TRANSFER SPECIAL

The Game Football Podcast

The Times

Sports, Soccer

3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Tom Clarke is joined by Gary Jacob and Martin Hardy to look at all the latest transfer news.

Will Ollie Watkins be an Arsenal player in the next 48 hours? Newcastle have sold Miguel Almiron will they have to sell more players to meet PSR rules?

Which other clubs are planning last minute deals; Tottenham, West Ham, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Brighton.

How are deals done; the inside track on continuing to pay wages even if you sell a player and why are deals always done so late in the window?

Lastly, how do reporters deal with agents, club presidents and managers and the half-truths, spin and outright lies that do the rounds…?

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0:44.9	Hello and welcome to a very special edition of the game football podcast from The Times as we take a closer look at the world of football transfers.
0:54.6	On this one-off show, we'll look at what could happen at the end of this January window, the realities of dealing with agents, separating fact from fiction and remembering some of our favourite transfer tales as well. I'm Tom Clark and joining me for this special additional episode. We
0:59.3	have the football reporter who covers clubs in the south of England, including Arsenal and
1:02.7	West Ham. It's Gary Jacob and our northern sports correspondent who covers clubs in the
1:07.3	northeast. Martin Hardy is with us too. Chaps, hello. We've got north and south
1:11.4	covering the whole of the country. Martin Hardy, you're happy to be back on the pod?
1:16.4	Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. I think P. I'm sure we're going to touch upon this, but PSO makes
1:22.3	our life in January a little bit more quiet and a little bit less mental. But it's still,
1:25.9	the transfers are still lurking there, so there's still...
1:27.8	Yeah.
1:27.8	stuff going on.
1:28.7	Still lurking.
1:29.4	And Gary,
1:29.8	welcome to the game pod for the first time this season.
1:32.3	I'm a bit concerned.
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