Matt Slater

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1,971 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 10 Sep

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

It's the story of European football aristocracy. voice-verified

And that's what I thought this was as well. voice-verified

Because at the same time. voice-verified

This is why, you know, Seferin's response was so furious. voice-verified

He had been talking to the big clubs via this thing called the European Club Association, which is now called European Football Clubs. voice-verified

I know it's all a bit complicated, but these these these these bodies are kind of important. voice-verified

So the big club's gang voice-verified

And UEFA had been negotiating for a while about okay, what where are we going? voice-verified

You know, the the the Champions League's been like this for a sort of decade or so. voice-verified

We've got group stages, the TV figures were falling, you know, p the p pandemic had caused a a a panic. voice-verified

Um we we need to shake things up. voice-verified

And the and the answer in football is nearly always more, isn't it? voice-verified

We'll do more, shall we? voice-verified

We'll sell more. voice-verified

So they had this idea, they they had various versions of it, and basically what what we've got now was the plan. voice-verified

And they were gonna announce it almost the sort of the same time. voice-verified

Um it was gonna be this 36 team Swiss model, which, you know, you know, I think we've all got our heads around that. voice-verified

They were gonna have ten games, not the eights that they've settled on, but that was up from six group stage games. voice-verified

So voice-verified

And then, you know, at the same time, Agnelli was having these private conversations with Real and Liverpool, the Glazers, John W. voice-verified

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