Rashford, Kolo Muani, Williams: Ornstein's transfers to watch
The Athletic FC Podcast
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🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The January transfer window is officially open!
We take you inside the market to explain the deals being worked on,
We have David Ornstein’s One To Watch, Kolo Muani, plus, ongoing interest from Arsenal and Chelsea in Nico Williams.
And fresh news today from David of a possible loan move for out of favour Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford.
Plus, we hear all about David’s excellent exclusive interview with former Arsenal and Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, which is available to read on The Athletic right now.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6036322/2025/01/07/aubameyang-arsenal-arteta-chelsea-saudi/
Host: Ian Irving
Guests: David Ornstein and Phil Hay
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Mike Stavrou
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| 1:23.4 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast. I'm Ian Irving, and the January transfer window is now officially open. |
| 1:27.9 | Coming up on the pod, we'll take you inside the market to explain the deals being worked on. |
| 1:35.5 | We have David Ornstein's One to Watch, Colum Wani, plus ongoing interest from Arsenal and Chelsea in Nico Williams. |
| 1:43.0 | And fresh news as well from David of a possible loan move for out of favour Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford. |
| 1:50.2 | Right, with us today then, we have Mr. Ornstein, the Athletics Football Correspondent, |
| 1:55.3 | and the lead writer for the Athletic FC newsletter, Phil Hay. Gentlemen, welcome. |
| 2:02.2 | David, first of all, your first deal sheet of 2025 is out. We'll get into the details of that. I've teased some of them already. But last January, really quiet, just 112 million spent across the |
| 2:07.8 | Premier League. Are you expecting similar this time or different? I think more will be spent |
| 2:12.8 | because of the need of a club like Manchester City and they've got finances at their disposal. |
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