Matt Slater

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3,219 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2d 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

We need to do something. voice-verified

So that that was a that was a big part of it. voice-verified

Um and I think your question about transfers is really interesting because again, that was voice-verified

There was real concern amongst the big clubs, and I go back to my pandemic point, the timing's important, that they were all losing too much money. voice-verified

And they and they they were losing loads of money. voice-verified

And actually within the ESL agreement was a kind of I think it was actually s I think it was uh I don't think it was even a kind of, you know, uh a gentleman's agreement. voice-verified

It was there, it was in it was in the it was in the rules. voice-verified

They weren't gonna poach from each other. voice-verified

So there would have been massive knock-on effects to your transfer system. voice-verified

And I wonder what the, you know, the the players' unions. voice-verified

So many of these things w we didn't even get a chance to debate them because it died so quickly. voice-verified

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That that sounds a lot like kind of a a proper cartel type behavior, right? voice-verified

We're we're we're not gonna poach from each other. voice-verified

We're gonna try and depress wages and transfer fees. voice-verified

We're all gonna make some money for once. voice-verified

Again, like the NFL does, where there's a kind of strict control over, you know, your labor costs. voice-verified

So there's so much voice-verified

that was in in the detail that was really interesting. voice-verified

But never really got a chance to be talked about because the actual over idea, overall idea was bad. voice-verified

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