Speaker 1: Time to catch up with all of you folks. Power
Speaker 1: Hour this afternoon here on the Station Network. John hear
Speaker 1: you there once again, thanks for dropping by, and as always,
Speaker 1: thanks for your forbearance about the morning. Let's see if
Speaker 1: I can remember who was there. It was me, it
Speaker 1: was Jason, it was Nick, it was Sophia, and it
Speaker 1: was Maddie. We were all down at the National Training Center,
Speaker 1: the Arthur and blank US National Training Center and US
Speaker 1: Soccer National Training Center, and it was a big day
Speaker 1: for them. And we'll have some content coming out on
Speaker 1: all of our various platforms. I have the right up
Speaker 1: coming up at Soccer down here dot net. That'll be
Speaker 1: out after the Power Hour when I can piece it
Speaker 1: together and get some quotes and let's just see what's
Speaker 1: going on. But big day for US Soccer on the whole,
Speaker 1: for all twenty seven programs, not just what we would
Speaker 1: associate what's going on, but big day the Home Depot.
Speaker 1: And I know that we all kind of look at
Speaker 1: things and we sit there and we go the Home
Speaker 1: Depot what we're shocked, I know. But still big day
Speaker 1: for the Home Depot to become a part of things
Speaker 1: involving the training Center down in Fayetable. So big day
Speaker 1: for them, expansive partnership once again all twenty seven national
Speaker 1: soccer teams and as a supporting level partner for the
Speaker 1: Arthur and Blank US Soccer National Training Center. And we
Speaker 1: got to catch up with Chief Commercial Officer David Wright,
Speaker 1: Home Depot Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer Molly Batton.
Speaker 1: We got to sign the ceremonial beam and I think
Speaker 1: that since that's got to be covered, I think there's
Speaker 1: going to be a replica put out but to US
Speaker 1: Soccer and the Home Depot Expansive Partnership today. So we
Speaker 1: were down there for that as a part of the
Speaker 1: infrastructure to see how things are growing for US Soccer.
Speaker 1: So and we hadn't been down there since the groundbreaking,
Speaker 1: and I guess this is opening Kickoff brought to us
Speaker 1: by our friends at Kickoff Coffee and Kickoff Coffeeco dot Com.
Speaker 1: But we hadn't been down there since the groundbreaking, and
Speaker 1: they have done a lot of work. Two hundred thousand
Speaker 1: square foot facility. There's going to be twelve fields available,
Speaker 1: state of the art stuff. Maddie and Sophia took the
Speaker 1: tour inside. You'll see Nick Nick has some video that
Speaker 1: you'll see with us and with ninety two nine in
Speaker 1: the game where you just see just really how expansive
Speaker 1: this thing is. And so a lot of us down
Speaker 1: there taking advantage of the opportunity granted by US Soccer
Speaker 1: once again, thanks to Tracy Messa and everybody down there
Speaker 1: at US Soccer for letting us come and crash two
Speaker 1: hundred thousand square feet and get this. Until we were
Speaker 1: there and you know, getting all of the notes that
Speaker 1: were attached, I didn't realize that we were because everything
Speaker 1: is happening so quickly. I didn't realize that we were
Speaker 1: at four hundred ninety nine days under five hundred days
Speaker 1: before the World Cup comes to this hemisphere in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six, so four hundred and ninety nine days. So
Speaker 1: it's going to be fun. It's going to be a sprint,
Speaker 1: and they've done a lot of work and going from
Speaker 1: where it was at the groundbreaking to where it is now.
Speaker 1: We no longer come in from the front entrance and
Speaker 1: the driveway that we came in last time. They've now
Speaker 1: cleared out a lot of space. It's a divided two
Speaker 1: lane road. You go in, you go park a lot
Speaker 1: of parking and there's a lot of stuff that's there,
Speaker 1: So kudos to US Soccer and the Home Depot for
Speaker 1: being a part of everything now involving all twenty seven
Speaker 1: national teams with US Soccer there at the Arthur and
Speaker 1: Blank National Training Center, so that's where we were. There's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of stuff coming out, so once again,
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Speaker 1: on all of that stuff. So that's where we are.
Speaker 1: But all of that info is coming up and it's
Speaker 1: going to be coming up real soon. So once again,
Speaker 1: thanks to all of our friends down at US Soccer
Speaker 1: for letting us come and hang out. You know, they
Speaker 1: let us let us come and hang out and watch
Speaker 1: all that stuff. So that's the big thing that we
Speaker 1: didn't have an sam so now we're here today, so
Speaker 1: it's Power hour. Whatever's on your mind whenever you drop by,
Speaker 1: We're going to go over the news of the day
Speaker 1: and go over all of the transfer news. What to
Speaker 1: look at if you are staring at things involving a
Speaker 1: particular player with Atlanta United. We'll go to our friends
Speaker 1: at Teesside Live and get the last piece of information
Speaker 1: that with the latest piece of information that we have there,
Speaker 1: and we'll go over the article in and of itself,
Speaker 1: but the article kind of buries the lead specifically where
Speaker 1: Emmanuel lante loth is concerned. No updates on cabral and Benfica.
Speaker 1: Definitely nothing updated out of Turkey and we'll keep an
Speaker 1: eye on all of that, but once again later in
Speaker 1: the week. So we are in the next week from
Speaker 1: what Garth Logerway said, so doing Newcastle solid, like our
Speaker 1: friend Ben Jacobs told us a week ago, with all
Speaker 1: of the stuff that Newcastle has going on, Miggy can
Speaker 1: have part of his medical done over there. Come over here.
Speaker 1: When Newcastle's like, yeah, okay, we think we're okay, then
Speaker 1: Miguel Almeron makes the big presentation and we'll let you
Speaker 1: know obviously when that is and probably the notification and
Speaker 1: the video will probably come after SDH is off the air,
Speaker 1: you know, like I'm saying, so just just what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: So that's my thought. Anyway, it'll always happen. It always
Speaker 1: happens when we're off the air. But anyway, keeping on Miguel.
Speaker 1: Later in the week, we'll give you the Latte Loth
Speaker 1: update coming up in just a little bit. We'll go
Speaker 1: over all the transfer stuff. We will go through Ropes.
Speaker 1: All right, So Ropes is in and full disclosure, he's on.
Speaker 1: He's watching Paramount Plus and they have the Wrexham Stevenage
Speaker 1: match on because it was a two forty five and
Speaker 1: they're getting close to the end. So I was watching
Speaker 1: it Ropes and you know, I was just trying to
Speaker 1: have something on in the room while I was getting
Speaker 1: ready for or you know, the Power Hour, and it
Speaker 1: was part of, yeah, the noise in the room. It
Speaker 1: got to three to one Stevenage and I'm like, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna jinx, I'm gonna turn it off. So apparently, apparently, apparently,
Speaker 1: apparently things have gotten cuckoo involving Wrexham and Stevenage. So
Speaker 1: let me go and check really quickly and see where
Speaker 1: things are, because it was three to one and I
Speaker 1: was like, yeah, I think I'm out, So all right,
Speaker 1: so Clayworth into the top corner ninety plus So it's
Speaker 1: three two in the ninetieth minute. So there's there's there's
Speaker 1: chaos apparently. So it was three to one, now it's
Speaker 1: three two. I mean Wrexham had had most of the
Speaker 1: field tilt their way, they just hadn't been able to
Speaker 1: get a shot on target. And I imagine that if
Speaker 1: you are Stevenage, You're sitting there and you're going, you
Speaker 1: know what, we gotta lead. We're gonna camp out. We're
Speaker 1: gonna let them do all the work. So right now
Speaker 1: it's steven Age at three to two was the last
Speaker 1: thing I saw. So yes, Christopher, Christopher abeles in this afternoon,
Speaker 1: we are going to go over the guidelines and what
Speaker 1: and who is going where, because that was the other
Speaker 1: piece of news that came out this afternoon. Who is
Speaker 1: going where when it comes to competitions, and who's an
Speaker 1: open open cup, who's in League's cup, who qualifies what leagues?
