Premier League Draft: Picking our all-time XIs

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🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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With the NFL Draft looming large this weekend, we decided to take a spin on the format and bring it into the world of the Premier League. What would it look like if we held an All-Time Premier League Draft? Which legends go first and can anyone build the perfect squad? Host: Duncan Alexander With: Jacob Whitehead, Oli Kay, and Jack Lang Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead Producer: Mike Stavrou & Liam Warburton Premier League Draft article: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6301841/2025/04/24/premier-league-draft/ Teams: Jacob: Cech, Azpilicueta, Van Dijk, Kompany, Baines, Rodri, Lampard, Silva, Salah, Rooney, Giggs Jack: Alisson, Walker, Ferdinand, Campbell, Irwin, Kante, Fabregas, De Bruyne, Hazard, Shearer, Henry Duncan: Ederson, Ferreira, Adams, Vidic, Robertson, Keane, Toure, Beckham, Bergkamp, Aguero, Suarez Oli: Schmeichel, Alexander-Arnold, Carvalho, Terry, Cole, Vieira, Gerrard, Scholes, Ronaldo, Kane, Bale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.2	be gamble aware dot org the athletic fc podcast network hello and welcome to the Athletic FC podcast.
0:40.4	I'm Duncan Alexander and with the NFL draft looming large this weekend.
0:44.7	We've decided to do our own Premier League version looking at the all-time history of England's current top flight.
0:51.4	Henri, what a goal!
0:54.1	And the Obie's downward head of a Shira!
0:57.3	What I say?
0:58.4	Come up the hour, come up the man.
1:05.8	Joining me are three brilliant minds with knowledge of many eras of the Premier League.
1:10.5	We've got Jacob Whitehead.
1:11.5	Hello.
1:12.1	Hello.
1:12.8	We've got Jack Lang.
1:14.0	Hi.
1:14.8	And we've got Oliver Kay.
1:16.1	Hello.
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