Why Klopp extended contract, Pickford's evolution, Madrid focused on Mbappe
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Ian Irving is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein to take us inside two big stories he broke in the last week; Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp's signing a contract extension & Matt Judge leaving his role as Manchester United’s director of football negotiations.
Patrick Boyland joins us on Everton, following that manic win against Chelsea that’s breathed new life and belief into their battle to stay in the Premier League.
Meanwhile their former boss Carlo Ancelotti has just become the first manager to win the title in all of Europe’s top 5 leagues, we’ll get the latest from Madrid ahead of their huge Champions League semi-final against Manchester City. The Athletic's Spanish writer Dermot Corrigan will bring the detail from Madrid.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Welcome to the Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Ian Irving and coming up today |
| 0:15.9 | we'll talk Everton following that manic win against Chelsea |
| 0:19.0 | that's breed new life and belief into their |
| 0:21.6 | battle to stay in the Premier League. |
| 0:23.5 | Meanwhile, their former boss, Carlo Ancelotti, has just become the first manager to win the |
| 0:27.0 | title in all of Europe's top five leagues. |
| 0:29.9 | We'll get the latest from Madrid ahead of their huge Champions League semi-final against |
| 0:34.6 | Manchester City. |
| 0:36.9 | But to kick things off, I'm joined by the Athletics Football Correspondent David Ornstein. |
| 0:40.7 | Two big stories you've broken in the last week, David. |
| 0:43.2 | First of all, more off-field changes at Manchester United with the departure of Matt Judge |
| 0:48.2 | from his position as the director of football negotiations. |
| 0:51.5 | What's the story here? |
| 0:52.5 | It's really significant because Matt Judge has been |
| 0:55.3 | at the heart of what Manchester United have been doing in recent years. He was initially titled |
| 1:01.9 | Head of Corporate Development. I don't really know what that meant, but in more recent times, |
| 1:06.1 | it has been director of football negotiations. And that's exactly what it says on the tin. He has been leading |
| 1:12.5 | the conversations talks around contracts and around transfers. And that means that pretty much |
| 1:19.3 | everybody you've seen either coming into United or extending their stay at United has done so |
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