WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:16.480 Welcome inn. It's time for another edition of The Morning Espresso, 2 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:22.199 presented by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's premier undergraduate learning experience and 3 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:26.440 soccer powerhouse. I'm Jason Longshore. Here's some of the soccer 4 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.960 news you need to know for Friday, July eleventh. Let's 5 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:32.920 get caught up around Major League soccer. D C United 6 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.640 have agreed to terms with Swiss manager Renee Wheeler to 7 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:40.600 become the club's next head coach. This is according to 8 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:44.200 give Me Sport and quite a few others. DC fired 9 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.000 Troy Lasain on Wednesday night. That was after a five 10 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:49.679 to two loss in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. 11 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.600 Two nail lead turned into a five to two loss. 12 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.960 This was after the scoreless draw against Atlanta United on Saturday. 13 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:58.679 The club had been planning for a change for a while, 14 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:01.479 according to give Me Sport, and I think you could 15 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:03.840 kind of see that by the way that they didn't 16 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:06.920 really give Lessane a whole lot of talent to work 17 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:12.079 with this season. Viler was previously sporting director at Swiss 18 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.280 club Cervett. He's got a long list of experience. He 19 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:18.519 was at Anderlecht for a long period of time, won 20 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.719 the Belgian League. During his time there. He also managed 21 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:25.239 Egyptian giants a La Lee for a little more than 22 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:28.280 a year. He won the league title there as well. 23 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:31.200 Brandon Vasquez of Austin FC, it's been announced that he 24 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.480 suffered a season ending ACL tear in his right knee, 25 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.439 gonna need surgery. That happened in the Open Cup win 26 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:41.920 against San Jose on Tuesday night. He struggled at Austin 27 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.480 this year. He's got five goals in nineteen games, four 28 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.400 more in three Open Cup games, where he's always had success. 29 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.840 He's always been the Open Cup hero, Brandon Vasquez. But 30 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:54.760 this is a big loss for Austin FC. They have 31 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:59.079 the worst offense in MLS with fifteen goals in twenty games. 32 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:01.640 Very similar to it Atlanta in that they spent a 33 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.840 lot on their attack and the goals have not been 34 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:08.039 coming from that group. We'll see what they do to 35 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.240 try to replace Brandon Vasquez and we'll see if he 36 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:14.199 can get back in time to push for a World 37 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.360 Cup spot. But a poor start to this season plus 38 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.680 very limited time before the World Cup, it's going to 39 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:22.560 be extremely difficult for him to be in that mix. 40 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:28.719 Atlanta United will be in Toronto on Saturday tomorrow, we 41 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.680 make in the trip up there later today. Game will 42 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:34.360 kick off at seven forty. Our pregame coverage on ninety 43 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:36.520 two nine. The game and the Odyssey app will start 44 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.000 at six point thirty. Madison Cruise and Ape Gordon will 45 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.360 get you started. Mike Contiy and I will get things rolling. 46 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.919 After that. We'll talk to Atlanta United Sporting director Chris 47 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.960 Henderson as well at about six fifty five if you 48 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:52.039 want to join us for that. News came out yesterday 49 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:55.840 that Atlanta United President and CEO Garth Loggerway has taken 50 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:59.639 an indefinite leave of absence after recently being diagnosed with 51 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:02.400 can sure. In the statement, the club said that the 52 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.680 prognosis of a complete recovery by the fifty two year 53 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:09.039 old Loggerway is encouraging. He said he would be back. 54 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:11.919 It's really hard for us, we've gotten to know Garth 55 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:16.680 over the years to hear about this, and we all 56 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:21.360 are thinking about Garth and about his family and hoping 57 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:26.199 for a complete recovery and getting him back here in 58 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:29.879 Atlanta and getting him back with the club where he 59 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:32.560 has worked so hard to get this club where he 60 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.479 wants to get it and can't wait for him to 61 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.879 resume that work. We're all thinking about Garth loger Way 62 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:43.080 right now, and not just in Atlanta United circles, but 63 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:46.639 in Major League Soccer circles. You've seen statements from many 64 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.840 many clubs around the league, many many people around the league. 65 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:54.240 Just a pretty strong representation of how well thought of 66 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:57.840 Garth Logerway is around United States soccer circles. And we're 67 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:02.360 all thinking about him as he continues to recover from cancer. 