Liam Twomey
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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
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The reason why Chelsea ultimately avoided a sporting penalty, which has been hugely controversial among Premier League rivals, um, is that they successfully argued and I think governing bodies were suc were convinced that they wouldn't have breached financial rules in any of the given years, even if those payments had been declared.
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Um that they did not gain a sporting advantage, although the extent to which that concept was tested is uh debatable, uh and certainly rival clubs uh absolutely contest that point.
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Um and that governing bodies may never have found out about this if Chelsea's new owners hadn't self reported and shown what was deemed
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An exceptional level of cooperation.
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Um, so yeah, it it it is a story that definitely casts a big cloud over the at least the second half of the Abramovich era and the way that Chelsea won their trophies.
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It sounds like a re a rehearsed.
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Yeah, it does, yeah.
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It's really good though.
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I mean on the subject of Mourinho and Abramovich, Mourinho saying, Mr Abramovich, pay and don't speak when it comes to Didier Drogba, that's that's a pretty good line.
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That kinda speaks to why their relationship might have worked in the early days and then not.
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Yeah, I mean the the main character energy you get from Abramovich is kind of when you hear players talk about him and they talk about the feeling of him turning up in his helicopter at Cobbham.
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And the the dressing downs that he would give the squad when the team wasn't performing or just after a manager had been sacked, you know, the saying, You guys think you're you're on a lot of money, I can replace you immediately, basically.
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Um But he's I think he retains almost like a mythic status because he was such a silent figure um for for
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for all of his time owning Chelsea that other people always did his talking for for him and and he was defined through his actions um as as an owner and defined you know Jack spoke about his kind of gut guiding philosophy as an owner um win at all costs that became Chelsea's identity under him and the identity that they've really recognized
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wrestled with losing since he was forced to sell the club.
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So I think he's a really unique character in in Premier League history, not not just because of obviously his significance on the evolution of um Premier League ownership and everything that's happened with the competition, but just the way that his character was cultivated or even just his nature
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just being so so private and unwilling to be in the spotlight.
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What a life.
Yeah.
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