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Adam Leventhal
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Senior Writer & Broadcaster • Documentary maker @theathleticfc.bsky.social
FWA / SJA / AIPS audio & written awards winner
If you have a curious fascination in football clubs doing weird things when it comes to managers, you’ll enjoy this. Not so fun for Forest heads like @nickmiller79.bsky.social & Paul Taylor though.

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Can a fourth manager save Forest's season?
YouTube video by The Athletic FC Podcast
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February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
On hosting duties for today’s sacking fallout show on …Forest. Sean Dyche gone & ex-Wolves boss Vitor Pereira a leading candidate.

Enjoyed the chat (and searching for hope) with @nickmiller79.bsky.social Paul Taylor and Tim Spiers.

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The Athletic FC Podcast: Four managers in one season: Inside Forest's chaos
Sean Dyche has become the third manager to be sacked by Nottingham Forest this season, following Wednesday night's goalless draw at home to Wolves.Former Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira is in pole ...
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February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Nottingham Forest heading for manager number 4 of the season after late night sacking of head coach Sean Dyche. Ex Wolves boss Vitor Pereira a strong candidate.

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Nottingham Forest sack head coach Sean Dyche, identify Vitor Pereira as strong candidate
It is the third time Forest have dismissed a coach this season after the sackings of Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
MUFC’s Sir Jim Ratcliffe - who moved to Monaco in 2020 - says UK ‘has been colonised by immigrants’ & Nigel Farage is “an intelligent man” with “good intentions”

MUFC Muslim Supporters Club is “deeply concerned” by Ratcliffe’s comments.

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Manchester United’s Sir Jim Ratcliffe says UK ‘has been colonised by immigrants’
Ratcliffe, who moved to Monaco in 2020, said the UK needs a prime minister who is “prepared to be unpopular … to get the big issues sorted”.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Reposted by Adam Leventhal
Tottenham Hotspur have sacked head coach Thomas Frank.

More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social
Thomas Frank sacked by Tottenham
Spurs are winless in their last eight league games and have won just two of their last 17.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Back from 4 days in Italy on the slopes. Great to be there during the Winter Olympics and see how much it captivated the local audience. This was a snapshot one morning in a bar on the mountains, where people piled in to watch one of the home racers.
February 10, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I've split the cast list (and some images of me speaking to people) for latest special episode into a 🧵 as it's lengthy. 14 experts currently working in the football industry around the world providing insight into how transfers work & answering your Qs.

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The Athletic FC Podcast: Anatomy of a Transfer: Your Questions Answered
Exotic clauses, tapping up and how much agents really get paid. Your questions answered is the transfer special that you control.Adam Leventhal heads to Malaga and beyond to pose your enquiries to ...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Gianni Infantino is a 'moral degenerate' according to Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha.

The FIFA president has been talking about why Russia deserve a way back from footballing exile.

Details @adamcrafton.bsky.social for @theathleticfc.bsky.social
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Ukraine condemns FIFA’s Gianni Infantino, call him ‘moral degenerate’ over Russia ban comments
The president of world football's governing body has been described as a "moral degenerate" by Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Good fun on our live transfer deadline day show with @david-ornstein.bsky.social @jameshorncastle.bsky.social & BlueSky-less JJ Bull.

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February 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
🚨 Transfer deadline day LIVE 📺

Will be live at 4pm (UK) / 11am (ET) with @david-ornstein.bsky.social @jameshorncastle.bsky.social & JJ Bull giving you the latest on deals going through (and a few collapsing) in the closing hours of the window.

Join us here & ask Qs
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Deadline Day Live: Which transfers could still happen?
YouTube video by The Athletic FC
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February 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
❤️ Transfer speed dating 🔁

Just to give you an idea of where I was and some of the people I spoke to for the latest special episode of @theathleticfc.bsky.social podcast going behind the scenes of the transfer market.

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February 2, 2026 at 12:56 PM
A taste of some of your questions answered in the new special transfer pod - out now.

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February 2, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Described as a ping pong game & featuring exotic clauses - this is perfect for a TDDay commute.

Behind the scenes of the transfer market with reps from clubs around the world answering your Qs. Scouts, sporting directors, agents & more.

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The Athletic FC Podcast: Anatomy of a Transfer: Your Questions Answered
Exotic clauses, tapping up and how much agents really get paid. Your questions answered is the transfer special that you control.Adam Leventhal heads to Malaga and beyond to pose your enquiries to ...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Great interview by @adamleventhal.bsky.social w/ Helena Costa on a life spent breaking thru glass ceilings, now as men's football's only female sporting director.

