Barcelona & Real Madrid, hated rivals who need each other more than ever
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Dermot Corrigan, Pol Ballus & Guillermo Rai to discuss how Barcelona & Real Madrid, rivals on the pitch for decades,  have become close off the field and need each other more than ever.Â
Hear how both clubs continue to fight for salvation via the Super League and why Jude Belligham is far more likely to be a Real player than a Barca player next season.Â
The Athletic's Laia Cervello Herrero details her debut article that looks at Ansu Fati tough couple of years at Camp Nou since inheriting Lionel Messi's number ten shirt.Â
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:03.6 | Barcelona and Real Madrid are the focus of today's show. |
| 0:06.7 | Two of the biggest names in world football, hated rivals on the pitch for decades. |
| 0:11.3 | Recently, though, the two Classico clubs have become closer off the field, |
| 0:15.6 | and they need each other more than ever. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Mark Chapman. |
| 0:18.9 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:33.7 | Impossible to turn them apart. |
| 0:38.8 | Let the festivities begin. |
| 0:44.1 | Cristiano of the area, |
| 0:45.1 | still Christiano! |
| 0:46.3 | No! |
| 0:50.6 | Gordialva! |
| 0:51.6 | Point of penalty! Go! |
| 1:08.7 | The Leo Messi! Leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new midweek competition, the Super League, governed by its founding clubs. |
| 1:11.7 | Who are the founding clubs? Confirmation, A.C. Milan, |
| 1:22.5 | Chelsea, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur. |
| 1:29.6 | I have the 12 clubs who try to break away. Three of them, Real Madrid and Barcelona and Juventus haven't given up. |
| 1:32.3 | The main issue I think they've got is a financial one. |
| 1:40.1 | Joining us today to discuss the unlikely relationship from the athletic, our Dermot Corrigan, |
| 1:48.0 | Paul Ballas, plus one of our new sign is Gilemer R. So, Dermont, we've got a much expanded big team. |
| 1:52.7 | Are you the sporting director putting all this together and signing our new talent? |
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