68 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:07.199 NWSL updates the Seattle Reign. They have signed a twenty 69 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:10.520 four year old forward me official contract through the twenty 70 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:14.039 twenty nine season. Former UCLA All Americans, she started her 71 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:17.480 pro career at Tige Grace in Mexico, went to Chelsea 72 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:20.160 for the last two years, but a knee injury limited 73 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:24.480 her to just fourteen matches in those two seasons. Evelyn 74 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:27.600 shores United States U twenty three players. She's signed a 75 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.720 contract through twenty twenty eight. After two seasons at the 76 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.560 University of North Carolina, was part of their championship team 77 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:37.240 in twenty twenty four. She scored the winning goal for 78 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:42.480 the US women's team at the soccer tournament TST one 79 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:46.000 million dollar prize that her winning goal captured for that 80 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:50.279 group of players. Not a surprise, but officially announced yesterday 81 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.480 Tobin Heath she has retired. Hasn't played for the last 82 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:57.560 three years due to injury. Thirty six goals and forty 83 00:04:57.600 --> 00:04:59.800 two assists in one hundred and eighty one appearances for 84 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:03.360 the US women's national team, two World Cup titles, two 85 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:07.519 Olympic gold medals. This came as part of an announcement 86 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:11.360 yesterday that our friends at Odyssey have acquired The Recap Show. 87 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.720 It's the weekly video podcast that Tobin hosts with her 88 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.959 partner and former teammate Kristin Press. She said, I never 89 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:20.480 played to be famous or for people to care about me. 90 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.639 I just played because I loved it. You could see 91 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:25.959 that in the way that she played. She's one of 92 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:29.560 the most technical players to ever come from the United States. 93 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:35.920 She was that good. Her skills are just unbelievable, and 94 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:41.040 she never lost that joy with the ball in her career. 95 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.439 An incredible player who I think at times sometimes gets 96 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:48.240 overlooked because of injuries and because of being a player 97 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:52.000 who was different because of that skill set. Tobin Heath, 98 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:53.519 one of the all time greats for the US women's 99 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.560 national team, announced her retirement at thirty seven years old. 100 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.720 USL North Jersey Pro Soccer maybe not the sexiest name 101 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.120 for a new team in USL League One, so they 102 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:06.519 went out and acquired one that has a little bit 103 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:11.120 of sex appeal, The Cosmos. They purchased the primary ownership 104 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:14.720 of the name, logo and other intellectual property from Rocko Camiso, 105 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.839 the billionaire who revived the Cosmos well really kept them 106 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:23.720 going after they almost folded after the twenty sixteen season. 107 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:26.279 There's beent some revisionist history on how all that went. 108 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:30.000 The second version of the North American Soccer League. The 109 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:34.279 Cosmos came in for the twenty thirteen season. They almost 110 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:37.720 folded after the twenty sixteen season, players had left and 111 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:42.800 signed contracts elsewhere. Camiso saved them put them back into 112 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.279 functioning order. They got to the championship match in twenty 113 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.399 seventeen and lost, and that was the last match played 114 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:55.240 in the old North American Soccer League. So Camiso sold 115 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:58.959 primary ownership of the club to the North Jersey Pro 116 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:02.759 Soccer group. He reached a small steak. Eric Stover, who 117 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:07.720 was the Cosmos two point zero chief operating officer. He 118 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:10.920 is the co founder of North Jersey Pro Soccer and 119 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:15.879 the CEO. He was involved in signing raul Marco Senna 120 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.120 for the Cosmos. He signed a kit sponsorship deal with Emirates. 121 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:24.000 He signed Giovanni Savaresi as the head coach. The team's 122 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:26.720 going to play in USL League One third Division in 123 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:30.800 twenty twenty six at Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, 124 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.560 seventy eight hundred seat venue originally built nineteen thirty two, 125 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:38.279 recently upgraded courtesy of a two point five million dollar 126 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:41.800 contribution from North Jersey Pro Soccer. They will be the Cosmos, 127 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:43.680 not the New York Cosmos. They will just be the 128 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:48.240 Cosmos like they were I think it was seventy seven 129 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:50.800 through eighty three in the first version of the North 130 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.800 American Soccer League, where they dropped the New York part 131 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.680 of the name because they were global. This is more 132 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.240 about being a North Jersey team as opposed to a 133 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.600 New York team. Speaking of Jersey, the Club World Cup 134 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:07.240 final will be in New Jersey on Sunday, PSG versus 135 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.839 Chelsea three pm kickoff Chelsea. They've been handed a major 136 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:14.600 boost Moys' caseto. He has returned to training before the final. 