Speaker 1: What people? All those kinds of things Morning unk are
Speaker 1: actually afternoon unk. You see old habits die hard. They
Speaker 1: really do. So we'll go over who is where and
Speaker 1: what with what MLS Soccer put out this afternoon involving
Speaker 1: the tournaments and who is where? So let's let's get
Speaker 1: into that this afternoon. I do want to get into
Speaker 1: what's going on with Messi and friends because apparently it's
Speaker 1: somewhat chaotic. All right, So you've got the Triple C,
Speaker 1: you have the Conka CAF Hemispheric Extravaganza coming up very
Speaker 1: very soon. We know who's in that. But once again
Speaker 1: we'll go over at All League's Cup, Open Cup and
Speaker 1: the can Champ. Now those are the four competitions. Here
Speaker 1: is what qualifications were and Christopher, let us know, not
Speaker 1: a fan of the qualification process. All domestic teams should
Speaker 1: compete in the domestic cup competition. So here's what's going on.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, yeah, Tom, we're gonna we're gonna they they.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he was I don't know if
Speaker 1: he was fired. I think he was reassigned. I think
Speaker 1: he was reassigned. We'll get into that coming up in
Speaker 1: a bit. But but yeah, so here's here's the layout
Speaker 1: for the MLS Soccer team the clubs, and like I said,
Speaker 1: we'll update you on who is going where, because we
Speaker 1: do have teams making transfers and all this kind of stuff.
Speaker 1: So here's here's who's going where, and this is this afternoon.
Speaker 1: So you got the four tournaments that were attached. So
Speaker 1: Seattle and Messi and friends once again, they're also playing
Speaker 1: in the Club World Cup. So here here's how everything
Speaker 1: lays out. So you have this is in structure for
Speaker 1: this season and next providing the guideline according to parameters
Speaker 1: for leagues for World Cup, Club World Cup. World Cup
Speaker 1: reevaluated for twenty seven. So once again, triple C. That's
Speaker 1: all Conker Calf. We know who's in. You won, you
Speaker 1: got close. You're in. So League's Cup. Eighteen clubs for
Speaker 1: Major League Soccer qualified to match the eighteen League MX teams,
Speaker 1: so they wanted it to be thirty six and you
Speaker 1: probably have what we might be nin nine by four,
Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. Top nine teams in each
Speaker 1: conference from the prior season qualify. Due to Vancouver being
Speaker 1: in the can champ and having to defend their title,
Speaker 1: San Diego FC goes into League's Cup Open Cup. From
Speaker 1: last year, number of MLS teams participating increases from eight
Speaker 1: to sixteen. In addition, ten MLS Next Pro teams compete
Speaker 1: in the tournament. The sixteen participating MLS teams are determined
Speaker 1: this way, And this is like I said, this comes
Speaker 1: from Major League Soccer. Only US based clubs are eligible
Speaker 1: to participate in the Open Cup. MILLIONA MLS teams not
Speaker 1: competing in League's Cup or the Triple C the CONCACAFF
Speaker 1: Hemispheric Extravaganza automatically qualify for Open Cup for the twenty
Speaker 1: five tournament. This accounts for nine of the sixteen MLS squads.
Speaker 1: The remaining teams are determined by supporter shield standings, excluding
Speaker 1: competing in the CONCACAFF Hemispheric Extravaganza. For the twenty five tournament,
Speaker 1: this accounts for seven can champ that's the three Canadian
Speaker 1: based clubs they're competing, So ten clubs get to compete
Speaker 1: in the CONCACAFF Hemispheric extras Rabagans in twenty five. That
Speaker 1: starts literally in a week February fourth, Hang on how
Speaker 1: many days? February fourth? February fourth, so January today is
Speaker 1: the twenty eighth Tuesday. So going in the book, yeah,
Speaker 1: week from today, So week from today is when the
Speaker 1: CONKA cab hemis Rick Extravaganza starts. LA Galaxy and Crew
Speaker 1: enter in the round of sixteen. Eight play in round one.
Speaker 1: League's Cup. Eighteen MLS teams face off against the eighteen
Speaker 1: Liga MX. That goes from July twenty nine to August
Speaker 1: thirty first, that's that month that's blocked out of the
Speaker 1: year Open Cup. Sixteen competing MLS teams enter the Open
Speaker 1: Cup in the round of thirty two. Eight of those
Speaker 1: host their opening matches. The ten MLS next pro sides
Speaker 1: enter the tournament in round number one. Like I said,
Speaker 1: we'll lay out who's where coming up in a bit,
Speaker 1: but this is the qualifying order. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, all
Speaker 1: in the can champ So now in the CONCA calf
Speaker 1: Hemispheric Extravaganza. Here's where we are. Cincinnati, Colorado, Columbus, l
Speaker 1: A G L, A L A, FC, Messian Friends, RSL, Seattle,
Speaker 1: Sporting Kansas City, and Vancouver. That's the that's the CONCA
Speaker 1: CAF Hemispheric Extravaganza. Leagues Cup Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Colorado, Columbus, Houston,
Speaker 1: l A G L, A FC, Messian Friends, Minnesota, Montreal,
Speaker 1: NYCFC Red Bulls, Purple Team, Portland, RSL, San Diego and Seattle,
Speaker 1: Open Cup, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, d C, Houston, Loon, Nashville, Revs, NYCFC,
Speaker 1: Red Bulls, OCB Philadelphia, Portland, San Jose, All Caps, Next
Speaker 1: Pro Corps, Chattanooga FC, FC, Cincinnati two Crew two, LA
Speaker 1: f C two, Messian Friends, Real Monarchs, Sporting Kansas City
Speaker 1: two to come a defiance in Ventura County and then
Speaker 1: in the CAN Champions those three. So that's where we
Speaker 1: are with the breakdown of all of those. So Atlanta
Speaker 1: United is in Leagues Cup, League Cup only, Charlotte leaguees Cup,
Speaker 1: Open Cup, Fire Open Cup, Cincinnati's in two, Columbus is
Speaker 1: in two, d C is in Open Cup, Messi and
Speaker 1: Friends in two CF, Montreal's in two. Nashville, New England
Speaker 1: in Open Cup, NYC, Red Bulls Purple Team, Leagues Cup, Up,
Speaker 1: Open Cup, Union Open Cup, Toronto Can Champ. That's Eastern Conference,
Speaker 1: Western Conference. Austin's in the Open Cup, Colorado's in two, FC,
Speaker 1: Dallas and the Open Cup, Dynamo Leagues Cup, Open Cup,
Speaker 1: Galaxy and LAFC, CONCA CAFF and Leagues Cup, Minnesota, Portland,
Speaker 1: Leagues Cup, Open Cup, RSL Conca CAFF, Leagues Cup, San Diego,
Speaker 1: Welcome to Major League Soccer. You're in Leagues Cup. San
Speaker 1: Jose's in the Open Cup, Seattle Conca CAFF in Leagues
Speaker 1: Sporting Conca CALF, all Caps Open Cup, Vancouver Conca CAFF
Speaker 1: and the Can Champ so ten in the Can ten
Speaker 1: in Conca CALF, eighteen in Leagues Cup. That's where Land
Speaker 1: United comes in, sixteen in Open Cup, ten MLS pros Carolina,
Speaker 1: Chattanooga Crew two FC Cincinnati two Messi and friends to
Speaker 1: LAFC two Monarchs, Sporting Tacoma and in Sure County which
Speaker 1: used to be lowst dose LA Galaxy too, and then
Speaker 1: the three in the Can Champs. So that is your
Speaker 1: layout of who is where. JT. Batson came out with
Speaker 1: a quote. Let me see if I can find it.
Speaker 1: Let's see, Uh, where's the JT. Batson quote? Let me
Speaker 1: see if it exists someplace where it's a paywall. You
Speaker 1: silly people, all right, So hang on efforting thought I
Speaker 1: had it, and then it clicked and then it clicked away.
