The Price of Football

Kevin and Kieran discuss the news that Chelsea’s Josh Acheampong has been frozen out of the first team and under-21s until he signs a new contract, and find out why Barcelona almost paid €1m to a fake agent during the Robert Lewandowski transfer.

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Kevin and Kieran look into how clubs whose stadiums are owned by someone else are treated under FFP, and discuss the prices clubs charge to send match tickets in the post.

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Kevin and Kieran look into the Benjamin Mendy vs Mamchester City employment tribunal, and discuss the collapse of 777 Partners.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Benjamin Mendy

- Manchester City

- FIFA Club World Cup

- Transfers

- 777 Partners

- Everton

- Manchester United

- Nottingham Forest

- Gillingham

- Swindon Town

- Reading

- WSL

- World Cup tickets

- Panathinaikos

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Kieran and Kevin look at the issue of touts operating in the secondary ticketing market, and analyse who exactly makes money from shirt sales.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Ticket reselling

- Academy fees

- FAI

- Scottish FA

- Shirts

- Player rights

- Play-off promotions

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Kevin and Kieran speak to Alex Fynn, author of numerous books on football and "spiritual godfather of the Premier League".

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Kieran and Kevin look at the verdicts from the court cases involving Manchester City and the Premier League, and Lassana Diarra and FIFA.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Manchester City

- Lassana Diarra

- FIFA

- Club World Cup

- World Cup

- Reading

- Manchester United

- Inverness Caledonian Thisle

- Shrewsbury

- Morecambe

- Angel City FC

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Kieran and Kevin analyse the way fair market value is calculated for players, and discuss whether the recent increase in investment in Non-League clubs is likely to continue.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Fair market value

- Non-league investment

- Premier League rules

- Capital gains tax

- FIFA compensations

- West Ham's bubbles

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Kevin and Kieran speak to Conrad Kirkwood, president of the Irish Football Association, the governing body for football in Northern Ireland.

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Kevin and Kieran discuss the news that Premier League clubs have agreed a plan to close the transfer window before the start of the 2025/26 season, and find out why the football website Sorare has been charged by the Gambling Commission.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- Transfer window

- Sponsorship Deals

- Birmingham City

- Sorare

- Welsh EFL club cup

- Reading

- Inverness

- AFC Wimbledon

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Kevin and Kieran find out how much it costs the Premier League to use VAR, and look into who actually pays for matchballs.

COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

- VAR

- Mens & Womens World Cup

- Zanzibar

- Bury

- Match Balls

- Friday games

- FFP

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