Episode 1241: Pep Says Relax, La Liga Breaks America, Real Meh-drid, Rodgers Rot, Everton Glasnost
Today La Liga announced they are planning to play league matches in the United States, last night Manchester City premiered their new warts-and-all documentary series with Amazon. What does all this mean for the present and future shape of the game?
A regular-season La Liga match will be played in the United States.
It’s the first time a Spanish top-flight game will be played overseas. ???? https://t.co/sYMfI2AeVR pic.twitter.com/sV9D4D81qW — BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 16, 2018
Meanwhile former docu-star Brendan Rodgers’ standoff with the Celtic board over transfer spending has been aggravated by the bitter disappointment of going out of the Champions League in the qualifiers. Could everything be coming up Steve G?
“How can people want him sacked!? He was a hero six weeks ago!”
Alan Brazil has a message for the #CelticFC fans who have called for Brendan Rodgers to lose his job following the club’s failure to qualify for the Champions League ???? pic.twitter.com/KTWyzdUiFI — The Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast (@SportsBreakfast) August 15, 2018
We also applaud Everton’s new football director policy of glasnost regarding the details of summer transfer negotiations.
Marcel Brands on signing Yerry Mina: “We never changed our offer. That was a bit of a gamble because everyone was writing about Manchester United. Barcelona used that, agents used that, everyone used it. The player said constantly, ‘I want to go to Everton’.” (Source: Guardian) pic.twitter.com/2HANQUJQTt
— Everton Blue Army (@EvertonBlueArmy) August 15, 2018
A holidaying Miguel Delaney joins us from sunny Spain to talk about La Liga’s expansionistic commercial agenda, the entertaining Super Cup final between Atletico and Real Madrid, and how the big Spanish clubs are shaping up ahead of the league’s kick-off this weekend.
Wrote this in December about how La Liga was needing to come up with ways to combat the PL for international hearts and mindshttps://t.co/iMx7Eb93TZ
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) August 16, 2018
???? FT: REAL MADRID 2-4 ATLETICO: Diego Costa scored twice as Atlético Madrid came from behind to beat their city rivals 4-2….
The reigning European champions ended in a humbling defeat as Real looked a shadow of last season’s team without Cristiano Ronaldo. pic.twitter.com/y1NrXcxSQr — D9INE (@D9INE_NEXUS) August 15, 2018
Plus Rooney does it again, Jose-Pogba latest, De Bruyne’s knee and Ireland’s latest boxing world champ, TJ Doheny, is big in Japan.
.@WAYNEROONEY WITH A BEAUTY! ???? #DCvPOR https://t.co/5nyftQ74ZZ
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 16, 2018
Paul Pogba and Jose Mourinho’s relationship is at an all time low after a bust up following Pogba talking to the media on Friday (Neil Custis The Sun) #MUFC pic.twitter.com/QQWDRdg4jo
— The United Stand (@UnitedStandMUFC) August 16, 2018
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