David Ornstein's World Cup transfer watchlist
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Hello and welcome to the Athletic FC podcast. I'm Emma Payton and today is my first show hosting, so I'm just a little bit excited to get going. And what a time to start as well with the World Cup just a couple of days away. Well, let me welcome our studio guests for today. We have two reporters from the Athletics newsroom, Jay Harris and also Mark Critchley. We both all right?
All good, you?
I'm good. Can we believe we're just a couple of days away from the World Cup getting started? Yeah.
It feels like with every World Cup now, people say it's just not, there's not the same hype as there used to be. But then when it gets to this week, you find it increasing. I start feeling like I'm in year six again and I'm like watching all the BBC and ITV title sequences. So I'm getting into it. Yeah, and it's coming, that excitement's building.
I did watch a lot of YouTube highlights over the weekend because BBC have started putting up old matches. So I think I watched the 2002 World Cup final, 2014 World Cup final. Love it. Why not?
Why not? Why not? We're going to build the hype today, aren't we? That's what we're doing. Well, I will be sharing hosting duties with Adam Leventhal before the show heads off to New York for the final week of the World Cup. But first, we're going to talk about some of the players expected to shine at this summer's tournament and who could bring interest in the transfer market further. I'm delighted to say we're also joined by The Athletic's football correspondent, David Ornstein, who will very shortly be flying out to the World Cup. David, when are you going and how's the packing going?
I'm going in about 24 hours precisely from when we record this. How is the packing going? It's best we don't speak about that. It's normally a last minute thing for me. And I really should be doing it now as opposed to being on this podcast. But I didn't want to miss the hype with you guys, your debut, Emma. And look, it's New York, so we should be able to buy some stuff out there if needed.
Yes, exactly that. We won't keep you too long. Don't worry. But thank you for joining us. Right. We are going to be chatting transfers today. It feels like a lot has happened already this summer since the season finished. Anthony Gordon, of course, with that move to Barcelona from Newcastle. Manchester City's pursuit of Elliot Anderson continues. Bring us up to speed with that. And do we feel like deals are being accelerated because of the World Cup?
Yeah, I think there's always likely to be a little bit of a rush after the end of a domestic season, given a major tournament's around the corner and clubs would like to get some business done early if they can. That's always easier said than done, however, and it's most probable that you'll see the bulk of activity and a real rush after the tournament has finished. players are back in their countries or at least not with their international teams. They're available for talks and medicals in an easier way than they are now. It's not to say there won't be activity during the tournament. I absolutely hope there will be because I need to have my hands on this sort of work while the tournament's going on.
But there's certainly been an early surge. And you mentioned, Gordon, there was all the razzmatazz around the Real Madrid presidential elections and names being thrown left, right and centre. And Anderson is one that naturally is going to dominate this summer. It's probably going to be the biggest deal in the Premier League if and when it happens because Nottingham Forest won a Premier League record transfer. We're talking sort of £120 million. Let's see if they manage to get that. But certainly with our revelation that Manchester City are stepping up their pursuit, that they had an offer announced, submitted and rejected by Nottingham Forest. We don't know the exact figures around it, but clearly it's fallen short of what Nottingham Forest want.
There appears to be a gap in valuations there, but you can kind of see the direction of travel here, despite the interest in him from many other teams, probably most notably Manchester United.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–7:25
2
How are transfers being affected by the World Cup deadline rush?
7:25–13:16
3
What is the latest on Manchester City's pursuit of Elliot Anderson?
13:16–23:26
4
Which young World Cup prospects could generate big summer moves?
23:26–37:31
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