137 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.399 Hopefully we'll be able to play. He's been one of 138 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:22.079 the best players in the midfield in the tournament, really 139 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:25.079 starting to get into that conversation of why his transfer 140 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:29.160 fee has been was so large, and maybe being one 141 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:31.720 of the best midfielders in the world. He says he's 142 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:34.320 not quite there yet, but a good performance against the 143 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:37.000 best team in the world in PSG that could change 144 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:39.840 some of that conversation a little bit. Now there's a 145 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.440 lot of debate about kickoff times right now and a 146 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.960 lot of people looking ahead to the World Cup next 147 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.120 summer and looking at games played in this summer's Club 148 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.399 World Cup and how the heat has affected them, and 149 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.120 it has there's no way around that. I think some 150 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.559 of the conversation earlier on in the tournament was overblown, 151 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:03.360 maybe anticipating what it would look like later in the 152 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:06.960 tournament where we've seen some very very very hot days 153 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.919 and games being played in it. Games are being played 154 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.840 at three o'clock strictly for European television convenience. Let's make 155 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:16.919 that understood, because I think there's some people twisting this 156 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:19.200 into different directions, and most of them are not based 157 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:23.519 in the United States. You don't see in the middle 158 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:26.519 of the summer matches being played in Major League Soccer 159 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:29.320 at three o'clock in the afternoon. Do you no, you don't. 160 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:34.200 You don't see many matches games. What have you played 161 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:37.960 at in the afternoon? In Major League Baseball, for example, 162 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:41.240 occasionally you will get a businessman special, and that's a 163 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:43.360 very random thing. They also play one hundred and sixty 164 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.320 two games. If you skip one because it's too hot, 165 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.360 that's fine. You don't play games in the middle of 166 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:50.399 the afternoon in the summer in the United States because 167 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.639 we know that it's hot. The only times that these 168 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:55.440 competitions are played in the middle of the afternoon is 169 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.759 when people aren't thinking about the players safety, or it's 170 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:02.000 for television purposes, or it's a youth tournament and they're 171 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:06.399 probably not thinking enough about player safety. Thief Pro General 172 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:10.000 Secretary Alex Phillips. He said, we will use common sense arguments. 173 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:12.600 We can use the MLS protocols. They don't play matches 174 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:15.000 at midday and Florida, for example, and haven't done for 175 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:19.240 a number of years. Yes, most games in the United 176 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:23.480 States start after seven pm. They did the early kickoffs 177 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:27.200 in nineteen ninety four, again for European television convenience. That 178 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:29.399 is the only reason why you had noon and three 179 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:31.799 o'clock kickoffs. It's the only reason why you had it 180 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:36.120 in the Club World Cup. Maybe don't do that. I'm 181 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:39.559 just saying it's not that hard to understand. It's only 182 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:41.480 going to be worse than twenty twenty six. You also 183 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:45.320 have more thunderstorm potential with afternoon kickoffs as well. It's 184 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.080 an easy fix. Have later start times. The only three 185 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:51.679 o'clock early kickoff should be an indoor venues. This isn't difficult. 186 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.279 Can you maybe have games in Seattle that start at 187 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:58.039 three o'clock Eastern time? That's a noon kickoff there? We 188 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.240 saw some decent success temperature wise with those games in 189 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.120 the Club World Cup. Could you have some games further north? 190 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:06.759 I mean maybe, but I don't know how much that's 191 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:09.000 actually going to help you. In some of these venues 192 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.879 play their earlier games in indoor venues. If you have 193 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.240 to allocate more games to indoor venues, well you might 194 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:15.960 have to do that, and maybe you should have thought 195 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:19.679 of that before when you were allocating the games in total. Also, 196 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.200 look if it means some games start at the same 197 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:25.879 time in the group stage before you get to that point, 198 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.360 so be it if that's what's better for the tournament, 199 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:32.200 better for the soccer, better for the players. But the 200 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:38.799 only people who it's not better for is European television. Sorry, 201 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.279 like this isn't this isn't that difficult. Stop being beholden 202 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:47.159 to European television. Don't let them have the power over 203 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:52.200 making the games not be as good, affecting player safety. 