Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Sports Agents former England defender Rio Ferdinand joined us to discuss the stigma around mental health in football and whether teams are now better equipped to work with players who are struggling.
We were also joined by Jadon Sancho's former youth coach and mentor Sayce Lewis-Holmes to find out more about the level of pressure on aspiring footballers today.
Plus, with a huge final couple of days in the Premier League and WSL seasons this weekend, football writer Henry Winter talked us through a whole host of topics including the 115 charges for Manchester City over alleged breaches of financial fair play.
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| 0:35.5 | Hi, Gabby. |
| 0:36.1 | Hi, Mark. |
| 0:36.8 | So after another busy week, we're here to tell you what we've been up to with the weekend edition of the Sports Agents. |
| 0:55.7 | Manchester City took a giant step towards an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League title, |
| 1:00.4 | but is all their success tarnished for as long as the 115 charges for alleged breaches of financial rules go untried? |
| 1:08.0 | It's also the end of an era for Liverpool as Juergen Klopp takes charge at Amfield |
| 1:11.9 | for the final time and Emma Hayes will be in the Chelsea women's dugout once more before departing |
| 1:17.4 | for the States. But first, and to mark Mental Health Awareness Week, legendary Manchester |
| 1:21.7 | United and England defender Rio Ferdinand sat down with us to discuss if there's still a stigma |
| 1:26.6 | around mental health in elite football. |
| 1:30.4 | It's hard to understand what an elite athlete has to go through as an athlete, let alone personally |
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