Tim Spiers

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2,293 appearances 13 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6 Sep

Tim Spiers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Mourinho and Madrid Mark II: Magic or madness? · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

Finished second last year, Champions League quarterfinals. matched

I guess you know, looking to sort of reignite their success, Florentina Perez will look at what's brought them success in the past in terms of their head coach and you know their most successful managers this century have been Carlo Ancelotti and Cindine Zidane. matched

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Of whom are known for their like unbelievable tactical prowess and like forward thinking like ideas in the game. matched

You know, they're more known for like they're obviously both very intelligent and they've worked at the highest level of the game of the game, are very experienced and obviously and obviously very good tactically, but they're more known for managing a dressing room and being good man managers and being a figurehead for for the club, which is a very particular club, you know, very it's matched

It's unique in world football and kind of you know staying calm when everything else around them is is is going a bit mad. matched

So Mourinho obviously very d different, but he can manage a dressing room. matched

You know, he can manage egos because he's the biggest one in the room. matched

I think in an ideal world they may have gone back to Carlo Ancelotti or Zidane, but they've both obviously now got high profile international jobs. matched

They've both been rehired before by Florentina Perez and now Mourinho is matched

the latest to be rehired. matched

So I guess they're trying to sort of tap into the fact that he can manage what's been an unruly dressing room, I think you would say. matched

Yeah, I mean it's quite a sort of a risky tactic. matched

It's a big play. matched

Yeah, yeah. matched

But then, you know, his his opponent in the election was promising to sign Erlin Haaland, which was obviously a you know a lot less sort of realistic. matched

I mean lots has lots has changed at Real Madrid in the last sort of you know decade or so since Mourinho was there. matched

But the one constant is is Florentino Perez. matched

And it feels like a reaction to me to what's just happened. matched

So obviously last season they hired Chabiolon. matched

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