Top four battle hots up & is Joao Felix heading to the Premier League?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Ian Irving is joined by Carl Anka and Liam Twomey to react to a big weekend of Premier League football as the battle for a top four finish took centre stage.
The panel analyse where things are going right at Manchester United, wrong at Chelsea and whether Antonio Conte is picking one battle too many at Tottenham.
Plus David Ornstein looks ahead to the January Transfer Window including the latest on Joao Felix's future amid a number of Premier League clubs showing interest in the Atletico Madrid forward.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.8 | Tottenham's advantage has gone |
| 0:06.6 | Chelsea slip at Forest while both Liverpool and Manchester United make ground |
| 0:10.7 | January editions could be crucial |
| 0:12.4 | but the race for the top four is well and truly on |
| 0:15.6 | I'm Ian Irving and this is the Athletic Football Podcast |
| 0:19.2 | The and this is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:33.8 | They are putting together the building blocks of what you expect modern football clubs to play, |
| 0:37.4 | which tends to be play settle possession, press high up the field, counterpress |
| 0:38.5 | when you lose the ball, and then breaking numbers and running behind defences where possible. |
| 0:43.6 | He replaced a Champions League winning coach, who many fans felt was brutally and unfairly sacked. |
| 0:51.2 | And that's not Graham Potter's fault, but it's part of the context here and it's making his life harder. |
| 0:57.0 | Jow Felix is a name |
| 0:58.1 | that we're starting off the year by talking about |
| 1:00.1 | and I suspect it will be |
| 1:02.0 | bandied around for quite a lot longer. |
| 1:04.5 | Everyone at Sanford Bridge |
| 1:05.8 | is keenly aware that they need |
| 1:08.2 | a midfield succession plan. |
| 1:14.1 | Happy New Year and thank you for joining us on the Athletic Football Podcast |
| 1:17.7 | with the Premier League now back in full swing. |
| 1:20.2 | I'm joined by the Athletics Carl Anker and lean to me as we focus on the race for the Champions League. |
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