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

Um but it it it yeah it really voice-verified

really was an unprecedented uh overhaul in the in the space of a single window. voice-verified

And I think the bigger surprise was maybe that Abramovich retained the same coach, having changed all the same players. voice-verified

And I think Claudio Ranieri has been voice-verified

very honest as well in in in his uh I believe in his memoirs saying that he fully expected to be sacked when Abramic took over as as it happened, it happened twelve months later. voice-verified

But um yeah the the transformation was immediate. voice-verified

No, I th I I honestly remember there being more intrigue, I think, and the English game as a whole was very slow to recognise what Abramovich represented uh for the future of of the Premier League, for competitive balance, for s for transfer spending, for player wages, for all of those things and you know, it the threat that he posed to the voice-verified

So I don't I don't really remember the immediate voice-verified

blowback, although of course there is that very famous David Dean quote about he's he's parked his tanks on our lawn and he's firing fifty pound notes at us. voice-verified

Uh so it clearly within uh English football ownership there was some immediate hostility. voice-verified

Although clubs have still wanted Chelsea's money and deals as well. voice-verified

It it i it's a complicated story, but essentially voice-verified

Chelsea w Chelsea were punished separately by UEFA, by the Premier League, and then finally by the FA for undeclared payments made to agents, intermediaries, uh third parties essentially, um, in certain player deals. voice-verified

Um and there was a separate issue about voice-verified

Academy infractions in the Abramovich era, but we'll leave that to one side. voice-verified

It it's kind of secondary to the main story. voice-verified

And um and this occurred for the majority of the 2010s. voice-verified

Uh that that that's what the cases refer to. voice-verified

It's not necessarily that they wouldn't have got these players, that's we can't really know that without those payments, but these these payments happened and were voice-verified

not declared um and voice-verified

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