Speaker 1: So JT. Batson from US Soccer on his two hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty character account open Cup is a crucial connection
Speaker 1: point for all levels of soccer in the United States,
Speaker 1: and this historic tournament allows us to lift up the
Speaker 1: people working in service to soccer in their communities. Pleased
Speaker 1: to continue collaborating with all US Soccer members to maximize
Speaker 1: the tournament's impact on soccer at all level in this country.
Speaker 1: And then you had the formats, dates, and teams for
Speaker 1: the one hundred and tenth edition of the US Open
Speaker 1: Cup in its forms, so once again things get loaded.
Speaker 1: Open Cup kicks off March eighteen through twenty thirty two
Speaker 1: game first round ninety sixteen tournament for the one hundred
Speaker 1: and tenth edition, second year running. Thirty two games of
Speaker 1: the first round played exclusively between amateur teams from the
Speaker 1: Open Division and professional sides. Returning amateur powers include Miami
Speaker 1: United four to roh el Fa Delito des Moines, Menez
Speaker 1: sixty four Pro clubs fourteen from League One, ten sides
Speaker 1: from MLS Next Pro. Tournament will include the twenty four
Speaker 1: teams in USL Championship. Eighth lowest seated teams in the
Speaker 1: USL Championship enter in the first round along with League
Speaker 1: one and MLS Next Pro sixteen. There will be a
Speaker 1: test later on. By the way, sixteen higher seated at
Speaker 1: USL Championship clubs enter in the third. Sixteen MLS teams
Speaker 1: enter in the round of thirty two, so March eighteen
Speaker 1: through twenty April one to two April fifteen through sixteen,
Speaker 1: and then you get the month and the month and
Speaker 1: the month and the will actually know you don't May
Speaker 1: six through seven, round to thirty two, Round of sixteen,
Speaker 1: May twenty through twenty one. They skip six weeks July
Speaker 1: eight nine, pass Club World Cup late May to June
Speaker 1: through June July eight nine, and then the summer is
Speaker 1: Major League Soccer Semifinal September sixteen, seventeen finals on October first,
Speaker 1: which is a lot sooner than it has been in
Speaker 1: the past. All right, so mentioned the professional teams from
Speaker 1: Major League Soccer USL Championship. Eight teams enter in the
Speaker 1: first round. Sixteen enter in the third seated to host Charleston,
Speaker 1: Colorado Springs, Detroit City, India, Vegas, lou City, New Mexico United,
Speaker 1: and Sacramento. They are seated to host in the third round.
Speaker 1: So League one entering in the first round. All fourteen
Speaker 1: teams and molests next pro we mentioned them. Thirty two
Speaker 1: teams in the amateur in the Open division they enter
Speaker 1: in round number one, including Soda Cities. We should be
Speaker 1: catching up with them soon. Then you have some teams
Speaker 1: in Florida. I'm trying to check the names and see
Speaker 1: if there's anybody that's familiar. Miami United, Tulsa Athletic, Virginia Dream.
Speaker 1: NPSL has seven teams based on league play in twenty
Speaker 1: four Appalachian FC, DULUTHEFC, So our buddy John Schuster gets
Speaker 1: an Open Cup bid, Fatalito FC, Arizona, Motown Naples, and
Speaker 1: New York Shakers. League two nine teams based on twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four league play Asheville City, So we should be
Speaker 1: catching up with our friends up there. Ballard jumps in
Speaker 1: Corpus Christi, Menace, Flat Irons out of Colorado, Little Rock Rangers,
Speaker 1: Long Island Rough Riders, Sarasota Paradise, and Venture County Fusion.
Speaker 1: So that is the rundown of everything League's Cup or
Speaker 1: everything Open Cup. Sorry, so everything Open Cup. You look
Speaker 1: at Tom's response in the comments and he is not happy.
Speaker 1: You're not the only one, trust me. But Tom did
Speaker 1: it almost in all caps. So that is where we are.
Speaker 1: It's one of the biggest things that happened today that
Speaker 1: came out this afternoon. Ninety six teams through all of
Speaker 1: the league's USL Championship League one, some in League two,
Speaker 1: some of the NPSL Major League Soccer. They figured out
Speaker 1: how that's going to be integrated. And it's ninety six
Speaker 1: teams coming forward. So that's where we are with that. Now.
Speaker 1: The other thing that I wanted to discuss involving one
Speaker 1: of those clubs that has been mentioned in multiple tournaments,
Speaker 1: and it has to do with with Messi and Friends,
Speaker 1: and it was how do we say this interesting to
Speaker 1: find out what's going on? So here's there's a shakeup
Speaker 1: in the front office. I don't know, I don't know
Speaker 1: if you if you saw this, and so here's apparently
Speaker 1: what has happened. What happened was this, so and this
Speaker 1: is from our friends at GMS. Now shake up in
Speaker 1: the Messi and Friends front office. And we'll get into Manuel,
Speaker 1: Manuel Latte Lot and everything going going on in UH
Speaker 1: transfers down here coming up in a bit Messy and
Speaker 1: Friends front office. Remember Roll Sun Lahy and and the
Speaker 1: stories that were published by our friends at gimme Sport,
Speaker 1: where apparently, according to published reports, at one point when
Speaker 1: sunlay He came in to be president of football Operations
Speaker 1: to get Chris Henderson out of his office. It's like, ooh,
Speaker 1: I like that mine. So now sunlay He has been
Speaker 1: reassigned to oversea matters pertaining to institutional relations. I have
Speaker 1: no idea what that means. But let's see if we
Speaker 1: can find out. Let's see if in a particular if
Speaker 1: in a release. Now, let's see if we can Let's
Speaker 1: see if we can find out if it was in
Speaker 1: fact posts, if it was in fact published. Now, all right,
Speaker 1: so I'm clicking on the thing and I'm trying to
Speaker 1: see applications, interviews, media availability. No, okay, so they did
Speaker 1: not have that inter Miami has not published an official
Speaker 1: communicay on anything involving what apparently has happened within the
Speaker 1: front office. So our friends of Giving Sport, Tommy scoops
Speaker 1: at all, I don't know on this is me still
Speaker 1: Now sunlay He has been reassigned to overseas matters pertaining
Speaker 1: to institutional relations. Like I said, I don't know what
Speaker 1: that means. You know, here, help us, you know, be
Speaker 1: this in the community. Institutional relations be this worldwide. Mister
Speaker 1: sunlay He, sir, we need you to go here. We
Speaker 1: need you to go We need you to go here.
Speaker 1: We need you to go to Lexington, Kentucky and catch
Speaker 1: up with our friends at Lexington s C. Since they're
Speaker 1: going to be playing us this weekend. We need to
Speaker 1: find out what's going on there. I don't like I said,
Speaker 1: I don't know what this means. So guiermo Oyos is
Speaker 1: now in charge of first team sporting decisions, sources tell
Speaker 1: GMS so sunlay He has been reassigned to the club's
Speaker 1: office in Coral Gables and not the first team facility.
Speaker 1: An Inter Miami spokesperson provided the following statement to Gimme Sport. Quote.
Speaker 1: Rall's move was pre planned in coordination with the closing
Speaker 1: of the window at the end of January and the
Speaker 1: many activities that the team has with the club, World Cup,
Speaker 1: World Cup, in other matters pertaining to institutional relations. So
Speaker 1: I'm guessing he's pushing paper with players and tournaments. I
Speaker 1: don't know. So here's where Bogert continues. Sources say while
Speaker 1: the club were in Las Vegas for a preseason match
Speaker 1: against Klubamedica, sunlay He entered the Player and Coaches Only
Speaker 1: Players and Coaches only in quotation marks bus, which prompted
Speaker 1: an exchange of words with Lionel Messi. That really is
Speaker 1: not a sentence. I would think that you would want
Speaker 1: to have attached to your name Players and Coaches. You
Speaker 1: enter the Players and Coaches Only bus. I would hope
Speaker 1: you know that you knew what your transportation plans were
Speaker 1: and now, and I could. I could see. It's like
Speaker 1: they all look the same, you know. You walk up
Speaker 1: and you're like, oh sorry, you know and wrong bus.
