Ex-United CEO on collapse of Super League & Glazers
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater to digest one of the most dramatic week’s in football history as plans for a breakaway Super League collapse and why the clubs involved might get what they want from UEFA anyway.
They are joined by Peter Kenyon former Chief Executive of both Manchester United & Chelsea - two clubs that were part of the Super League plot - who shares his thoughts on the Glazers, Roman Abramovich and updates on the takeover of Newcastle United.
Also on the pod, Keith Wyness, former chief executive at Everton & Aston Villa to shares his thoughts on what comes next and how the Premier League clubs not involved in the breakaway might react.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Hello, I'm Mark Chapman, welcome to the Business of Sport podcast on The Athletic. |
| 0:13.0 | Coming up today, we'll digest one of the most dramatic weeks in football's history |
| 0:16.8 | as plans for a breakaway Super League were unveiled and then unraveled within 48 hours |
| 0:22.2 | as all six English clubs withdrew. Liverpool owner John W. Henry has apologised to fans |
| 0:28.1 | Manchester United announced that their executive vice chairman Ed Woodward will be standing |
| 0:33.3 | down at the end of the year. So today we're joined by Peter Kenyon, former Chief Executive of both Manchester United and Chelsea, |
| 0:40.8 | two clubs that on Sunday had announced they were part of the Super League plot, |
| 0:44.1 | of course. |
| 0:45.0 | And we'll also get the thoughts of Keith Wynness, |
| 0:47.4 | former Chief Executive Everton and Aston Villa, |
| 0:50.4 | to get his thoughts on the day the Super League collapsed |
| 0:53.2 | and we'll look at what comes next. |
| 0:55.8 | This is The Business of Sport from the Athletic. |
| 1:01.0 | I think, Matt, the most important thing to say, first of all, is that this is being recorded Wednesday morning at 5 past 9 because who knows what might happen at Wednesday morning |
| 1:15.2 | come five past 11 even let alone later on this afternoon and this evening. So as things stand now, |
| 1:23.7 | all English clubs are out of it, into Milan are out of it. |
| 1:29.0 | That's all we've heard so far. |
| 1:31.0 | Yeah, and I'm glad you reminded me of the time. |
| 1:33.0 | It's been quite a 48, well, 72 hours. |
| 1:36.9 | Yeah, it's unbelievable. |
| 1:38.9 | I don't really know where to start. |
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