Footballers Who Need a Reality Check

B/R Football Ranks

Bleacher Report

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sam Tighe, Dean Jones and host Jack Collins are joined by Paul Olima, former player, trainer, body double and influencer in the football world, to talk about some of the players who need a reality check on their playing careers (15.19), as well as what it's like to have Mario Balotelli in your friendship group (30.28), working with Usain Bolt (34.49) and much, much more. Hot Takes include a discussion on why Real Madrid have signed Brazilian wonderkid Rodrygo (01.35); how some players get stuck at clubs after dream moves turn out to be nightmares (05.24); and whether Portuguese sensation Joao Felix would be a good fit for Atletico Madrid, with whom he is heavily linked (09.49). Bleacher Roulette returns to talk about which of the newly promoted Premier League teams have the best chance of survival (36.21), who the most talented player in England is, now that Eden Hazard has departed for Madrid (39.17), and which players the Rank Squad could be body doubles for (41.34); before Sam rounds things off by ranking his favourite trees, and the goalkeepers that they remind him of (45.57). To get involved, follow @brfootball on Twitter and Instagram, and use the hashtag #BRFootballRanks!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gents, hello for tuning in, you have my thanks. It's the best pod in the business. It's B.R. Football ranks. There's games across the globe and silly seasons in full swing, but don't fret. We've got it down, so you don't miss a thing. The coffers underway in the warm Brazilian winter. And is Romolulu-Lakaku about to secure a move to winter?
0:39.9	Messies Argentina in disarray again. And VAR in the World Cup got us debating France's pen.
0:45.6	So let us set sail into the deep footballing blue. But before we leave the harbour, let me introduce your crew.
0:53.0	We've got Dean Jones picking through the transfer
0:55.9	dust in the heart of all the madness. Here's a man that you can trust. Sam Tai sharing knowledge.
1:01.8	You know he ain't a hoarder. The rank god putting football back into the correct order.
1:07.3	My name's Jack Collins, the poet they call Prince, keeping it all ticking along like a
1:11.9	podcast, Paul Inz. Across the football landscape, it's okay. We've got you covered about the players
1:17.4	that you love and the ones not yet discovered from the US to Australia. There's a lot that we know.
1:23.3	And we're coming for that top job like Gianni and Fantino. Right, Sam, let's do it.
1:27.6	Hot Take, let's go.
1:28.7	Me first, I feel honoured.
1:30.4	My hot take is going to light up my mentions once again.
1:33.9	It's like I don't know what's good for me.
1:35.5	The Rodrigo to Real Madrid deal just doesn't really make much sense to me.
1:39.1	Lots of people are praising Real Madrid's early summer work.
1:41.9	And for the most part, that is fair. Yovic, Hazard, Militow, Mendi, all very good players, four very good players.
1:48.9	Their fifth signing, Rodrigo, this doesn't make much sense because, well, I think it's too much money for a player that I genuinely haven't been that impressed with when I've seen him.
1:57.2	So, unless an 18-year-old showcases once-in-a-generation ability, like Vinicius Jr. did
2:04.5	at the South American Youth Championships, I don't think committing 45 million euros to him is a
2:09.6	particularly great idea, especially if he comes from a different continent.
2:12.9	And there are so many different factors at play in terms of whether or not he can settle in.
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