Lampard on the brink & January transfer window outlook
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 4 January 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein & Adam Crafton to discuss the uncertainty surrounding Frank Lampard's future at Chelsea after their poor run of form continued with a heavy defeat to Manchester City on Sunday
The Athletic's Chelsea correspondent Liam Twomey has all the detail on Lampard's status, the mood in the dressing room and the news that the club have begun looking at replacements.
We also get the latest from David on how the January transfer window is shaping up with news of Arsenal's interest in Julian Brandt, plus insight on Dele Alli's situation at Spurs and the links with PSG, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to the Ornstein and Chapman podcast on The Athletic as usual. |
| 0:11.5 | We'll bring you exclusive insight and stories from our team of writers. |
| 0:16.4 | David, happy new year. |
| 0:17.7 | Happy New Year to you. |
| 0:19.0 | I did notice over Christmas that you've put a piece out on Christmas Day about transfers. |
| 0:25.2 | What is wrong with you, man? |
| 0:26.2 | Have a day off. |
| 0:27.1 | I think it was actually published on Boxing Day. |
| 0:29.6 | So it was filed. |
| 0:32.4 | Yeah, in the buildup to Christmas and some finishing touches on Christmas day. |
| 0:36.6 | Well, it was largely transfer related, so you need to sort of go right up to Christmas and some finishing touches on Christmas Day. Well, it was largely |
| 0:37.7 | transfer related, so you need to sort of go right up to the wire before publication. And, |
| 0:43.0 | hey, what's a Christmas Day got to be getting in the way of our work? He never stops. Also, |
| 0:51.1 | joining us today, the athletics, Adam Crafton. Happy New Year, Adam. Happy New Year. |
| 0:55.8 | How is everyone? Very good, thank you. Could you remember what football you were watching when |
| 1:01.1 | over the festive period? No, I was actually saying to me yesterday. I don't think I remember anything |
| 1:05.4 | that happened more than about three days ago. And I only know it's Monday because people are calling me for work again. |
| 1:13.3 | So that's the only way I'm working out of the calendar at the moment. |
| 1:16.7 | Let's get straight to it then. |
| 1:18.1 | Two areas of focus on the pod. |
| 1:20.4 | We'll talk a lot about transfers in a little while, |
| 1:23.9 | what we can expect during this window. |
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