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 · What If... Abramovich bought Spurs instead of Chelsea? · 6 Sep 2026 podcast

Like what if Ibnvich, you know, or s or some other billionaire just takes over Preston?

And just makes and then they just win the Champions League, you know, or like or like or a Ranvis by Stoke City and Guardiola and Messi end up like winning the title there on like a Tuesday night.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

So this um but obviously FF FFP sort of, you know, limits limits ambitions and limits, you know, other clubs coming in and disrupting that hegemony of like big six clubs, it's in with Villa and Newcastle and all sorts of other clubs that their um their admissions are uh curtailed by F FP.

So yeah, it's good for financial regulation, but it's not great for the rest of the country if you're not if you're not in that party.

League.

So Spurs is summer business that year that Brambitz takes over.

At Chelsea, Jermaine Defoe from Relegated West Ham, very good edition.

But otherwise, yes, Helder Postiga, Bobby Zamora, Freddie Canute and Michael Brown.

Just not quite on the level that Chelsea were spending.

I think Jack makes a good point.

Maybe maybe not McAley, but if he did come in, Macaulay and Jamie Redknap as a midfield two, potentially.

Also the issue of Glenn Hoddle, 'cause you can't imagine that he would have lasted too long under Abramovich.

It's hard to it's hard to envision anyone else but but Mourinho coming in with, you know, perhaps with him, two Spurs, you know, sixteen years before he actually does take over.

Um And

Yeah, I think that's probably his only sort of failing at Chelsea, is that he never managed to resolve that issue.

I mean, Stanford Bridge just isn't fit for purpose, really, you know, for for the club that they are in a lot of ways.

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