Real Madrid & the manager market and who should be the next Man Utd boss?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Real Madrid sacking Xabi Alonso, a potential managerial mega market in the summer and potential permanent Manchester United managers, based on vibes, were all discussed in the latest Tifo football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Reuben Pinder & Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - Un nuevo intro
03:11 - Another alternative intro
04:51 - A sprawling conversation about Real Madrid sacking Xabi Alonso
37:43 - A break
37:45 - THE RING
42:40 - A mad managerial market to come! Possibly…
46:52 - Which managers FEEL more Barcelona or more Real Madrid?
51:55 - Who should the next Man Utd manager be based on FEELINGS?
57:00 - Jon’s pro Emery to Man United rant
1:00 - Aston Villa are unbelievably lucky
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| 0:00.0 | the Athletic FC |
| 0:03.2 | Ola |
| 0:07.7 | Beemventees |
| 0:10.3 | a podcast de football de Tifo |
| 0:12.7 | me amo Joe Devine |
| 0:15.0 | My complais |
| 0:16.2 | contact with the presbrencia |
| 0:18.3 | de |
| 0:18.6 | I don't know what language that was |
| 0:21.7 | that went German |
| 0:22.6 | It sounded German |
| 0:23.9 | Jonathan McKenzie |
| 0:25.8 | Hello |
| 0:27.5 | Ruben de Penda |
| 0:28.8 | Ola |
| 0:29.4 | And Thomas Hill |
| 0:31.5 | Lopez Mencherro |
| 0:33.1 | Ola |
| 0:33.5 | Ola |
| 0:34.4 | Ola |
| 0:35.0 | Bienvenue |
| 0:36.6 | That's the wrong language Is that Italian? No, that's French. That's French. Pianveni is French. Yeah. Well, anyway, welcome to the TIFO football podcast. Now, what did we talk about on today's episode? You may have guessed from the incredibly accurate Spanish that I was just speaking. But we talk today about, also Steve Hankies here. Ola. Ola. We talk today about a number of things, including, oh, there's more Spanish. Emposomos conrail Madrid. What does that mean? Empathamos, we began with. Oh, empathemos. Emposemos con Real Madrid. They've sacked Jabby Alonzo. Is that bad? No, you just got a couple of the vowels on it. It's fine. Go on. Let me say it again. We began today's episode with Real Madrid, who of course have sacked Jabby Alonzo. But why? Thomas spills the publicly available, but behind a paywall tea. Join the athletic. Tea is always behind a paywall technically, right? You've got to have tea behind a paywall. Who's getting tea for free? There's no free tea. No, because even if you've grown your own tea, that's a resource. Time is money, people. Exactly. Well, it is, at least in a capitalist system. Are the Real Madrid Galacticos just a bunch of petulant silly boys, |
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