🗣️I/V: Udinese SD Federico Balzaretti on:

• Gino ‘The boss’
• Transfer strategy & success
• De Paul, Molina, Udogie, Beto…
• ‘Italian’ prep to PL ready
• #WatfordFC link/decisions
• Hands on SDs
• Roma legend to SD journey

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Credit to Tom Cleverley in first stint as boss at #WatfordFC - ub in 5 : win at Brum then draws v Leeds, WBA, Preston & Ipswich tonight. Only 2nd time home side have failed to score in all comps at PR. Steered them safely away from danger & staked serious claim to get job ft. 👏

Why are many high-performing Head Coaches overlooked? 🤔

Two top football agents debunk myths about agents and reveal the keys to finding the right club for a Coach.

Watch the full video 📺
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Federico Pastorello | Ohad Cohen | Adam Leventhal

🏆🇬🇧 12 UK entries remain in the #AIPSawards2023 hunt…

Adam Leventhal Adonis Pratsides Tim Clayton Dave Shopland Sam Barnes Adrian Dennis Rob Harris Ed Knowles Louis Myles Natalie Berry Suzy Wrack Jack Bantock 👏

AIPS MEDIA AIPS Europe AIPS Sport Media Awards
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It was great talking to Adam Leventhal in Rome a couple of weeks ago and provide some insights of what we try doing best for the fans, players, owners and for us.

▪️ The dangers of WhatsApp
▪️ Why 'looking into someone's eyes' is best
▪️ How FOMO can work in your favour
▪️ The joy of performance bonuses

The sporting directors' guide to negotiating a transfer — as told to Adam Leventhal ⬇️

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The sporting directors’ guide to transfer talks…

📱 WhatsApp
🏃‍♂️ FOMO
🕵️‍♂️ Due Diligence (🐔🥚)
👀 Eye-contact
💴 Fee
💰 Bonus
📈 Sell-on
✈️ Pre-visits
🤝 Deal or👋 No Deal
😥 Relief
🥹 Pride
😇 Reputation

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⚽️ Launching The Athletic | Football - our daily football newsletter, starting this Monday.

I’m part of the team producing it (but still on the scene with super Leeds).

What’s hot in the game, straight to your inbox. It’s free and you can sign up via this link:

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🎧 Weekend Preview The Athletic | Football

Back at it ahead of 7-3 matchday 23 set-up with Jon Mackenzie Andy Jones & Mark Critchley

Big focus on #MUFC #LFC & title race with #AFC & #MCFC , also the Dyche derby #EVEBUR & battle to avoid the drop. Enjoy 🫡 ⬇️
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“It’s the element of having no surprises when they come in”

Biggest thing PL sources flagged to me re player recruitment now is doing private detective style research on potential new signings

One of the trends highlighted in this for The Athletic | Football ⬇️
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🎆 NEW: Sheikh Jassim’s lawyers have written to Manchester United to demand they cease a pattern of “misleading” & “defamatory statements” after Sir Jim Ratcliffe joked he did not exist & club’s SEC filing implied Qatar bid didn’t produce proof of funds theathletic.com/5388706/2024/0…

11 global summer transfer market trends discussed…

🕵️‍♂️ PL detectives
🇧🇷 Money ⬆️ Age ⬇️
🇩🇪 Kane & 50+1
🇮🇹 Tax break👋
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 WC
🇿🇦 AFCON/CWC 25
🇯🇵 🇰🇷 Growth 🇹🇭 Next?
🇹🇷 Changes
🇸🇪 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 Smart
🇵🇱 Youth drive
🇫🇷 Non PSG difference

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 'Premier League is scared of PSR'
🇮🇹 Tax tweak could hit Italy
🇩🇪 Kane deal is one-off for Germany
🌍 The AFCON effect
🇹🇷 Turkey is changing
🌏 Asia getting pricier

Trends that will shape the summer transfer window — according to insiders.

⬇️ Adam Leventhal

Congrats Chesham United FC on winning league & promotion to National League South.

Wrote this about promotion push with Taskmaster twist thanks to Alex Horne for The Athletic | Football few weeks back. P word no longer banned & those shirts will be collectors items.
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“The vision that I and FIFA have is it’s better than what was there before.' - FIFA’s leading technology problem solver, Nicholas Evans.

Technology in football has been embraced by some — a sore point for others.

Calls for VAR to be scrapped are falling on deaf ears at FIFA,…

🎧 New The Athletic | Football pod…

Bologna in the mix for UCL qualification, Thiago Motta the innovator behind the success & being linked with bigger jobs. Plug into the knowledge & data of James Horncastle & Mark Carey to learn about him & much more in 🇮🇹
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The Athletic’s documentary on the Turkish earthquake (hosted by Adam Leventhal and produced by Adonis Pratsides) won Best Audio Documentary.
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New: FIFA’s tech innovation head on future plans & how increased data could plug into VAR. Pens, fouls, corners/goal kicks, virtual GK corridors, AI for ref comms discussed + semi automated offside use in PL & blue card/sin bins latest.

⬇️ The Athletic | Football
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