Iran To Go To The WC?: Two Footed Extra Time

0:00This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. What's good boys and girls? Two-footed podcast, extra on Tuesday, the 31st of March, hope you're well. Let's get into the news. So obviously I mentioned on the main part today, Roberto Deserbi is in as Tottenham manager, that is the biggest news of the day. However, potentially, this was on a global scheme, Iran will take part of the World Cup and their games will be played in the United States as scheduled, says Gianni Infantino. No, I wouldn't trust a word that comes out of that man's mind, not a single word. I do think Iran will play. I just don't think it's right to make them play in the United States. Now they're going to play in California, in NLA, and in Washington and Seattle.

1:01So those are at least blue states and blue cities, where Trump is maybe less impactful and there's less of his people, but I still don't like it. I still think they should be allowed to play their games in Mexico or calendar. I don't think you'd take much to move to me, telling me that game in Seattle, couldn't be played in Vancouver, you're telling me the games in LA, couldn't be played so to the border in Mexico. It's nonsense, it's absolute nonsense. The United States shouldn't be hosting a World Cup quite frankly, it's just not a suitable place for a World Cup, they don't deserve the World Cup. England have called up Erika Meg Parkinson to their 23 man squad to face Spain and Iceland in the World Cup, women's World Cup qualifiers in April, by all accounts, she's a relative

2:01unknown who plays in Portugal, England bought their Serena Vaigman, their manager has said she likes surprises and thinks that this is a player with real ambition and real ability. So we'll see how she does. She was born in Singapore to a Japanese mother and an English father, attended an international school and speaks four languages. She moved to Portugal in 2018 with her family, her brother was scouted to play in the academy for Porto and soon after she joined a local academy and has just worked to Wales, she's never lived in England but she has been playing for England since under 16 level and yeah, she's now been rewarded with a call up to the national team, so fair play to her, I hope it goes really well. Napoli won, they could punish Lukaku over training no show, so he's missed a big big chunk

3:02of the season but injuries, I don't think he started a game yet. He withdrew from the Belgian squad to focus on his fitness. He was expected to constrain back to Italy and begin training and whatever and he just never turned up, so God knows what he's doing. That's the fellow who sabotaged his career quite frequently and it's not a good look really, is it? It really isn't a good look. We have a second Chelsea player talking up a move from South to Spain, this one's a little bit more diluted than the other. Mark Kukareya talking up a move from South to Barcelona saying it would be hard to turn it down. Now obviously he has a connection to Barcelona, so if you don't remember, Mark Kukareya was at Barcelona before he moved to Hitafé I want to say it was initially and probably

4:03still dreams of playing for Barça, as most Spanish players do, Barça or Real, even ones that grew up supporting other clubs still have that thing in the back of their mind where they'd love to play, but one of the big two, but I mean, I know there's been some reports that they might part ways with Alejandro Baldé and Gerard Martin shouldn't be anybody's idea of starting left back, but still don't see them going for Kukareya and then maybe they wouldn't and it was credit. He has been good for Chelsea over the last two years. He spent eight years total under contract to Barcelona, he had a spell at Iber, but it was Hitafé that he went to where he really made his name, I went to Barça. He has developed into a good left back, very good left back, but I still don't see, I don't see him going to Barcelona, or more so, don't see them having interest.

5:09Concerned raised by Blackburn, Boston, Neil's jewel role, so obviously, Michel O'Neill is the manager of Northern Ireland and Blackburn Rovers and I get this, BBC Radio Oxford understands Oxford United are one of those teams uncomfortable with a situation whereby four of their players could be called on for an international friendly by the manager of another side fighting for championship survival. So I do get that, I do get that Oxford's Jamie Donnelly, Karen Brown, Brody Spencer and Jamie Macdonnell are all part of Northern Ireland squad, Northern Ireland play Wales today in a meaningless game, Blackburn and 19th in the championship, Oxford are 23rd, they're still both very much in the drop zone, Oxford are in the actual relegation zone, but Blackburn could still get pulled into it and they're viewing it as unfair that he could

6:13put extra minutes in their legs, there's also Terry Devlin from Port Smith, Isaac Price from West Brom, obviously Port Smith West Brom, both in that relegation battle as well and the concern is he might play them and risk them and you know he's not risking his own players that even though Tom Hson is in the squad but he's not capped and probably unlikely to get capped tonight, I do get it, I do get it but ultimately I would have a bit more faith than Michael and Neill's character than that to be completely honest. Newcastle Chief Executive David Hopkinson says the club are not looking to make a change at the moment with regards to Eddie Hout, he said he personally doesn't have a stance, if he's saying I don't have a stance on his future, but what I can tell you is that the derby last hurt, that means that there's definitely talks happening and he wants some gone.

7:14When he says we're not looking to change at the moment, that's what he's going to say, there in a position where it makes no sense to change now, it makes much more sense to change in the summer and I don't think Eddie Hout will be Newcastle manager next season. I think he'll be managing in the Premier League but I don't think he'll be Newcastle manager next season. Ranking the 10 most exciting winners in World Football. Right, let's see. Do we have a list here? Right. I would say, if I select your top three players, that's all it's asked me to do. So I'm going to Lisa, I'm going to feature and I'm going to let me know. Others on the list of any junior, Luis Diaz, Semenio, Rafinha, Demarco, who's not a winger, he's a what wingback, Cane and Yildas and Yandi, I think I'll go Yandi.