Speaker 1: And then you go and you do your thing. You
Speaker 1: find you find your bus with all the other folks
Speaker 1: from the front office. So he enters the Player and
Speaker 1: Coaches Only bus prompts an exchange of words with Lionel Messi.
Speaker 1: Being there we are at inter Miami. One of the
Speaker 1: things I don't think you ever want to have is
Speaker 1: an exchange of words with Leonel Messi. I don't think
Speaker 1: you want that ever. I mean literally, you go walking
Speaker 1: up the steps and you realize, oh crap, you know,
Speaker 1: wrong bus. No, sorry, right, my bad, we can find
Speaker 1: my bus. You know, they all look the same. Oyos.
Speaker 1: Joan joined Miami as the club's Academy director of methodology.
Speaker 1: After Messi arrived, Oyos first worked with Messi as a
Speaker 1: Barcelona Academy coach and they've been tied ever since. Messi
Speaker 1: said back in twenty ten, quote, he was my footballing dad.
Speaker 1: Helped me a lot since I came to Barsa. He
Speaker 1: was always with me, showing me things and has brought
Speaker 1: me to where I am today, the First Division. I'm
Speaker 1: grateful he is my footballing godfather. End quote. Remember sun
Speaker 1: Lay he joined last summer. Chris Henry and Director of
Speaker 1: Scouting Mark Presant among the front office staff to depart
Speaker 1: the club present assistant GM with San Diego Sunday. He
Speaker 1: was CEO of r he Al saw or Gosa best
Speaker 1: time for his known at Arsenal as head of football
Speaker 1: and director of Football at Barcelona. Jorge Moss also owns
Speaker 1: rouse or A Gosa. So one of the things I
Speaker 1: don't think you ever want an exchange of words with
Speaker 1: Lionel Messi because God knows what those were. God knows
Speaker 1: what those were, and that's something that you don't want.
Speaker 1: How much did Messi play in Las Vegas? Let's see
Speaker 1: if we can find out. Let's see did he Let's
Speaker 1: see how much he applies, how much he did play.
Speaker 1: Let's see if there's anything officially official media assets. Did
Speaker 1: he play Las Vegas? Okay? So hang on Intern Miami
Speaker 1: Clube America stats. If I could spell inter, we'd be
Speaker 1: all right. So Inter Miami and Clube America. It was
Speaker 1: two two and uh lineups, lineups. Messi started and played well.
Speaker 1: He was subbed now sixty five minutes. So Messi played
Speaker 1: sixty five minutes and was subbed by Jannick Bright. So
Speaker 1: played sixty five minutes against Club America, and Miami had
Speaker 1: little more than one third possession in a two to
Speaker 1: two game. Messi scored in the thirty fourth Tamas Abilas
Speaker 1: scored at ninety plus two. After America had taken a
Speaker 1: two to one lead, Henry Martine israel Reys scored. Martin
Speaker 1: scored to make it one nil. Messi scored an equalizer
Speaker 1: three minutes later. Reyes scored to make it two to one,
Speaker 1: and then Let's scores at ninety plus two. Miami wins
Speaker 1: three two on the penalties, so three shots on target
Speaker 1: each side. Ten shot attempts for Club America, while they
Speaker 1: had twice the possession. Shot attempts five for Messian Friends.
Speaker 1: Twelve fouls for Messi and Friends compared to seven one
Speaker 1: yellow each side, Like you're gonna like these really count
Speaker 1: ten corners six to Club America one save each side.
Speaker 1: So that's your numbers from Messian Friends and from Club America.
Speaker 1: But yeah, Messi played sixty five minutes in that one
Speaker 1: before being sub for Yannick Bright, So that's the the
Speaker 1: numbers there with that. Yeah, I mean it's apparently Christopher
Speaker 1: Abel watched it and said that there were a lot
Speaker 1: of missed penalties in the shootout. So uh, back to
Speaker 1: comments involving open cuppings that so Ropes was saying that
Speaker 1: Stevenage was Cubo torres like time wasting. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: some that's some serious ark arts if Stevenage was going
Speaker 1: in that direction. So, I don't know. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of the time when I watch Wrexham and I sit
Speaker 1: there and I go fellow, their first home defeat since
Speaker 1: March of twenty twenty four. Wow, they get they you know,
Speaker 1: they flip the switch. It's like when they need to
Speaker 1: and then something you know, and then they just push
Speaker 1: and they press and you see why they're one of
Speaker 1: the class teams in the lower divisions in England. But
Speaker 1: you have a day like today, so uh, Harry, no
Speaker 1: need to be confused. This is just like I said
Speaker 1: we had. We were at the National Training Center for
Speaker 1: the announcement for the home depot being the new sponsor,
Speaker 1: new title sponsor for the place. And so you're gonna
Speaker 1: start seeing some content come out on all the social meds,
Speaker 1: the social media and interviews and things like I said,
Speaker 1: I've got to I'm gonna write the Uh. I've got
Speaker 1: the right right up in the byline coming up a
Speaker 1: little later today, So that'll be up tonight. So all
Speaker 1: right now, let me actually, before before we get into Atlanta,
Speaker 1: let me go through the league's cup stuff. And I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna show what Tom put on there because you
Speaker 1: can see that in the twitch pitch. Christopher Abel is
Speaker 1: not a fan of San Diego f C getting awarded
Speaker 1: and not the next highest ranking team from last season.
Speaker 1: Not sure. While we are rewarding an expansion team a
Speaker 1: spot in a larger competition when they haven't done anything yet, eyeballs,
Speaker 1: I mean, you get the you get this team that's
Speaker 1: got Chucky Lozano and uh Drier and they're looking at
Speaker 1: a third DP and the possibility of you know, whomever
Speaker 1: else they could bring in for that third DP. It's eyeballs.
Speaker 1: It's the expansion team. Hey look they're new, you know
Speaker 1: those kinds of things, And hey, look at what San
Speaker 1: Diego is bringing to the table. It's an expansion team.
Speaker 1: It's new. Hey, what's going on in San Diego? So
Speaker 1: San Diego gets in? So there's uh, there's that Michael
Speaker 1: had not a fan of League's Cup makes us Open
Speaker 1: Cup great again? And uh yeah, a lot of folks
Speaker 1: are not. Are I think it looks like it's fifty
Speaker 1: to fifty split with fandom when it comes to League's Cup.
Speaker 1: And Christopher's like, the League's Cup's amazing, don't mind downsizing
Speaker 1: it a bit, no reason. The limit qualification for Open
Speaker 1: Cup and the idea of putting second teams from next
Speaker 1: Pro to the tournament's ridiculous. If the twos ever get in,
Speaker 1: I hope we loan all the dps to the second
Speaker 1: team just for those matches, Just for those matches. We
Speaker 1: know who's in League's Cup. It's everybody from legat MX.
Speaker 1: Let me see when the League's Cup draw is. Let
Speaker 1: me let me get that squared away and we can
Speaker 1: get to those dates. League's Cup twenty twenty five. Do
Speaker 1: we have a draw date yet? Scanning scanning scan December
Speaker 1: sixteenth was the last time any piece of news came
Speaker 1: out involving League's Cup twenty twenty five schedule updates. So
Speaker 1: from the League's Cup website its own self July twenty
Speaker 1: nine to August thirty first continued review of the format, format, schedule,
Speaker 1: and additional information on the twenty twenty five League's Cup
Speaker 1: will be announced in the new year. So let me
Speaker 1: go to the website and go to the front page
Speaker 1: and schedule updates announced. Yep. So the last thing that
Speaker 1: was posted on the League's Cup website mentions the start
Speaker 1: date and the stop date, but not who is playing
Speaker 1: whom and what the group draw is. We don't know
Speaker 1: that yet. We don't know that yet. So it's those
Speaker 1: eighteen teams from Major League Soccer, everybody from Lega MX
Speaker 1: four groups of nine I would imagine, or to do
Speaker 1: eight groups or something like that, and then you figure out,
Speaker 1: so it's nine and then the top seven beyond that
Speaker 1: something like that. So don't know when the draw is
Speaker 1: currently for Leagues Cup, and let's see teams want to
Speaker 1: combine to five for ten in the penalties in the
Speaker 1: Club Amedica match in Vegas with Messi and friends. So
Speaker 1: all right, so now let's let's get into the Emmanuel
Speaker 1: Latte Las. So right now it's still looking like and
Speaker 1: depending on who you look at, then you know who
Speaker 1: is who's looking at what? No side, Te's Side Live
Speaker 1: is what I'm Tea's Side Live. Do I spell tea Side? Oh?