204 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.600 Make the games be better games. People will watch games 205 00:11:55.639 --> 00:12:00.799 at different times. We've seen that now with other sports. 206 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:05.080 Watch the NFL. The NFL games when they're played in 207 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:11.080 Europe and not scheduled around the idea of US television. 208 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:14.600 By the way, they are in the morning in the US. 209 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.360 Those games draw just fine. It will be fine. It's 210 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.080 the World Cup. People will watch if they have to 211 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:21.679 stay up late, if they have to get up early, 212 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.879 they will do it. Play games at better times because 213 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:28.159 of that reason. Don't play games at bad times because 214 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:31.840 of European television. This is not a difficult conversation. Stop 215 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.240 making it so difficult. League matches being played abroad as 216 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.039 another topic that is an interesting one. The Italian Federation 217 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:41.919 is given the green light for a Seria match between 218 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:45.879 Milan and Como to be played in Perth, Australia first 219 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:49.639 major European domestic fixture played outside of its home country. 220 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:53.000 This one's a little more of a logistical necessary. The 221 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:55.799 San Sero will be unavailable on the weekend of the 222 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:59.399 scheduled matchup. It will be hosting the opening ceremony of 223 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:05.879 the Alano Cortino Winter Olympics. FIFA used to forbid having 224 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.639 league matches played in other countries, but they've changed their stance. 225 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.440 They had to settle a six year lawsuit with relevant 226 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:16.600 sports based here in the US. Silly season updates. Tottenham Hotspur, 227 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:19.639 they've been busy. Mohammed Kudus from west Ham United. That's done. 228 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:23.879 That's a fifty five million pound transfer. They are chasing 229 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:28.360 Morgan gibbs White of Nottingham Forest for sixty million pounds. 230 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:32.320 Manchester City we're interested as well. David Ornstein broke the 231 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:37.879 exclusive that Gibbs White was booked in for a medical today. However, 232 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.120 Nottingham Forest have made a complaint to the Premier League 233 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:44.759 and are exploring taking legal action because they believe Spurs's 234 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:49.399 approach for gibbs White may have been illegal. Good luck, 235 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:52.039 this is going to be an interesting one. Arsenal's bid 236 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.320 for Chelsea's Noni Madaweke. Looks like it's on. Fifty two 237 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.480 million pounds is what it's looking like it's going to 238 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:01.080 cost to get him to arsenal Ordan Henderson he is 239 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:03.960 returning to the Premier League with Brentford, a two year 240 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.200 contract for the thirty five year old midfielder after his 241 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:12.120 contract at Ias was mutually terminated Real Madrid. They tried 242 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.840 to get it done before the Club World Cup. They 243 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:15.799 really should have gotten it done before the Club World 244 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.519 Cup helped that back line they didn't. It looks like 245 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:22.519 it is going to happen now. Benfica left back Alvaro Carreras, 246 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:26.279 the former Real Madrid player former Manchester United player as well, 247 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.039 looks like he's going to head back to Madrid Byron. 248 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:33.240 According to build In, Germany have submitted a fifty two 249 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.759 million euro bid for Luis Diaz of Liverpool. Liverpool are 250 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:42.559 ready to open talks for Eintrach Frankfurt's French striker Hugo Ekitik, 251 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:46.120 the twenty three year old. You'd have some money if 252 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:49.039 you'd do the Luis Diaz deal, but there's also talk 253 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:53.320 about Liverpool wanting to move Darwin Unyez first before bringing 254 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:56.600 in Ekitik So stay tuned a lot of dominoes to fall. 255 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:01.279 There maybe a weird domino falling in port and with Arsenal, 256 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:04.559 their pursuit of the twenty seven year old striker Victor 257 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:08.120 Jolkies is at risk of collapse because Arsenal has had 258 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:11.879 no communication with Sporting in Lisbon for three days. According 259 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:15.960 to Abolo in Portugal, pick up the phone, answer the email, 260 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:19.639 I don't know, check your spam folder. Leandro Parerez. He 261 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:22.159 has returned to his boyhood club at Boca Junior's. He 262 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:25.240 ended his time at Roma recently presented to the fans yesterday. 