Chelsea sack Rosenior, why America fears relegation & Italy for Iran?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Chelsea sacking Liam Rosenior, the general track record of Chelsea’s current owners, the fear American owners have around relegation, Man City going top of the Premier League and the whispers that Italy could replace Iran at the 2026 World Cup were all discussed on this episode of the Tifo football podcast.
Plus we speak to Bodø/Glimt’s Sporting Director Håvard Sakariassen!
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Mehreen Khan & and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - a soft cheese intro
05:02 - Liam Rosenior’s future post Chelsea sacking
21:55 - Chelsea’s owners themselves
32:41 - an advert break
32:43 - More on Chelsea
37:18 - how would missing out on Champions League affect Chelsea?
40:02 - Leicester City relegated
41:28 - Why American owners are worried about relegation
45:36 - Jon’s soft book launch part 1
50:56 - Man City are top of the league
54:52 - Italy to replace Iran at the World Cup???
59:00 - Interview with Bodø/Glimt’s Sporting Director Håvard Sakariassen
1:18:14 - Jon’s soft book launch part 2
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.1 | I'm Joe Devine and today I'm delighted to be joined by John McKenzie. |
| 0:14.9 | Hello. |
| 0:15.4 | Now John, it's a special treat for listeners at the very end of today's podcast, but we'll come to that. |
| 0:21.0 | It's not a soft launch. It's a hard launch. No, no, I think it's the softest launch you can possibly find. Yeah, it's like softer than the softest cheese. Okay. You know, there we go. It was pretty hard. I thought it was hard. Now, we're jumping the gun here because a very special debutante. See, I can use French words as well On the TIFO football podcast |
| 0:40.0 | Now, she's the economics editor here because a very special debutante. See, I can use French words as well. |
| 0:38.2 | On the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:40.3 | Now, she's the economics editor of the Times of London. |
| 0:43.2 | I've got to say the Times of London when we're in this building, you understand. |
| 0:46.7 | But we can highly recommend diving into the back catalogue of her podcast heroes and humans of football. |
| 0:51.5 | It's Marine Khan. |
| 0:52.5 | Hello. |
| 0:53.1 | Hello. |
| 1:11.5 | Merci, merci. And also, Marine was just told by Steve to stop gesticulating with her hands. So that's why when we clap, she didn't clap herself. I'm sitting on my hands. Now, what did we talk about on today's podcast? Well, it's been a sad sack for Liam Ressania, hasn't it? And Chelsea, right, Steve, we talk about him specifically to begin with, |
| 1:25.1 | and his future in the game. I also enjoyed how you pronounced his name about four different ways in this episode. Well, I like to be consistent, John. I'm nothing if not consistent. I'm trying to stick to what he said, which was Risenia. Yeah, you said Risenia then. Did I say Risenia? You said Resinia as well at some point. |
| 1:26.6 | I've done a few Resinias. |
| 1:27.3 | That's right. |
| 1:28.0 | We did, I like it. |
| 1:28.7 | Horsenew as well. |
| 1:29.8 | Horsenew. |
| 1:30.3 | Hose in you. |
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