Ornstein on Ozil departure and Chelsea in for Erling Haaland
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 18 January 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein, Adam Crafton and Laurie Whitwell with insight and opinion on the biggest stories in football
David takes us inside the deal that has finally seen Mesut Ozil's time at Arsenal come to an end, as he heads to Turkey to sign for Fenerbahce.
We also bring you news of Chelsea's plans to step up their interest in Dortmund's Erling Haaland this summer, with the club hoping to steal a march on the likes of Man City, Man Utd and Real Madrid who were laying in wait for the Norwegian's release clause to become active in 2022.
Plus we look at the fascinating Premier League title race following the 0-0 draw between Liverpool and Manchester United on Sunday - do United consider themselves genuine title contenders for the first time in years? Have Man City got their act together at just the right time? And what's up with Liverpool at the moment?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Hello, welcome to the Orsene and Chapman podcast on The Athletic. |
| 0:11.8 | As usual, we'll bring you exclusive insight and stories from our team of writers, |
| 0:16.1 | joined by David Ornstein, Adam Crafton, the Athletics Manchester United correspondent Laurie Whitwell. |
| 0:22.1 | We're going to look today at Davy's exclusive story on Mezzat Erzell leaving Arsenal. |
| 0:27.6 | We'll look at the fallout from Liverpool, Manchester United and also Chelsea apparently |
| 0:32.2 | stepping up their pursuit of Erling Harland. |
| 0:35.5 | Let's start, though, with Mezzard Erzal. |
| 0:38.3 | David breaking the news on Saturday morning |
| 0:40.4 | that he'd reached an agreement to leave Arsenal |
| 0:42.6 | and end his seven-year spell at the club |
| 0:45.5 | and move to Fenabachi. |
| 0:48.3 | What are the numbers involved? |
| 0:50.3 | How did they eventually get to the stage |
| 0:52.2 | where he's off their books? |
| 0:53.5 | What we do know is that Mezzard Erersil will be leaving some money on the table. |
| 0:58.3 | We don't know how much money that is, but he will be foregoing a proportion of the money |
| 1:04.5 | that he is owed by Arsenal because obviously he was due to be under contracts until the end |
| 1:08.9 | of June 2021. He's over in Turkey now finalising the transfer. |
| 1:13.8 | So Arsenal just need to work through the paperwork with their lawyers, |
| 1:17.8 | Erzels' lawyers, the Fenabace lawyers. |
| 1:20.0 | Erzal then needs to pretty much just undergo a medical, |
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