Liam Twomey

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1,671 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 9 Sep

Liam Twomey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 14 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 6.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If... Abramovich bought Spurs instead of Chelsea? · 6 Sep 2026 podcast

Abranovich took over took over Chelsea and also assumed the club's debts at the time, which I believe were around eighty million. voice-verified

And yeah, immediately transformed the outcome voice-verified

outlook of of of Chelsea overnight and I think no one in English football had any idea who he was. voice-verified

It was an era before, you know, readily available information online. voice-verified

know? voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Or that was a bit us tubes. voice-verified

There was the nascent internet, wasn't there? voice-verified

You could maybe find like a the forerunner to the Forbes list or whatever of what his net worth was. voice-verified

Um I think Bates had established prior to the meeting that this was a very rich man um and a different level of uh a billionaire rather than a multi multi millionaire, but um the rest of football stuff. voice-verified

soon found out exactly who Roman Ivanovich was. voice-verified

Michael Bridges? voice-verified

Yeah, it was massive. voice-verified

It w you know, it wasn't just the the number of players. voice-verified

I mean, a hundred million sounds pretty pedestrian now, doesn't it? voice-verified

Uh it's a sign of how the transfer market has exploded. voice-verified

But um yeah, it wasn't just the number of players, it was also the the number of players that they were reportedly bidding for on an almost daily basis. voice-verified

You know, you you heard from Chelsea players who were in the squad at the time voice-verified

I think you remember um Frank Lampard saying it, you know, it felt like every day there was a new player turning up at the training ground uh in in pre season. voice-verified

And um I think it was an exciting time for f for the players who were there, but it was also incredibly intimidating one 'cause I think a lot of them knew that they were they would either shape up or be shipped out very, very quickly. voice-verified

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