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I can't think of many players in world football who can play three, four different roles

and do so to such an elite capability as Gundewat.

I think if Newcastle could turn back time and they knew the barns might be available in the summer,

maybe they wouldn't have signed Anthony Gordon in January.

This is what happens.

This is the perfect example of just how important money is in the prominent these days

because if you don't spend any of it, then you basically just guaranteed to get relegating.

Hello? Hello and welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. I'm Dan Bardell and it's time for the weekend preview. I'm joined by George Ellick, Tim Spears and Bet365 Steve Freeth. As Man City looked to tick off the first leg of their bid for a treble, we'll ask is anybody going to be able to stop them.

Newcastle fly past the seagulls and into pole position in the Hunt for Champions League

qualification with Leicester up next.

And in the battle for survival, Big Sam takes leads back to see old friends at West Ham,

and he's very much in need of a favour to take it to the final day.

That's all to come here on the weekend preview.

Now, the title race could of course conclude this weekend.

Manchester City could have already won the league by the time they take on Chelsea Sunday at 4 o'clock because Nottingham Forest play Arsenal Saturday tea time.

As I've said George, Manchester City can win the title this

weekend even without playing if Arsenal do contrive to lose at Nottingham Forest and that would

complete the first leg of a potential treble. Yeah, I think the treble is looking more and more likely,

isn't it? We saw City put in one of the best displays we've seen a team put in in the Champions League,

or probably in any competition really, in dispatching Real Madrid 4-0, in a display that kind of summarised their form over the last few months.

A City or a team who I think we've thought the general consensus have been that despite their

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