Speaker 1: Come on, teas Side Live? Please let me spell this
Speaker 1: thing correctly. Yes, that's what I'm in. I'm at Teesside Live.
Speaker 1: Come on, It's from the Gazette, all right. So now
Speaker 1: Tea's Side Live, which is basically the Gazette, but it's
Speaker 1: in a different place. So Middlesbrough FC now the latest
Speaker 1: news or reports from them. Now they are still trying
Speaker 1: to figure out who they can bring in and who
Speaker 1: they can't. So Caleb, let me see if this is
Speaker 1: the right article, because it was a couple of different articles.
Speaker 1: Craig John's had an article earlier today and it kind
Speaker 1: of buried the lead in and in an article. I'm
Speaker 1: trying to hang on to a second. Let me see. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know this is fantastic live live stuff. So all right, Oh,
Speaker 1: where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Where
Speaker 1: is it? Is it in that one or is it
Speaker 1: in the other one? So okay, so sorry Caleb Johns,
Speaker 1: Craig John. Sorry, Craig John's from early this morning. All right,
Speaker 1: So this has to do with Middlesbrough in and of itself.
Speaker 1: So there's some Middlesbrough news that is going to be
Speaker 1: a part of this article. And once again Craig John's
Speaker 1: from Tea's Side Live. Now he goes into the news
Speaker 1: involving Born with keeper Mark Travers and Tom to Tom's
Speaker 1: point that he made involving Middlesbrough. Right now, Middlesbrough is
Speaker 1: in a promotion back and there are times when teams
Speaker 1: are trying to better themselves and try to figure out, okay,
Speaker 1: what are we doing here in the January window? And
Speaker 1: remember January third is the end of the window in England.
Speaker 1: It is a little later in other places near a
Speaker 1: couple of countries where it's another week, another two, another month. Right.
Speaker 1: So right now Middlesbrough is in the group that is
Speaker 1: fifth and below. Currently if the season ended today with
Speaker 1: seventeen matches to go, they would be in the final
Speaker 1: playoff promotion spot. They would be in the six. Leeds
Speaker 1: in Sheffield United JEVID United's dealing with a two point
Speaker 1: deduction from the Independent Disciplinary Commission, but right now leads
Speaker 1: up top with sixty fields United's at fifty eight Burnley's
Speaker 1: at fifty seven. Leeds in Sheffield would be promoted. Burnley
Speaker 1: and Sunderland are three and four. They're fifty seven and
Speaker 1: fifty five points. They would be the two home teams
Speaker 1: in the promotion playoffs. If it ended today, West brom
Speaker 1: would be the five. They would go to Sunderland. Middlesbrough
Speaker 1: would go to Burnley. But right now the way things are,
Speaker 1: five through twelve are separated by six points and only
Speaker 1: two points leave Blackburn Rovers the seven out of getting
Speaker 1: into you know, with a win, they could in theory
Speaker 1: hopscotch Middlesborough results go their way. So that's the chaos.
Speaker 1: So five through twelve separated by six points. You have
Speaker 1: a good week, you can rock it up. You have
Speaker 1: a bad week, you could plummet out. So that's where
Speaker 1: things are involving Middlesbrough in the standings right now. So
Speaker 1: here's what they've done this month. Remember the discussion we
Speaker 1: had about Morgan Whittaker coming from Plymouth Argyle the team
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the table to help out with
Speaker 1: their scoring. Trying to figure out what to do. They
Speaker 1: have two keepers out long term, so they want to
Speaker 1: bring in Mark Travis from Bournemouth. That was one thing,
Speaker 1: only one keeper on the squad currently that has senior minutes.
Speaker 1: It's like a senior minutes one person, an academy product,
Speaker 1: and so they're looking at Mark Travers. So right now
Speaker 1: they're also looking at Glenn Kamara as a part of
Speaker 1: possibly trying to bring in someone as they go working
Speaker 1: on a loan deal to sign Travers from Bournemouth and
Speaker 1: so Travers they're trying to figure out what to do.
Speaker 1: There said to be desperate to get out of Bourne
Speaker 1: to play more football second half of the season considering
Speaker 1: he's behind Keppa so he's not getting any minutes sanctioning alone.
Speaker 1: Move just month was delayed by an injury severed a
Speaker 1: third choice keeper, Will Dennis. Dennis has returned to full
Speaker 1: training and so they got to come up with an
Speaker 1: answer for for Travers. Continuing talks with Ren over a
Speaker 1: loan move from Glenn Kamara, midfielder fell out of favor
Speaker 1: with Sam Pauli and has been ostracized from the first
Speaker 1: team squad, so Burrow would like to add a player
Speaker 1: of kamaras Ilk for the midfield. However, however, after completing
Speaker 1: a ten million euro move in the summer, he's a
Speaker 1: high earner now with Travers, they're looking at other They're
Speaker 1: looking at other things. Broke remain in talks with Wren Kamara's.
Speaker 1: Ren's very busy Wren and Kamara's reps in a bid
Speaker 1: to work it out now, final busy week of the window.
Speaker 1: Currently monitoring their center back situation now and this is
Speaker 1: where we this is where we start to pay attention. Literally,
Speaker 1: this is at the bottom of the article, the bottom
Speaker 1: of the article, and I would venture to say that
Speaker 1: he buried the lead at least where Atlanta United fans
Speaker 1: are concerned with Emmanuel Latte a lot. Craig john says
Speaker 1: this monitoring their center back situation as one of their
Speaker 1: players wants to rejoin Darby County. Having just signed one player,
Speaker 1: they have two others at center back one and the
Speaker 1: third one is injured. They don't know when he's coming back.
Speaker 1: Promising players in the academy, and they've got three other
Speaker 1: players like Luke a Ling who you might remember from
Speaker 1: his time at Leeds that had played center back as
Speaker 1: all Now, if that one player that they're looking at
Speaker 1: leaves on loan, but finances are likely to be tight
Speaker 1: with an increasing likelihood that Emmanuel Latte Lothe will remain
Speaker 1: at the club until the end of the season. The
Speaker 1: striker was the subject of a bid from Atlanta United
Speaker 1: this month, but appears more likely to stay at Borough
Speaker 1: now unless any unexpected Premier League offer were submitted. His
Speaker 1: current injury status is unknown to two after he went
Speaker 1: off with a groin injury at Preston North End. Burrow
Speaker 1: had options in mind for striker if late Loft left,
Speaker 1: with Slovakian international David Strellik linked, but signing a center
Speaker 1: forward for six to eight million pounds appears unlikely this
Speaker 1: month if the Ivorian stays. Literally the last two paragraphs
Speaker 1: the last paragraph of this piece is where is what
Speaker 1: we're paying attention to here considering options if one player leaves,
Speaker 1: but finances are likely to be tight, with an increasing
Speaker 1: likelihood Emmanuel Latte lothor man at the club until the
Speaker 1: end of the season. This could be the second window
Speaker 1: in a row where Middlesbrough has had interest in Emmanuel
Speaker 1: la Telt. Remember in the summer, Ipswich was interested, Middlesbrough
Speaker 1: ended up going nah, we're good. Whatever the reason Ipswich
Speaker 1: was knocking on the door, whether a player wasn't interested
Speaker 1: in going Middlesbrough was holding out for more money. What
Speaker 1: have you this time around? Atlanta interested in Emanuel lat
Speaker 1: Tel Love eighteen plus two reported to be on the board.