263 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:28.240 Fifty thousand fans turned up to welcome him home to 264 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:33.840 La Bonbonera Mionardios. They have officially introduced Edwin Musquerra yesterday, 265 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.120 maybe earlier than they should have. That has not been 266 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:38.919 announced on the Atlanta United side. He's joining on loan 267 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:42.440 with an option to buy. Edwin has just struggled to 268 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:46.559 stay healthy and it makes sense for him to go 269 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.440 somewhere where he might be able to get more playing time. 270 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.519 We'll see if that happens at Mionardios, who lost in 271 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:57.200 the final in Columbia last season. Olivia Smith. She is 272 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:59.519 poised to become the first women's player to break the 273 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.320 one million million pound transfer barrier after Liverpool accepted a 274 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.320 world record offer from Arsenal for the twenty year old 275 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:10.240 Canadian forward. The fee agreed between Arsenal and Liverpool, according 276 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:14.399 to sources, exceeds the one point one million dollars paid 277 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:19.440 by Chelsea for Naomi Germa back in January. Barcelona are 278 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:23.559 talking again. That's always dangerous. They remain confident and they're 279 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.039 talking about being confident, which is also dangerous. That their 280 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:30.200 salary limit issues will be resolved for the first time 281 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.399 in three years now. This is after Niko Williams said 282 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.240 I don't trust you guys and getting me registered, so 283 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:38.039 I'm not coming. I'm going to sign a new deal 284 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:42.080 with Athletic Klobe and Bill Boo. Barcelona have gone to 285 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.240 extreme lengths. They have pulled all kinds of levers to 286 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.399 try to get this done. They've sold off numerous assets. 287 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.559 They feel that they will be back in the so 288 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:54.759 called one to one spending rule this summer. So clubs 289 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:56.559 in the top two divisions in Spain they have a 290 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:01.279 salary limit calculated if their wage bill ex seeds that amount. 291 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:04.680 They're only permitted to spend sixty percent of what they 292 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:08.519 save or earn on registering new players until they get 293 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:13.319 back to that amount that limit. Barcelona appeared to solve 294 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:16.839 that issue in January when they leased four hundred and 295 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:19.799 seventy five VIP seats for the next thirty years for 296 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:24.839 one hundred million euro. However, they're auditors. After you had 297 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:29.799 an auditor and then a four day auditor work period 298 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.880 of time I don't know, and then somebody knew it 299 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.200 was not included by the third one. It was included 300 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:39.039 by the second one right before the end of the 301 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:42.759 calendar year. But Crow who is the auditor now, they 302 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.160 decided not to include one hundred million euro in their 303 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:49.759 accounts until the product is in use. So somehow they 304 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:53.240 were able to get through the court system. Doniolmo and 305 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:56.240 pow Victor registered even though they shouldn't have because it 306 00:17:56.359 --> 00:18:01.319 was hinging on that hundred million euro coming in. It 307 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:04.079 still hasn't come in because it's still not in use. 308 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.799 This is a mess at the moment. Corporate director Monel 309 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.720 del Rio told the audio as that they are working, 310 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:14.640 they are calm and they will be in the one 311 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:18.000 to one rule in August. Now, this is also with 312 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:21.160 a new contract for La Migna Mal going to be 313 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:25.880 signed that's going to increase their wage bill. What del 314 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.960 Rio says is Barcelona need the auditor to include the 315 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:33.279 lease of the VIP seats in their accounts that hinges 316 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:38.200 on hosting the Jolan Gomper Trophy in August, which as 317 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.119 of now is not going to happen at the Camp 318 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:44.599 new because they don't have the safety permits to do that. 319 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.039 If that happens, it would lead to La Liga giving 320 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:50.559 the green light because then you could include that money 321 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:54.559 in there because they have been used. YadA, YadA, YadA, YadA. 322 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:58.599 The City of Barcelona was upset at Barcelona saying they 323 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:00.839 were going to have sixty thousand seats available for the 324 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:05.039 Joe On Gamper Trophy because they don't have the safety permits. 325 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:08.319 They felt like Barcelona was putting pressure on them. That 326 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:10.960 part has not been resolved as far as I know. 327 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:14.160 Even if they do that, this is the thing, this 328 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:17.200 is when Barcelona starts talking against dangerous. Even if they 329 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:19.920 do that, they got to sign a new deal with 330 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:24.240 reduced wages for Frankie Diyong. They've got to agree to 331 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:30.200 an exit with marc Andre Tterstagen and probably make another sale, 332 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:33.599 probably sell one of their center backs. Well, Terstagan has 333 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:38.799 said he's not leaving. DeJong probably you can get him 334 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:42.359 to signing a longer deal for less money. All of 335 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:46.279 