Matt Slater

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2,689 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4d ago

Matt Slater’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If... the Super League had happened? · 20 Sep 2026 podcast

Anyway, everyone remembers the reaction. voice-verified

It all blew up in about 48 hours. voice-verified

Uh English fans voted with their feet very much so. voice-verified

There were protests, and that absolutely killed this, I would I would argue. voice-verified

Political uh pressure as well. voice-verified

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, sort of talked about putting a legislative bomb under this plan, politicians around Europe, UEFA obviously. voice-verified

obviously, you know, just just reacted with absolute fury. voice-verified

This was sort of Alexander Seferin's calling them snakes and you know, he used to be a criminal lawyer in Sylvania and said that he'd never met anyone as bad as this slot. voice-verified

So there was a just it just it was an amazing story. voice-verified

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And look, we almost didn't get a chance to speculate then because it it blew up so quickly. voice-verified

But anyway, we've got loads of time now. voice-verified

Well, so the three that didn't, so they wanted a spread that you know, you can you can look at kind of you we could it was the aristocrats of Europe, right? voice-verified

So they wanted PSG from France and they wanted the two big German clubs. voice-verified

They wanted Bayern and Bruce Dortmund. voice-verified

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Let's do the the last two first 'cause I think they're the easiest. voice-verified

The reaction I think Bayern and Brucey Dortmund w were cuter, were smarter than our big six, and just knew this would go down like a bucket of sick back home. voice-verified

So they didn't bother. voice-verified

And if you think about kind of the fifty w plus one rule, um and the fact that, you know, kind of fans are so much more entwined and entrenched in terms of decision making at the big German clubs, there was no way they were gonna sort of get this past their fans. voice-verified

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