Barcelona after like a bad departure from Arsenal.
1:17.4	There was one Abramovich-era signing.
1:19.0	I'm not gonna say who,
1:20.9	who point-blank refused to take the number nine shirt at Chelsea because they'd been told
1:26.4	that it was cursed. In the last years we haven't had a goal score that's
1:29.3	20-25 goals per season which you always need to win the title.
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