Alonso’s Real Madrid trouble & the Premier League’s new financial rules

The long term future of Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid and the potential implications of the new financial rules for the Premier League were discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Reuben Pinder & Abhishek Raj and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - The first, official & sanctioned intro 

03:08 - Another unsanctioned intro

06:43 - Reuben has seen the Saipan film

11:00 - We discuss other football films

12:56 - 12 minutes in, there is some football

13:00 - Xabi Alonso under pressure at Real Madrid

18:20 - Is the Galactico era over?

23:40 - From Superstars to Systems

27:00 - Tourists & films in London

27:50 - Back to Real Madrid

31:08 - An advert motherf***er

31:11 - New Premier League spending rules

33:20 - What has changed and why?

40:45 - Why did clubs not anchor their tops to their bottoms?

42:53 - How will this affect your club?

49:00 - Will this help Premier League clubs remain financially healthy?

51:40 - Which footballers would make the best accountants?

53:10 - Jon is back on his bulls**t

53:45 - The issue with pinning against revenue

55:50 - back to anchoring

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