Barcelona's center backs have said clearly they're not leaving. So 336 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:50.319 you're trying to sign a deal to get this stuff 337 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:52.680 done and you got to move somebody, and everybody says 338 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:58.039 we're not leaving. Good luck, I guess. Barcelona have also 339 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.200 not made any friends by reaching an agreement with the 340 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:04.920 Tourism Board of the Democratic Republic of Congo for the 341 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:08.880 country to appear on their shirt sleeve ten million euro 342 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:12.799 per season over the next three years. Some other clubs 343 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:15.880 have done this as well, but there are some major 344 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:23.240 issues with dr Congo's humanitarian stances and things that the 345 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:27.440 government has done that are not exactly on the good 346 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:32.319 side of human rights. So Barcelona have said as part 347 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:35.480 of this deal, the Barca Foundation would collaborate on humanitarian 348 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:40.440 projects with the DRC an attempt to collaborate with schools too. 349 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:45.200 This is where Barcelona is right now, and it's not 350 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:49.000 pretty all. That's a lot of talk. We'll see what happens. 351 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:52.200 John Texter, somebody who also likes to talk, somebody who 352 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.400 also likes to engage in shenanigans. He did. He did 353 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:58.920 a radio interview on Talk Sport and said some things 354 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:04.200 that are in intriguing. He believes that Crystal Palace will 355 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:07.680 compete in the Europa League. UEFA's looking at the conflict 356 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:12.599 with Leone. Crystal Palace is owned forty three percent by 357 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:17.039 Eagle Football Group and John Texter. UEFA rules prevent clubs 358 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:21.559 with mutual owners who have quote decisive influence from competing 359 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:25.799 in the same tournament. Pallace's four general partners Texter chairman 360 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:29.680 Steve Parrish, fellow American businessman David Blitzer and Josh Harris, 361 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:31.559 they all have a twenty five percent say in running 362 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:35.799 the club, Parish effectively being the executive chairman and ultimate 363 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:40.400 decision maker. So Texter agreed to sell the stake that 364 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:42.519 they have in the club to Woody Johnson of the 365 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:45.880 New York Jets. That's still subject to the Premier League 366 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:49.440 Owner and Director's test. But the UEFA deal for complying 367 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:52.480 on the multi club ownership situation was March first, so 368 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.359 that doesn't matter. So all the reporting about that fixing 369 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:59.920 it incorrect. Palace's four principal owners met with U fan 370 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:05.039 club financial control body last month. They argued that Texter 371 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:09.559 did not have decisive influence at palace. Looks like they 372 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:12.440 thought they had it done. Now they they're not so sure. 373 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.200 Texture told Talk Sport he thinks they will be admitted. 374 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.680 He said, we sat in front of the UEFA panel 375 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:21.839 and we're all consistent about the lack of decisive influence. 376 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:24.880 I was asked a question by a senior guy at UEFA, 377 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.559 and he said, casually in the lunch room, everyone knows 378 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:32.799 you made this glassner higher happen the crystal Palace manager. 379 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:35.599 Texter said, but that's not true at all. I tried 380 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:37.559 to get him at leone, if he spoke French, he'd 381 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.720 be there. I told YUEFA that a suggestion is not 382 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:44.240 decisive influence. Nobody tells Steve what to do. He's as 383 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:51.920 stubborn as anybody. If that's your argument, really somebody stubborn? 384 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:56.400 Come on, YUEFA, like, come on, why is this even 385 00:22:56.440 --> 00:23:00.640 still an issue? Uh. Texter also said the reasons about 386 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:03.920 why he's confident quote are in documents that the public 387 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:06.759 hasn't seen. Of course, they are. We shouldn't talk about 388 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:09.440 whether or not at forty three percent vote or whether 389 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:11.559 I have a twenty five percent vote. We could talk 390 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.880 about zero. Said. The document that I signed when I 391 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:19.200 bought the shares says clearly I'm not entitled to have 392 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:22.519 any role in management decisions. I sat there in the 393 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:26.680 room at Yuefa and said, let's stop talking about the 394 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:29.559 twenty five percent. Texter said he would have put his 395 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:33.759 shares into a blind trust if necessary. He didn't. He said, 396 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:36.119 there's no question about the decisive influence part. He said 397 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:39.039 there was little prospect a Palace qualifying when they got 398 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:43.920 the correspondence from Yuefa in February about the March first deadline. Now, 399 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:46.640 he said, when he bought into Palace, this is another 400 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:50.240 interesting aside. I was negotiating for seventy five percent in 401 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:53.160