Bruno’s Man Utd future & what’s going on at Tottenham Hotspur?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
The future of Bruno Fernandes at Manchester United and the long term targets and travails of Tottenham Hotspur were discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie & Dan Kilpatrick and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - An ellipsis… intro
04:06 - The future of Bruno Fernandes
11:35 - There are more types of cloud than you think
17:50 - Has Amorim made tactical changes?
33:38 - an advertisement break
33:40 - it’s unclear if we’re back
34:47 - A zoomed out perspective on Tottenham Hotspur
47:35 - what does incremental improvement under Thomas Frank look like?
53:35 - Jon’s transport analogy
55:57 - What should Spurs do in the January window?
1:03:50 - 3 main narratives for Spurs over the rest of the season
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm Joe Devine and today I'm delighted to be joined by John McKenzie. |
| 0:15.4 | Are you delighted? |
| 0:16.4 | Not really, no. |
| 0:17.9 | I say that, but... |
| 0:19.9 | Steve must have written that. |
| 0:21.3 | It's not even on the... |
| 0:22.3 | No, he never writes that. He just writes, joining me today, ellipsis. Joining me today. Right, ellipsis as well. He loves an ellipsis. You know, he does this like, you know how old men text. You've noticed this? I use ellipsis a lot, actually. Well, there My point has been proved Also, a recent signing right, Steve |
| 0:41.1 | To the Athletic Newsroom |
| 0:42.8 | Joining us this year |
| 0:44.0 | For his debut on the TFO Football Podcast |
| 0:46.0 | It's Deputy News Editor |
| 0:47.6 | Dan Kilpatrick |
| 0:48.8 | Hey, I'll do this |
| 0:50.6 | Dan KP |
| 0:52.4 | One and a half claps there |
| 0:53.8 | You know, I think you earned it today I I think you earned it. Apart from when your phone went off. That did stop John Midflow, didn't it? That's true, actually. No, maybe I'm going to point. Actually, maybe I kind of like it. We should introduce that more, Steve. Some kind of... Just a buzzer. And we're done. |
| 1:11.0 | And we're done. |
| 1:11.9 | Here, let's discuss what we talked about on today's episode. |
| 1:13.9 | Well, we started the show with our head in the clouds, right, Steve, as a metaphor. |
| 1:19.4 | I mean, yeah, it is a metaphor, Steve. |
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