Who are the Premier League's most powerful figures?

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

4.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

From players and managers to executives and owners, the Premier League is made up of some big personalities.

But who are the most influential?

Host: Ayo Akinwolere

With: Matt Slater and Carl Anka

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

Producers: Guy Clarke and Paul Iliffe

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC
0:03.1	Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akimuelo.
0:09.1	From players and managers to executives and owners.
0:12.5	The Premier League is made up of some pretty big personalities.
0:17.2	But who are the most influential?
0:21.8	All right, in with us for this one.
0:23.5	We've got Matt Slater.
0:24.3	We've also got Carl Anker as well.
0:26.8	Matt, before we get into this,
0:28.3	as the reach of the league has definitely grown,
0:30.8	is it fair to say that the influence held
0:33.0	by the key individuals around the league
0:35.6	has also grown as well?
0:37.5	First of all, I thought you were talking about me and Carl being the most influential people here.
0:43.0	It was very kind of you.
0:44.0	The athletic spig dogs.
0:45.2	Yeah, it's a tier sub like that.
0:47.6	I mean, yes and no, it's all relative, isn't it?
0:50.9	There've always been really, really important people within the game. But I guess
0:56.2	what you're saying is the Premier League is now this global entity, and some people think it is
1:03.5	the European, the de facto European Super League. It's certainly the most popular association football
1:10.1	domestic league.
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