Have PSG exposed the Premier League? - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
After Liverpool became the SIXTH English club to fall victim to Luis Enrique's all-conquering PSG in the Champions League - does their unique blend of intensity & swagger feel more and more like an indictment of Premier League pragmatism.
So how do they keep peaking at just the right time in the season, why wasn't there more of a battle to sign the likes of Kvicha Kvaratskhelia and which PSG star was deemed 'not ready' for England's top-flight!
Plus, on the news Andoni Iraola will be leaving Bournemouth at the end of the season - would Gabby & Mark swap Eddie Howe or Michael Carrick for him now?
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| 0:34.9 | When Premier League clubs face a team like PhD or I would say a bit similar to Bayern Munich, they're just not used to that. Is that a reflection of how good they are or just how easy to unpick the Premier League clubs are when it gets to this stage of the season? What Louis and Riqui is doing in France, it's exactly what, to some extent, Venger has done a long time ago in England and then Gordiola. |
| 0:54.9 | And he never breaks a contract, does he, Errol? |
| 0:57.0 | There will be a bun fight for it. |
| 0:59.6 | I was told I won't name the club |
| 1:00.8 | because it wouldn't be nice on them, |
| 1:02.3 | but I was told he's not ready for the Premier League. |
| 1:06.1 | The Pukvaaskeliah Al-Tuartre, |
| 1:08.5 | and he becomes your new hero automatically. |
| 1:17.6 | Yeah. Farias, Kaliya, Al-Tufer, and he become your new hero automatically. Hello, Mark. |
| 1:18.7 | Hello, Gabby. |
| 1:19.7 | Have you dried out again? |
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