What the footie happens behind the scenes in football? From the boardroom to the backroom staff #WhatTheFootie investigates how the business of football works. Every fortnight (Mondays) host Paul Musa is joined by agents, directors, players, sports scientists, fans, friends of the pod and more to debate the big topics and answer your burning questions. So be prepared to question everything that you know about the beautiful game. Previous guests include Les Reed, Paul Barber, Dave Bassett, Steve Morrow & Eddie Bonsu.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthefootie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatthefootie
Episodes
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Paul Barber, CEO at Brighton & Hove Albion FC.
In this exclusive, both Paul’s discuss Brighton’s shrewd recruitment and scouting over the years (Cucurella, Lamptey, Bissouma), how they define the role of the sporting director (David Weir stepping-up into Dan Ashworth’s role), working with Graham Potter and Hope Powell and their ambition for the upcoming Premier League season.
As well as big picture topics such as competing with new ownership models/groups (private equity and state money), does the Premier League need cost controls (salary/transfer caps), the broadcasting deals and whether it’s time for the Premier League to go direct-to-consumer (Premflix)?
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Fabien Allègre, Chief Brand Officer at PSG. Since 2008, Fabien has played a pivotal role in PSG's groundbreaking collaborations with brands like Nike Jordan, BAPE, Dior & Levi's.
In this exclusive, Paul and Fabien discuss how and why the Jordan collaboration came about, how PSG continue to lead the way in the new era of fashion and entertainment intersecting with football, how PSG's star studded players over the years from David Beckham to Kylian Mbappe fit into their vision for taking the PSG brand global and so much more.
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Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is all about the the price of watching football.
Looking at the new deal between the MLS and Apple, rising season ticket prices, costly travel for away games and having to subscribe to more than one platform to watch all the games on TV? Is there a better way to maximise fan welfare?
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Tony Asghar, Sporting Director at Dundee United.
In this exclusive, Paul and Tony discuss the importance of leveraging the loan system, creating clear pathways into the first-team for academy players, dealing with the challenges of transfer and loan regulations, working with owners/investors, dealing with fan and media pressure, why more football clubs need to think about R&D, why transparency and dialogue with the fans is the key to success and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
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Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Tal Brown, CEO and Co-Founder at Zone7, the data-driven AI startup that helps clubs like Liverpool and Rangers FC to forecast and reduce injury-risk.
In this exclusive, Paul and Tal discuss why Zone7 is important for the future of football, the state of football (increased fixtures and tournament expansion), the challenges of running a startup and selling tech solutions to the biggest teams in the world, raising Series A financing and why we are only at the beginning of the data x AI revolution within football.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Jacob Martin, Member at WAGMI United the new owners of Crawley Town Football Club
In this exclusive, Paul and Alex discuss why WAGMI United bought Crawley Town Football Club, their plans for the club, growing the fanbase globally, building the football operations, the football x crypto boom, NFTs, working with Preston Johnson, Eben Smith, the ownership team and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Alex Culvin, Head of Player Relations @ FIFPRO, the worldwide representative organisation for professional footballers.
In this exclusive, Paul and Alex discuss the challenges that Alex faced in her own playing career, the big issues that players face in the modern game, the difficulties with the international match calendar, athlete activism, how players can push for more and challenge federations and fight off the media narrative around what footballers can and cannot do and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is all about buying a Premier League Club and valuations.
With the news that Chelsea is for sale for £3bn, I delve into where the growth opportunities lie and where the American bidders see untapped potential. Forbes recently valued Chelsea at $3.2bn, making them the 25th most valuable sports team and way behind several US franchises.
I delve into why US franchises are so valuable and why their owners have an appetite for English football.
For further insight into this topic and the sub-topics mentioned check out previous episodes with with Anna Mitchell, Simon Gubisch, Laurie Pinto, Daniel Beckley , Steve Madincea and Kieran Maguire.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Dr Dan Parnell, CEO @ Association of Sporting Directors and Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool where has worked with some of the best Sporting Directors in the game such as Michael Edwards, Stuart Webber, Dan Ashworth, Kevin Thelwell and more.
In this exclusive, Paul and Dan discuss the the challenges that Sporting Directors face, why it is important for them to be on the board, the fan/media scrutiny, how you measure success, Kevin's new role at Everton FC, how Liverpool FC have built one of the best models in the game and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
This week’s What The Footie Podcast is with Dale Vince, Chairman at Forest Green Rovers, the World’s greenest club and the League 1 leaders.
In this exclusive, Paul and Dale discuss the challenges of running an EFL club, why sustainability and financial sustainability are important aspects of the modern game, ownership tests, regulation in football, the 3pm Blackout, working with the UN and so much more.
What The Footie is the football and business podcast that goes behind the scenes.