Covid-19, Free-Transfers & The January Transfer Window

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Sports, Premier League, Champions League, Soccer,, World Cup

4.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Mbappe, Pogba, Rudiger and countless other star players are out of contract next summer; The Athletic's senior writer Stuart James joins Dan Bardell and Flo Lloyd-Hughes to explain...

How the pandemic has helped to create a truly 'unique' summer, the role of football agents in this trend and how clubs are trying to wrestle back some control. Plus, who the big winners and losers might be in January?

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.9	Hello, I'm Dan Bardell
0:15.8	And I'm Floy Lloyd Hughes
0:17.2	And welcome to the Athletic Football podcast.
0:19.5	It is Wednesday, which means we'll be picking out
0:21.4	some of the best work available
0:22.6	on the Athletic right now
0:23.9	and putting the author
0:24.8	under the spotlight.
0:30.3	Now at Bateau with a shooting chance.
0:33.8	He's done it again.
0:36.3	All inside the area,
0:37.4	Lingar.
0:38.2	Back for Podba.
0:39.4	Super finish!
0:41.4	That's what we used to see from Paul Pogba.
0:49.4	This week we're going to highlight a timely piece of work with the January transfer window around the corner.
0:54.3	It's all about the superstars, who, still in their 20s and many in the prime of their careers,
0:59.9	will be out of contract and available for free transfer this summer.
1:03.3	The Athletic Stewart James will join us in a second to discuss that.
1:07.2	Dan, I know this was a big favourite of yours.
1:10.2	You've been in the WhatsApp group for the past, three weeks saying you wanted to do the podcast about this.
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