8:19I'll go Yildas as my third, no, no, no, no, I'll go Luminium, I'll go Luminium, I'll say Kvića and Luminium, they're my three. Right. So Alisa is top vote gather with 63% of all votes or of everybody who's voted 63% of them have voted for him, 50% have voted for Yamal, 41 have voted for Kvića, so I think I've actually voted for the three most popular ones. After that, it is Luis Diaz and Semenio and 19% each. Vinicius on 14, Rafinha on 11, the Amandai on 10, Yildas on 4%, that's very low, he's really good and Federico Demarco on 3%, yeah, Alisa, Yamal and Kvića, I think they're the three that are the most fun, Diamandai and Yildas would compete my top 5, and I love

9:26Rafinha, so it's actually hard to not have him in the top 5, but I think that's my top 5. Arsenal's 11 international withdrawals, injury crisis or crafty caution, cheating is what it is to be honest. Can you name the past 10 permanent spurs managers, we'll have a look, we'll have a look. Our Scotland really going to name 55 players in the World Cup squad, I think so, yeah, I think so, I think they're going to do it and then just trim it down, I think that's fair though, I think you get a better look at everybody, Ghana have sacked their manager, Otto Ado, 72 days before the start of the World Cup, because they lost a couple of friends, now they didn't get hammered, they got hammered by Austria, but I mean, why, you're going to the World Cup, what are you changing managers for? He helped you get there.

10:27England versus Japan will have water breaks to mimic World Cup conditions, the difference is it's not going to be in ridiculous heat, but there is going to be three minute hydration breaks in each half, which they're saying is to prioritize playerware welfare, but it's actually, it's just for advertising, it's just going to run ads the whole thing, so it's going to be a bit of a joke, okay, right, this Tottenham quiz, right, let's go, so we have Deservi, Frank, Ange, Ante, Jose Moligno, Nuno Esperto Santo, Pocetino, tactics,

11:27Timmy Sherwood, Vespos, and Harry Redmond, that was actually very easy, but then I did look at this yesterday, didn't I, yeah, so there we go, there we go, right, back after the break with the gossip, see you in a second, right, welcome back, so let's do the gossip, Real Madrid will look to sign Enzo Fernandez or Adam Wharton, if they fail to acquire Rodri from Man City this summer, Adam Wharton will not be there for them, if they go for somebody else first, he'll be snapped up, it will take a bit of about 50 million from Real Madrid to Tempt Man City into selling Rodri, I think that's good value both ways, I think he still has three or four good years left on him playing in Spain, like I mean really good juice, you know, this year was always going to be a bit if he coming back from the ACL tear, events are keeping an eye on Man Willa Gart during the international break and might move from this summer, I think you do well

12:30there, Newcastle have been given a boost in their bid to keep hold of Sandro Tanali with Syria Air Clubs unlikely to be able to afford them, that's fine but United still can and they really want him, I still think United probably end up with Beliebert and Joe Gomes, I quite like that as a pairing for them, but I think when you look at the budget that they're going to have and the amount of things they need, that seems like it an affordable pairing, you know, but 120 million for the pair 80 for Beliebert, 40 for Joe Gomes, I think and it's a good pairing, I think it'll work, now you could go Beliebert and Tanali, it's going to be a lot more expensive and the wages will be a lot higher, but it'll be interesting to see what happens, Newcastle have a greater deal, a deal in principle to sign independent de la Valle's 16 year old Ecuadorian Winger, Johann Martinez, another one of that production line, another one that's very, very highly rated, so he'll come over when he's 18, which I think is next summer, I'm not mistaken, he turns 17,

13:35fairly quick, let me just pull that off, let's see, when is his 17th? Oh no, no, that's not him, that's not who I'm looking for, he's born in 2009, I think, I think I'm right in saying he turned 17 this year before, before summer, and then so he'll be 18 for next summer, I'm almost certain of that, these these Ecuadorian kids are getting snapped up, really, really quickly, like Arson signed those Quintero twins as well, they're one of them in particular knocks, unbelievably good,

14:41Manchester City's Nate and Aki might be eyeing a move back to Chelsea now, Nonsense, Man United and Arson are among the club's keen to sign Ferran Torres, I can say him for United, I'm not sure a bit for Arson, I suppose if if, if, it's crosshired we're to leave then maybe Liverpool and Chelsea are leading the race to sign Lamine Camara, he is my number one midfielder for Liverpool this summer, him in Wharton is appearing I want, him in Matthias Fernandez I'd be very happy with as well, at Wharton and Fernandez I'd be very happy with too, so to be clear, but Lamine is the one I want most most of all, Belania are eyeing a summer move for Lorenzo Luca, who's alone at Nottingham Forest till the end of the season and Forest have no no intention of keeping him, Liverpool will face strong competition from Bayern Munich for the signing of Max Enslequat, I don't think Liverpool have any interest to be honest, Barcelona's top summer transfer target is Julian Alvarez, I think it's actually best Tony, I don't think they have the money to do, but maybe they'll find ways, I mean

15:45if they could land both of them, that could be getting scary for everybody, because Lamine is going to get better, Pedri Gavi, Firmin Lopez, Bernarles taking steps forward, Casado was there, Frankie is still there, they'll probably keep Lwandowski in other season, Rafini is unbelievable, that'll be a hell of an attack, and then if you go Kunde, Kubarsi, Bastoni, and Baldi, it's a really strong back four, but I do wonder, is Bastoni quite as good in a two or a three, I don't think he is, I don't think he is, he hasn't a great season, but you know, he's a great defender, so I'm sure he'll figure it out, Newcastle have had contract talks with Tino Liverpool Mento, but those talks have stalled opening the door for a summer exit, now it's an exclusive from Peter Rock, so it's probably Nonsense, but yeah, I mean it wouldn't surprise me if he moved on,

16:50it really wouldn't, that's going to do me for today, I'll see you tomorrow, bye-bye