How Brighton sold best players & got better & Diego Costa set for Wolves medical
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 5 September 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Andy Naylor to explain how Graham Potter’s Brighton sold their best players and improved. Alongside him, our Leicester writer Rob Tanner tells us why Brendan Rodgers is safe for now but is on thin ice.
Elsewhere, with Diego Costa set for a medical at Wolves, we hear what if anything he has left in the tank from The Athletic's Dermot Corrigan, Jack Land & Wolves writer Steve Madeley.
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| 0:00.0 | A little later in the pod, we'll be asking what Diego Costa has left in the tank that he can offer walls. |
| 0:09.8 | But first, Brighton's 5-2 win against Leicester at the weekend was a tale of two clubs experiencing |
| 0:15.7 | perhaps their best of times and their worst of times in the Premier League. |
| 0:20.6 | Let's delve into both of them, shall we? |
| 0:22.9 | I'm Mark Chapman. |
| 0:23.7 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | Michaelister. Oh, what a goal! |
| 0:44.5 | What a way to finish the match. |
| 0:47.5 | Deep in added time. |
| 0:51.5 | It's a five-star show from Graham Potter's side. |
| 0:57.1 | And it's another disastrous day for Leicester City in this worrying start to the Premier League season. |
| 1:01.8 | Brighton, Hovalbion 5, Leicester City 2. |
| 1:06.6 | Right then let's get into it |
| 1:08.2 | and joined from The Athletic by our Leicester writer Rob Tanner and our Brighton writer Andy Nailer. |
| 1:14.9 | This is a bit awkward, isn't it? |
| 1:19.7 | They were both there for the game on Sunday. |
| 1:23.3 | I'll come to you in a second, Rob. |
| 1:26.1 | But, Andy, they are such good fun to watch, aren't they? |
| 1:30.8 | They're a joy, aren't they, Mark? |
| 1:32.4 | I think what was really impressive about them against Leicester was the response. |
| 1:37.7 | They'd lost for the first time midweek at Fulham, concede inside a minute. |
| 1:46.8 | They come back from that, get themselves two, |
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