Paul Barber interview & England’s 2018 World Cup bid
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🗓️ 3 December 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman and The Athletic's Matt Slate speak to Paul Barber CEO of Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.
Plus, The Athletic's Oli Kay joins us we’ll also look back on England’s failed attempt to host the 2018 World Cup and a chain of events that led to the collapse of Sepp Blatter’s FIFA empire..
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the Business of Sport podcast on The Athletic. |
| 0:12.5 | Alongside me is Matt Slater, the football news reporter at The Athletic, and each week |
| 0:17.2 | we'll take you behind the curtain into the world of football business and other sports across the globe. |
| 0:22.4 | Coming up on this pod, we'll talk to Paul Barber, CEO of the Premier League side Brighton and a home of Albion. |
| 0:28.0 | And we'll also look back on England's failed attempt to host the 2018 World Cup and a chain of events that eventually led to the collapse of Set Blatter's FIFA Empire. |
| 0:37.7 | To read all the articles we discuss on today's podcast in full, simply head to |
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| 0:47.1 | 12 months access to The Athletic and you can cancel at any time. |
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| 0:57.4 | month for 12 months. And this offer only runs until the 4th of December. And it is for new subscribers only. |
| 1:05.3 | Well, let's talk to our first guest on this week's pod, Paul Barber, who is CEO and deputy |
| 1:10.2 | chairman of Brighton and Hovalbion in the Premier League. It feels, Paul Barber, who is CEO and Deputy Chairman of Brighton |
| 1:11.2 | and Hove Albion in the Premier League. It feels, Paul, we can either start with Brexit or we |
| 1:16.3 | can start with COVID, which kind of sums up the world we're living in at the moment. I think |
| 1:21.6 | we'll start with Brexit, but before I get announced every new on it, Matt can just explain |
| 1:25.7 | what has been announced this week as |
| 1:28.1 | regards overseas players joining the English clubs. Matt. Great. Thanks very much. Yeah. |
| 1:34.8 | Brexit. Yeah, wonderful. So the headlines are, we are leaving the European Union. Sorry |
| 1:40.1 | to break that to everybody. It finally happens. And as of January the first, that's going to change things for British football clubs. |
| 1:47.3 | So the main change is they will not be allowed to buy overseas players under the age of 18. |
| 1:55.4 | And that really is in line with FIFA's rules. But for the last, however many years, there's been an exemption. Within the European |
| 2:03.4 | Union, you could do it for players aged between 16 and 18. Now, that of course, we're leaving |
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