Episode 25 - Chelsea's Ownership Crisis and Arsenal's Injured Midfield

The Transfer Flow Podcast

Ted and Ravi start by discussing a controversial analytics take from someone that's a part of the community. Next, they talk about Chelsea's owner rift and the leaks that suggest a potential buyout may happen. They then get into discussion about Arsenal's injury situation with Martin Odegaard and Mikel Merino set to miss time. And finally, they wrap up with the MLS transfer window and all of the things that you need to know about that, including biggest additions and misses of the window.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

01:48 - Is analytics for player recruitment solved?

03:18 - every action in football has 3 parts

04:40 - You don't have data for everything

06:15 - Difficulty at scale

07:30 - Different level of information impacting decision makers

09:48 - Evaluating players from lower leagues

11:53 - Player factors impact on transfer success

13:55 - Chelsea's ownership rift

16:13 - Boehly joined and isntantly became Interim Sporting Director

16:58 - Where this confidence comes from

17:43 - 2 captains driving the boat

19:52 - Football clubs run like investment funds

21:46 - Blitzer and Harris make co-ownership work

22:31 - Arsenal's injury situation

23:59 - Small point loses feel insurmountable

25:04 - What would a long-term Odegaard injury mean?

26:06 - Champions League format changes help

26:29 - September International break

29:18 - MLS window rules and time period

30:21 - MLS is paying real money

32:22 - Their offset window creates mismatches

33:45 - Josh Sargent example

35:17 - How MLS can fix this issue

35:58 - Extra problems that come with overseas transfers

37:48 - The profile of MLS Winter signings

38:28 - NWSL eliminating the draft

39:45 - MLS academies draining talent out of the draft

41:12 - Balancing International roster spots

42:13 - Big free agent signings - Giroud and Reus

42:50 - Discovery Lists

44:16 - Griezmann rumours

47:15 - MLS connection with South/Latin America

48:15 - Spurs weird deal for Johnny Cardoso

49:20 - More additions to the MLS this year

51:10 - Players the U.S. and Canada excel at creating

52:26 - Deals that fell through because of the deadline mismatches

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