Tim Spiers

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

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

Seen as like a long-term sort of project manager, tactically astute, younger, but had had won the Bundesliga and sort of little else, hadn't sort of managed at an an elite level, and seemed to me like he's sort of struggled to handle expectations in you know that the most demanding club in the world basically and struggled to like handle that dressing room. matched

So it feels like a reaction to that, you know, they were and they were linked with with very big name managers like Jürgen Klarp and Ponch T. matched

You know, and and and Deschamp. matched

But Mourinho is the one who Peris wanted, and Mourinho's the one whose Peris are sort of trusted in and liked, you know, more than anyone during his sort of tenure at the club. matched

Mm-hmm. matched

So that's again, that's that's what you have to sort of remember. matched

This is not like English football, you know. matched

This is this is this is sort of one man, one president, this is the guy I I want. matched

It happened at Fenabache with uh Ali Koch, who who matched

sort of like I want to win the election and and Marino's the guy I'm gonna give you kind of thing. matched

So it's along similar lines here. matched

So he's matched

Yeah, I guess so, yeah. matched

But it's it's such a it's such a huge risky move because yeah, in the last ten years he's done very, very little, Mourinho, you know, and and and it it seems like, you know, the era of football that he was so successful in is is a long time ago now. matched

Yeah, if he can't win something with the team that he's got, which I'm sure we'll get into in a bit, which is which is incredible. matched

It sort of feels Galactico-esque, you know, the the the players that they've got, then yeah, I I I don't s I don't see what else he can do in his career from this point. matched

In sort of top level elite football, he's he's getting on a bit now. matched

And the last few clubs he's he's been at, he would point to sort of having success at those clubs, but really, you know, he's he's underperformed at Ben. matched

Benfica finishing third. matched

Fenabace didn't win anything there. matched

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