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

Uh has he has he not? matched

I mean he scored like forty five and forty five last season. matched

What what more do you want? matched

No, but I think that's more that's more to the team around him and and the and the managers rather than him personally. matched

I think matched

Well matched

Yeah, but he's Argentinian. matched

Well no, I just it's it's just interesting. matched

So it's matched

Yeah, well th you know, this is as Tom's sort of pointing out, how to how to tactically get the best out of them and to and to fit all these egos into one room as well, which has been the case with Real Madrid for sort of many years. matched

The key is going to be getting holding a dress room, I think, first and foremost, and commanding respect of these players, you know, on Bappe matched

Would have grown up thinking Marino's one of the best managers in the world, you know, when he was a youngster. matched

But is he now can can he still command the respect of someone like Kilina Mbappe? matched

That's going to be one of his sort of biggest tests. matched

And it is it does feel like an unruly dressing. matched

We had that big flashpoint um Too Many and Valverde last year, and there are obviously huge, huge characters in there. matched

But matched

to sort of lean into that. matched

He'll feed on that. matched

But but getting hold of them and making them work for him is gonna be crucial because on paper it's it's absolutely mouth watering prospects and Bappe, Bellingham. matched

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