Speaker 1: But Middlesbrough And the more that we have seen in
Speaker 1: this situation, and I welcome your thoughts on the twitch pitch,
Speaker 1: the more that this time around, in this particular window,
Speaker 1: Middlesbrough is looking for a bidding war and they want
Speaker 1: to drive up a price so they can jettison a player.
Speaker 1: From the Craig John's article, the striker was subject of
Speaker 1: a bid from Atlanta United this month, but it appears
Speaker 1: more likely to stay at Borough now unless any unexpected
Speaker 1: Premier League offers were submitted. My thought here is this,
Speaker 1: somebody knocks on your door, second time in a row,
Speaker 1: second window in a row. Middlesbrough. The mister Middlesbrough, whether
Speaker 1: it's Ipswich or at Landy United, you know, mister Middlesbrough,
Speaker 1: we're interested in the player. Okay, Cool? What are you
Speaker 1: thinking that Landy United this time around? Says well, how
Speaker 1: about eighteen plus two? Okay, sounds great, We'll get back
Speaker 1: to you. And all the while you are in a
Speaker 1: position meaning you, meaning Middlesbrough. Hey at Lanty night, it
Speaker 1: is interested eighteen plus two, Hey anybody? Then you hear
Speaker 1: a dial tone at the other end of the You know,
Speaker 1: you hear dial tone at the other end of the line.
Speaker 1: Nothing's happening. It's just a no other phone calls. Nothing
Speaker 1: is happening in Middlesbrough's sense about what to do involving
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Latte la They're looking for Premier League interest. None
Speaker 1: is coming, but Middlesbrough seems to have overplayed their hand
Speaker 1: about wanting to try and have Emmanuel Latte Loth bring
Speaker 1: in a financial windfall, relatively speaking. One other thing to
Speaker 1: look at in all of this. If you go to
Speaker 1: transfer marked, if you go to transfer marked and you
Speaker 1: look up Emmanuel Lattel in his profile, and this is
Speaker 1: a conversation. Next time that Nicolafi comes on the show,
Speaker 1: I want to have him walk you through this particular
Speaker 1: element of the conversation because it does apply to Italian football.
Speaker 1: Latte a Lot's agent and his agency there's one player
Speaker 1: in their entire stable, especially in their top fifteen or
Speaker 1: top twenty valued players at transfer marked that plays outside
Speaker 1: the country of Italy. Give you one guess who that is.
Speaker 1: If you go and you were to look at the
Speaker 1: agency's social media rarely, rarely, if at all, I mean
Speaker 1: you'd probably have to go back pictures in England supporting
Speaker 1: your supporting your player. I haven't seen any. I might
Speaker 1: be looking in the wrong place. So Middlesbrough for the
Speaker 1: second weekend in a row, or for the second window
Speaker 1: in a row, sorry, has had Emmanuel Latte lot out
Speaker 1: on the market. They go to Ipswich and Ipswich is
Speaker 1: interested and they're like, nah, my thought in all of
Speaker 1: this is Middlesbrough is overplaying their hand. They're not the
Speaker 1: best poker players in the world. Kind of like me
Speaker 1: playing poker. I'm not very good. It's not like, uh,
Speaker 1: it's not like rounders. You know. It's not like the
Speaker 1: planet is sitting there and going jick and chick and
Speaker 1: chick and chick and chick. You be me pay that
Speaker 1: to me and his money. No, that's not where we
Speaker 1: are here. That's not the case. It is a very
Speaker 1: very poorly played hand of poker for the second window
Speaker 1: in a row by Middlesbrough with one of their star players. Like, seriously,
Speaker 1: you had a Premier League team come and it was
Speaker 1: a bottom of the Premier League team, bottom half team
Speaker 1: fighting for survival. Summer window. They come knocking on your
Speaker 1: door for you one of your star players. Nah, okay,
Speaker 1: well we'll think about it. Window goes, nothing happens, second
Speaker 1: window in a row. It looks like nothing is gonna happen.
Speaker 1: And then you add the injury on that on top
Speaker 1: of that, a groin injury which we do not know
Speaker 1: the severity of that happened in the eleventh minute last
Speaker 1: time at its Presston North End. So and so that's
Speaker 1: where things stand with Middlesbrough won. And this is the
Speaker 1: other element in this with Middlesbrough. People talk, people talk,
Speaker 1: they talk, they talk, they talk. Don't think for a
Speaker 1: second that Kuren McKenna and everybody at Ipswich Town was
Speaker 1: raising the people's eyebrow at Middlesbrough after what happened in
Speaker 1: the summer window. They're like, man, what's up with you?
Speaker 1: Don't think that Curen McKenna ain't talking to folks and
Speaker 1: don't think also now with what's going on with Atlanta United,
Speaker 1: and obviously if there is still interest, then you don't
Speaker 1: know what the negotiations are going to be like in
Speaker 1: this final week. You don't know the severity of the injury.
Speaker 1: Do you just get to the point to where you're
Speaker 1: sitting there and you're going you're just tired of it,
Speaker 1: And don't think for a second that Chris Henderson ain't
Speaker 1: talking to folk folks for all intents and purposes, Michael
Speaker 1: mcggy is, Yes, it has been here, we goed, The
Speaker 1: numbers have been put out there, you talked to You
Speaker 1: look at all of the big name sources, the big
Speaker 1: name writers and folks. Four and a half years prop
Speaker 1: and it's most and the part of the physical is
Speaker 1: going to be done overseas. Atlanta right now is doing newcas.
Speaker 1: It's not like Atlanta United making the announcement final. It's
Speaker 1: not that it is. Every high followed individual that reports
Speaker 1: on the sport on both sides of the Atlantic has
Speaker 1: it at Here we go four and a half years
Speaker 1: and Miggy's coming. Newcastle fans said they're goodbyes this past weekend,
Speaker 1: so it's been here, we goed Sandra Tonali said some
Speaker 1: great things about him in the press conference opportunity this
Speaker 1: past weekend. So short of the video montage, welcome back
Speaker 1: from Atlanta United's social media team and they're in there
Speaker 1: and uh, they're they're wizards of video. That's the only
Speaker 1: thing that hasn't happened. Everybody's like, yeah, it's done. Part
Speaker 1: of the physical is going to be done in England.
Speaker 1: It's done, so we'll see. But that's the only thing
Speaker 1: that's missing. Official word from the club and you can't
Speaker 1: do that. I don't think until the thirty first. You
Speaker 1: can make the announcement, but you can't have him on
Speaker 1: campus or something like that. So if you've seen all
Speaker 1: these all these announcements, and I don't think that things
Speaker 1: can be officially official till the thirty first, when the
Speaker 1: window opens. So that's where I think we are with
Speaker 1: the machinations involving MIGI. But it has been here, we goed,
Speaker 1: we have heard four and a half million transfer fee,
Speaker 1: agreed to it ten plus two and that's where we are.
Speaker 1: But when it comes to Middlesbrough and Major League Soccer,
Speaker 1: if Middlesbrough now is having discussions, you know, if Chris
Speaker 1: Anderson picks up the phone. Uh, Middlesbrough, Hello, Middlesbrough, And
Speaker 1: you're having these kinds of conversations where you want to
Speaker 1: sit there and have conversations. You want to have conversations.
Speaker 1: But from all intents and purposes, from the more that
Speaker 1: we're gathering in this relationship, Middlesbrough's hoping for a Premier
Speaker 1: League swoop in at the end where they can sit
Speaker 1: there and go, well, you know what a Premier League
Speaker 1: side wants to pay twenty or whatever, twenty plus two
Speaker 1: or just a little more. They're trying to create a
Speaker 1: biding more looks like for the second window in a row.
Speaker 1: Don't think for a second that Chris Henderson ain't talking.
Speaker 1: Don't think for a second that Chris Henderson ain't gonna
Speaker 1: be talking to folks. Yeah, man, Millsbrough, they're weird. They're
Speaker 1: weird when they're dealing with stuff. So you know, I
Speaker 1: don't know if I don't know if anybody should I
Speaker 1: don't know if anybody should deal with them. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm literally, if I'm having conversations, primary
Speaker 1: transfer window tom is Friday, January thirty first, So guessing
Speaker 1: that you know, you can have players come and hang out.
