Libero
Libero
Podcast Description
This is a podcast about football. But also not about football. Mainly it's about the people and the surfaces that collide in the orbit of this strange, obsessional world of bluffers, sharks and genuine talent. It’s about friendship, trust and families, in a world where no one is actually your friend, there is zero trust and where families devour each other every six months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast delves into complex themes surrounding football, such as the dynamics of friendship and betrayal within football communities, the impact of sportwashing, and the evolution of Premier League clubs. Notable episodes include discussions on Thomas Tuchel's managerial prospects and the concept of Geordie Nation amidst controversy.
This is another podcast about football. But it is also not really, when you think about it, about football. It is about the football industry, about that gauzy web of characters who determine how the game is consumed, about why we think what we think about the world’s most popular pastime. Libero is a free-form discussion group featuring a rotating cast of guests, all of whom have spent longer than they probably realise writing and talking about football, and all of whom nurse a particular bias against your specific club.
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Today Jack Pitt-Brooke, James Horncastle and Rory Smith discuss the most wonderful time of the year: the transfer market between football executives. They ask why we have become so fascinated by sporting directors, and why some of them have become almost as famous as the players themselves.
James explains the history of the role in Italy, and Rory and Jack try to work out when and why it finally became a big part of the Premier League landscape. (39:46) They try to pick apart what the role actually does, whether you want a Monchi, a Fabio Paratici or a Michael Edwards, and what best practice recruitment actually looks like in 2025.
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