Premier League Countdown - Chelsea
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Adam Leventhal hosts a brand new podcast series from The Athletic, counting down to the return of the Premier League, with every episode focusing on a different team.
In this episode Adam is talking Chelsea with The Athletic's Liam Twomey. They discuss how the impending arrival of Timo Werner will affect Abraham & Giroud, the other players who could be on their way out the door after these 9 games, and whether 4th place is the priority or the pursuit of a trophy could still be a realistic goal this season.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, I'm Adam Leventhal and welcome to another edition of the Athletics Premier League |
| 0:18.3 | Countdown podcast with the return of the 2019-20 season only days away |
| 0:23.8 | now. We're releasing 20 shows on the Ornstein and Chapman feed, each one dedicated to a different |
| 0:30.0 | Premier League team. So that is two podcasts a day, every day up until football returns. |
| 0:36.5 | Now, if you're not already a subscriber, you can sign up right |
| 0:39.1 | now and take advantage of our 30-day free trial, simply by going to theathletic.com forward |
| 0:45.4 | slash Ornstein and Chapman to enjoy the best football writing anywhere, just as the season makes |
| 0:51.3 | its return. Now, in this episode, we're taking a look at Chelsea, |
| 0:55.3 | fourth in the Premier League, |
| 0:56.8 | three points ahead of Manchester United, |
| 0:59.7 | and hanging on to their place in this season's Champions League |
| 1:02.8 | by a thread after a 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich |
| 1:06.4 | in their last 16th first leg. |
| 1:08.4 | And of course, we must mention the impending signing of Timo Verna as well. |
| 1:12.9 | Joining us to talk through the Blues Agenda is the Athletics Chelsea writer |
| 1:17.0 | and co-host of the Straight Out of Cobham podcast, Liam Toomey. |
| 1:21.9 | It's been a busy few days, isn't it, Liam? |
| 1:23.8 | It has. |
| 1:24.4 | It has, although a kind of refreshing burst of news news i think chelsea wise after what's been |
| 1:31.2 | kind of unsettlingly quiet couple of months obviously with no games and not a ton happening off |
| 1:37.6 | the pitch either yeah let's deal with that that timo verna story then first of all because i want |
| 1:42.6 | to ask you another question about how it might |
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