Speaker 1: Maybe you can, you know, you make an announcement, but
Speaker 1: it can't be official. They can't be training with the
Speaker 1: club until the thirty first of the first So if
Speaker 1: I'm kind of blending my things here, you know, I
Speaker 1: don't know if you can train with the team. Somebody
Speaker 1: told Tom last week players can actually train and so
Speaker 1: forth before the window, just can't play in games. I
Speaker 1: don't know if you can train with the club. Maybe
Speaker 1: you can be on campus and be off to the
Speaker 1: corner someplace and do toe touchies or something, but I
Speaker 1: don't think you can do anything organized until thirty first,
Speaker 1: and then you can join the club and be active
Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, they can, they can.
Speaker 1: They can be I think they can be on campus
Speaker 1: and they can be off to the side, or they
Speaker 1: can be at the back, or they can be behind
Speaker 1: a curtain. What's behind the curtain? Oh, I don't I
Speaker 1: don't know, but I think I think they can be
Speaker 1: on campus and not be a part of team activities.
Speaker 1: You can announce them they're off on the corner, and
Speaker 1: then on the thirty first, Hey, look, first day of practice.
Speaker 1: One of those kind of things. I'm just I'm trying
Speaker 1: to think of how it was in the past. But yeh,
Speaker 1: don't think that folks aren't talking. And now what you're doing.
Speaker 1: If you're Middlesbrough, you're having words spread negatively about your
Speaker 1: front office on both sides of the Atlantic. Then who
Speaker 1: Chris Anderson has talked to in the past. He's got folks,
Speaker 1: I mean he picks up the phone. I'm sure he
Speaker 1: talks to folks around the world. Yeah, man, deal with Middlesbrough. Well,
Speaker 1: should we chase after it? Should we chase after this player?
Speaker 1: I don't know. Man, don't think you're McKenna ain't talking.
Speaker 1: Don't think Chris Anderson ain't talking. So mm hm. So
Speaker 1: that's where things stand. But also at the same time,
Speaker 1: don't just think of this as a one lane road.
Speaker 1: This isn't just Atlanta United putting everything and putting on
Speaker 1: the blinders and sitting there and looking straight into the
Speaker 1: camera and you know, going all right, we're just gonna
Speaker 1: chase after Emmanual Latte Loth. I mean, it's it's not
Speaker 1: quite like that. It's Lotte lots in one lane. Maybe
Speaker 1: Cabral's another lane. Pon tech like just as to give
Speaker 1: you I've heard nothing ever since that first acknowledgment from
Speaker 1: Turkey week and a half ago. Haven't heard anything about
Speaker 1: Christoph peon Tech since then. But I'm just saying Cabral,
Speaker 1: Latte Lot, uh peon Tech as examples. Like I said,
Speaker 1: nothing further on pion Tech, but just as just they're
Speaker 1: not locked into one person and they're not locked into
Speaker 1: one quest. We don't know what we don't know. We
Speaker 1: know about Cabral from a couple of days ago, we
Speaker 1: know about Latte Lot with the continued discussions from Teeside Live, Gazette,
Speaker 1: et cetera. So just don't sit there and think that
Speaker 1: this is the only pursuit that is going on. If
Speaker 1: this finally does fall through, then all of these other
Speaker 1: conversations that they're having, especially the ones that we don't
Speaker 1: know about, they're gonna have to escalate a little bit,
Speaker 1: because once again, you have until February third, You've got
Speaker 1: a week. You got a week to figure it out
Speaker 1: with Europe, with the European market, unless it's in the
Speaker 1: market that we hadn't thought of, and it's a little
Speaker 1: further down the road. So that's the update with Latte loth.
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of folks, I'm sure wish could
Speaker 1: they could sit there and say, you know, wish the
Speaker 1: news was further along. But I think the news is
Speaker 1: further along from the article, but it was buried at
Speaker 1: the bottom. What I think is Middlesbrough is looking for
Speaker 1: a Premier League dance partner. They're looking to drive the
Speaker 1: price up and then if and I and I think
Speaker 1: that they're looking for the opportunity to have Latte Lot
Speaker 1: move on. But I think that they might have overplayed
Speaker 1: their hand in going okay, well, Premier League clubs come
Speaker 1: on in and you know, no one's picking up the phone.
Speaker 1: And so if no Premier League club and why once again,
Speaker 1: this is something I don't know. And you know the
Speaker 1: fact that you would be married to the idea of
Speaker 1: a Premier League club because it's the richest league in
Speaker 1: the world short of the Saudi League when it comes
Speaker 1: to TV contracts and such. Hey, you want to be
Speaker 1: solid domestically. Major League Soccer has been spending a lot
Speaker 1: of money in this window. And you know what, if
Speaker 1: you're a player that checks clear, Major League Soccer is
Speaker 1: coming to the table in a bunch of different places
Speaker 1: and a bunch of different markets, sitting there saying you
Speaker 1: know what, We're ready to dance. We've been ready to dance,
Speaker 1: We're ready to dance now as well. But my thought
Speaker 1: is Middlesbrough's looking for a Premier League dance partner. For
Speaker 1: whatever reason. We want to do good bye our domestic leagues.
Speaker 1: We want to have relationships set up for later when
Speaker 1: we get to the Premier League. I don't know, but
Speaker 1: that is your Latte Lot latest reports from Teesside Live
Speaker 1: in the Gazette from Craig Johns, So if you wish
Speaker 1: to do so, follow Gazettelive dot co dot uk and
Speaker 1: go into the Middlesborough section. But I am of the
Speaker 1: thought pattern that Middlesbrough, for the second window in a row,
Speaker 1: has overplayed their hand and they're going to end up
Speaker 1: keeping Emmanuel Latelath because they didn't get a Premier League
Speaker 1: pay check for whatever reason. And there have been reports
Speaker 1: out that Latte a Lot doesn't want to go to
Speaker 1: Major League Soccer, just as much as there have been
Speaker 1: reports that Middlesbrough ain't dealing with Major League soccer. So
Speaker 1: who where the angle is? We don't know where the
Speaker 1: actual element of the discussion is. We don't know because
Speaker 1: we're hearing both sides, but from what we're reading Mattisa Live,
Speaker 1: my thought is Middlesbrough's overplayed their hand for the second
Speaker 1: window in a row. They're gonna end up keeping a
Speaker 1: lote live. He's injured. You don't know the groin damage
Speaker 1: from exiting in the eleventh minute. A lot of stuff
Speaker 1: in play. Doesn't Landy United want to dance at dance
Speaker 1: for the next week while it appears what's going on
Speaker 1: so Cabral Benfica, everybody seems to be chasing after him,
Speaker 1: and I mean like multiple leagues across the board. Initially
Speaker 1: it was twenty. We'll catch up with our buddy Nino
Speaker 1: Tortes from Gold TV on Thursday when we go fully loaded.
Speaker 1: We'll find out about Cabral as a player. I want
Speaker 1: to ask Nino about Cabral as a player and Atlanta
Speaker 1: United and all those kinds of things and what he's
Speaker 1: been able to do at Benfica. So we'll get into
Speaker 1: Cabral Thursday. If there are no updates, or even if
Speaker 1: there are updates going from now until Thursday Thursday ten o'clock,
Speaker 1: part of our half hour with Nino Totis from Goal
Speaker 1: TV will be to ask about Cabral from Benfica. But
Speaker 1: once again week left in the window. You have until
Speaker 1: the third one big ben chimes. It's over if you
Speaker 1: want to deal with England and most of Europe, if
Speaker 1: not an hour or two before. So we keeping on
Speaker 1: all of that. And yeah, so that's where we are
Speaker 1: with Emmanuel Latte Alave all right, getting into gossip, rumor
Speaker 1: and U window, anything else that's left on the table.
Speaker 1: Like I said, this is power Hour, and I figured
Speaker 1: it was going to go a little long, but I
Speaker 1: mean that's kind of where we are. Back at it
Speaker 1: again nine oh five tomorrow morning. By the way, we
Speaker 1: will discuss everything. Tyler Pilgrim gonna join us at nine fifteen.
