Title/Relegation Race Heat Up in PL, Grant's Going To Seattle, Boris Gartner Interview.

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham discuss the major headlines from the weekend in soccer including Man City and Liverpool holding serve, Burnley and Everton winning dragging Leeds into the relegation scrap, Real Madrid winning La Liga, super agent Mino Raiola's passing, and a weekend of big events in American soccer. Then, Grant has an in-depth interview with Boris Gartner (44:35), the CEO of La Liga North America, about the impact of La Liga moving to ESPN this season, what Gartner has learned about fans in the U.S. sports market, the benefits of an eight-year La Liga deal over more traditional short-term contracts and much more.

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.
0:10.1	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.9	Our interview guest today is Boris Gartner, the CEO of LaLiga, North America.
0:18.2	Before we get going, you can sign up for a subscription to my newsletter at grantwall.com.
0:23.7	It has all my writing, including my new story's handicapping, the U.S. cities bidding to host
0:29.3	Games for World Cup 2026.
0:32.7	I'll also be on site in Seattle this week, writing about the CCL final that's grantwall.com,
0:40.4	free seven day trials are now available.
0:43.3	In segment one, Chris Whittingham and I will break down the soccer news.
0:47.5	We'll have my interview with Boris Gartner in segment two, but let's bring in Whitty.
0:52.6	How are you, my friend?
0:53.6	So Grant, is my city getting the world cup or no?
0:57.1	Because of right now, and I'll tell you this without making you buy a subscription, Chris,
1:02.6	though you have, so I appreciate that.
1:05.2	Miami is on my list of 10.
1:08.5	And that could change between now and the announcement in mid-June, but right now I think
1:13.4	it's actually a pretty solid bet.
1:15.4	I think the big competition is Orlando for Miami, and I think Miami is a more attractive
1:24.2	choice there, I think more people from FIFA, member nations of FIFA want to go to Miami
1:29.7	than they do to Orlando, good stadium, good field.
1:34.9	Some complications, the annual F1 race, which actually is taking place next week, but
1:41.8	in early May is actually going to be an issue in 2026 because it takes place right around
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