Latest on the race to sign Erling Haaland and Tuchel's reaction to Chelsea horror show

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

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🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic's David Ornstein is joined by our German football writer Raphael Honigstein, our Chelsea correspondent Simon Johnson and our analytics writer Tom Worville to look at the latest on the increasingly public saga that is the future of Dortmund's Erling Haaland.

We get the inside track on his, and agent Mino Raiola's, current state of mind from Rapha, Worville runs the numbers to try and work out which of Europe's big clubs would suit him best, and Simon has insight on why there might be some at Chelsea who haven't given up on luring Haaland to Stamford Bridge this summer.

There's also a look at the fallout from Chelsea's 5-2 defeat against West Brom at the weekend, with reports of an understandably heated dressing room that turned into training ground scuffles on Sunday.

Plus we're joined by our Aston Villa correspondent Gregg Evans for our weekly look at the England picture ahead of the Euros, this week focusing on Jack Grealish's race to regain fitness ahead of the tournament.

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:08.1	Welcome to the Ornstein and Chapman podcast on The Athletic.
0:11.3	I'm joined today by the Athletics Tom Warville and our German football writer Raphael Honigstein.
0:16.4	Manchester City take on Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League this week
0:19.5	and the main storyline going into the match seems to be the future of Dortmund's Erling Harland. With talk of his
0:25.3	agent, Mino Ryola, holding a host of meetings with the continent's top clubs, he is the most
0:30.7	sought-after striker in Europe right now, but where will he end up? Tom Warville has looked at the
0:35.6	data to determine where he would fit in best, and we'll get the view from Germany with Raffer. And with Chelsea suffering a shot 5-2 defeat to West Brom at the weekend, we'll catch up with our Chelsea correspondent, Simon Johnson, for the inside story on Tuchel's post-match debrief. Right now you can subscribe to the Athletic for a special price of £3.99 a month
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1:21.6	So the future of Erling Harland will again come into sharp focus this week as Dortmund take on Man City in the Champions League.
1:28.2	He's the most sought-after player in Europe right now, but where will he end up?
1:34.0	We'll get Tom's view on the data shortly.
1:36.4	But first, Raffer.
1:37.8	I was reading your piece on The Athletic this morning, Raffer, and you explained how Harlan-Cter frustrated figure in Dortmund's lost to Frankfurt at the
1:45.2	weekend, not for the first time in recent weeks.
1:48.7	What's up with him?
1:49.7	And what's your take on the whole situation that has been played out so publicly in recent weeks?
1:55.2	Well, he's developed this habit of looking very exasperated with teammates when things don't quite work out for him,
2:02.3	you know, throwing his hands up in the air, shaking his head,
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