Speaker 1: Don't know if you've got to see Tyler's picture that
Speaker 1: he took on his two hundred and eighty character app.
Speaker 1: They gave us the chance to sign that beam to
Speaker 1: be a part of the national training center. We all did,
Speaker 1: I mean, shoot, the chance to sign a beam that's
Speaker 1: going to be a part of a facility that's going
Speaker 1: to be a part of the national soccer program. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if I thought about it for a second, I'm like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll go ahead and do it. And so yeah, there's
Speaker 1: the Tyler's in there. Maddie signed it. Okay, so I
Speaker 1: can still get players from Europe, just they just can't
Speaker 1: replace them. Okay, all right, So here is gossip, Brimmer
Speaker 1: and innuindough, here's what we know kind of sort of
Speaker 1: maybe and figure out where we are. Then we'll also
Speaker 1: we'll look and we will check in with the other
Speaker 1: folks and see what they're looking to process. Since all
Speaker 1: of this stuff happened this morning, Ruma want to sign
Speaker 1: cassamiro on loan to the end of the year. Move
Speaker 1: dependent upon the sale of paretes four letter paper. Take
Speaker 1: the information at your own peril. Napoline Juve monitoring Hoyland.
Speaker 1: Hoyland has yet to impress Bana Marie All Hill All
Speaker 1: have now turned into the favorite to sign most of
Speaker 1: Law after canceling the contract of name Ah Wolves expecting
Speaker 1: an offer for Matteus Kunya for the deadline. Villa Arsenal
Speaker 1: Forrest Forrest to me keep an eye on their finances,
Speaker 1: keep an eye on FFP and all of that with them.
Speaker 1: Just curious. James Mcattye at Manchester City no longer target
Speaker 1: for Lever Cusen set to sign Bwndia from aston Villa.
Speaker 1: Face erase to sign Cambiaso as you've able only make
Speaker 1: a final decision on Italy's fullbacks future after the wind
Speaker 1: A Champions League match against Benfica. Manchester United close to
Speaker 1: signing Dorgu. I think the number is going to be
Speaker 1: more more than thirty million pounds. Liverpool recalling Stefan Bisatych
Speaker 1: from his lone at Red Bull Salzburg then send him
Speaker 1: to Los Palmas for the rest of the year. Bright
Speaker 1: and open to selling Evan Ferguson before the trans for
Speaker 1: window closes. Lever Cusan are in talks lever Cusan striker
Speaker 1: Victor Boniface, and I probably butchered that excused from training
Speaker 1: him ad a potential move to Al Nasser. Wolves are
Speaker 1: in talks with i As about terminating the loan of
Speaker 1: Carlos Forbes. Sheffield Wednesday have made a loan offer for
Speaker 1: Ipswich defender Harry Clark Udin essay interested in signing Southampton
Speaker 1: keeper Gavin Bazunu on loan. Marcus Rashford has hired the
Speaker 1: brother of Danny Welbeck as his new agent to help
Speaker 1: him find a move away from old Trafford. That's from
Speaker 1: the other four letter paper. Rashford's only option right now
Speaker 1: to leave would be a loan move to Juve and
Speaker 1: Matiste Tell wants to leave the club wants to leave
Speaker 1: Bayern Munich this month. Chelsea are among several clubs that
Speaker 1: are interested now looking through what we're seeing from our
Speaker 1: friend Ben Jacobs for britzill Ormano, all the heavy hitters. Now,
Speaker 1: let's get into that. So Atlanta United now, according to
Speaker 1: Tom Bogert, submitted a bit around eighteen to Benfica for Cabral.
Speaker 1: What did we say about the whole idea of Middlesbrough
Speaker 1: overplaying their hand. Cabral has seventeen and four in just
Speaker 1: over twenty seven hundred minutes from Benfica. Bogert claims the
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Latte Lot deal isn't dead, but once again we
Speaker 1: don't know what. We don't know about these other lanes
Speaker 1: of traffic. But we did know about Cabral from a
Speaker 1: couple of days ago. So now eighteen million looks like
Speaker 1: it's on the table to Benfica for Cabral. Cabral is
Speaker 1: going to be an interesting back and forth. Where does
Speaker 1: the player want to go? Wolves had personal terms in
Speaker 1: place with Kevin dan SOO have to agree to a
Speaker 1: fee with Lens about thirty million euro. Villa Villa. I've
Speaker 1: also looked at dan So could be an option if
Speaker 1: they don't get Desasi over the line. David Washington set
Speaker 1: to join Santos on a season loan deal being finalized.
Speaker 1: Mattis Tel just decided to leave Byron in January. Byron
Speaker 1: and the player are going to assess all the options
Speaker 1: on the market. That's from for Britzy Ormano. Chelsea asked
Speaker 1: for Tel at the beginning of January. More clubs also
Speaker 1: keen the race is open. We mentioned Boniface and it's
Speaker 1: Floria Plettenberg from Sky Sports Germany that has been the
Speaker 1: one talking about Vitor Boniface joining Al Nasser club to
Speaker 1: club agreement in place as revealed to package around sixty
Speaker 1: million euro. Always keen on the move big signing for
Speaker 1: All Nasser. The league is intent on landing peak age
Speaker 1: players and so Boniface is there. Dor Gou set to
Speaker 1: sign with United looks like north of thirty five million euro.
Speaker 1: We mentioned Bournemouth and the loan to Middlesbrough. Middlesburg gets
Speaker 1: to pay most of Mark travers wage set to go
Speaker 1: on straight loan. Independent Regulatory Commission upheld Arsenal's claim of
Speaker 1: wrong full dismissal. Miles Lewis Kelly's three match band has
Speaker 1: been removed. That cheer you heard a couple hours ago
Speaker 1: is from bart Keeler upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal
Speaker 1: sent off for Sirius foul play. So that is out there.
Speaker 1: Hibbs has signed a midfielder for three and a half
Speaker 1: year deal from Odenze Boltsclube. Chris Wilder has signed a
Speaker 1: new deal to continue to stay at Sheffield United through
Speaker 1: the summer of twenty twenty eight. So that's out there
Speaker 1: now as well. And really quickly, Tajon Buchanan got that.
Speaker 1: Va Ral has secured a loan deal for Tajuon Buchanan.
Speaker 1: That is out there now as well. So keep an
Speaker 1: eye on how everything is going involving folks and hours
Speaker 1: and teams and players, and we'll keep an eye on
Speaker 1: all that. All right, that'll do for a power hour.
Speaker 1: Let's see remember big stuff and Dee Graham lets us
Speaker 1: know he got a red and Benfica's last Champions League
Speaker 1: match you won't be playing tomorrow. Keep an eye on
Speaker 1: that we get Champions League Tomorrow we'll talk about that.
Speaker 1: Tyler's going to join us at nine to fifteen. We'll
Speaker 1: see if we can catch up with the busiest man
Speaker 1: in the Northeast, Dylan Butler and excuse me and find
Speaker 1: out about the latest going on with him and all
Speaker 1: of the stuff. It's the official term. So as always,
Speaker 1: thanks for dropping by on a power hours turned into
Speaker 1: an hour ten because there's plenty to talk about on
Speaker 1: a day like today. Thanks to US Soccer for letting
Speaker 1: us come and crash. Thanks to you guys for hanging
Speaker 1: out with us as you always do, especially in the PM.
Speaker 1: I mean this is drive time, folks. Thanks for coming
Speaker 1: by and hanging out with me. Back at it again
Speaker 1: nine oh five Eastern time tomorrow morning and we'll discuss
Speaker 1: more stuff. Remember Gazette Tease Side Live Gazette dot Co
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Speaker 1: keep an eye on cabral and Benfica, all the points.
Speaker 1: We got a week to go in the window, so
Speaker 1: everybody enjoy Back at it again mucha Plati played Save
Speaker 1: It at the end of the show. That means I
Speaker 1: get to do this and see if I hit the
Speaker 1: right