"For me, it's natural. But it’s also a responsibility. It has to work. Otherwise, it won’t open doors.”

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Meet Helena Costa, the only female sporting director in the men’s game
She made headlines around the world when appointed to manage Clermont Foot in France but now she is leading the way in a different role
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February 2, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Reposted by Adam Leventhal
🎧 @theathleticfc.bsky.social special podcast looking at the Anatomy of a Transfer, with your Qs answered.

⬅️➡️ @adamleventhal.bsky.social speaks to sporting directors, scouts, & ex-players - including #NUFC assistant loans manager Peter Ramage - about how transfers work:
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The Athletic FC Podcast: Anatomy of a Transfer: Your Questions Answered
Exotic clauses, tapping up and how much agents really get paid. Your questions answered is the transfer special that you control.Adam Leventhal heads to Malaga and beyond to pose your enquiries to ...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Reposted by Adam Leventhal
🎧 So here we go. We collated your Qs re how the transfer market works & put them to representatives from clubs from around the world to get answers.

Latest special episode of @theathleticfc.bsky.social podcast

Anatomy of a Transfer: Your questions answered.

Enjoy.
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The Athletic FC Podcast: Anatomy of a Transfer: Your Questions Answered
Exotic clauses, tapping up and how much agents really get paid. Your questions answered is the transfer special that you control.Adam Leventhal heads to Malaga and beyond to pose your enquiries to ...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
“It’s good when someone remembers that you could be Mourinho in a skirt, right?”

Interview with Helena Costa - the only female sporting director in the men’s game.

A trailblazer who has moved far beyond a headline grabbing nickname.

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Meet Helena Costa, the only female sporting director in the men’s game
She made headlines around the world when appointed to manage Clermont Foot in France but now she is leading the way in a different role
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Adam Leventhal
"Is tapping up tolerated now? In short, yes."

@adamleventhal.bsky.social has been talking to people working in the transfer market to find out more about the behind-the-scenes work that makes moves possible.

Listen to 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫: 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 🎧

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February 1, 2026 at 9:23 AM
🎧 So here we go. We collated your Qs re how the transfer market works & put them to representatives from clubs from around the world to get answers.

Latest special episode of @theathleticfc.bsky.social podcast

Anatomy of a Transfer: Your questions answered.

Enjoy.
podfollow.com/athletic-fc-...
The Athletic FC Podcast: Anatomy of a Transfer: Your Questions Answered
Exotic clauses, tapping up and how much agents really get paid. Your questions answered is the transfer special that you control.Adam Leventhal heads to Malaga and beyond to pose your enquiries to ...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
New special episode of @theathleticfc.bsky.social podcast out on Sunday - with your transfer window questions answered by a host of experts working in the market as we speak.

Including this guy who used to play in the Premier League but is now an agent. Who is it?
January 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Excellent analysis of potential WC boycott by @henrybushnell.bsky.social @theathleticfc.bsky.social. With so much money tied up, politics & football impossibly tangled up in worm tongue relations, behind the scenes bargaining ruling the world and dissenters isolated it's always going to be unlikely.
There's lots of noise, understandably, about a 2026 World Cup boycott.

Let's cut through the noise, dissect what a boycott would actually entail and why, at this stage, it's extremely unlikely.

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Why a World Cup boycott is unlikely, and what it would take to organize one
Calls for a boycott of the U.S.-cohosted event are growing, but there's ample reason why anything materializing is a long shot
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January 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Pressing the flesh around the world was key to Infantino's rise & it's now integral to his presence alongside global big gun leaders. (Also helps keep his voters sweet for next FIFA election). Interesting from @dansheldon.bsky.social for @theathleticfc.bsky.social
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Gianni Infantino’s world tour: From Kigali to Vegas, the FIFA president who enjoys the big stage
The FIFA president clearly feels at home on the world stage - as his dizzying travel schedule reflects
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January 29, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Loved this article from @rustindodd.bsky.social, my colleague at @theathletic.com. We have a table at home and play quite a lot as my son is very good. Recommend the read and taking it up (public table/club/space permitting) if you can. 🏓
Steve Nash. Clayton Kershaw. Patrick Mahomes.

Pro athletes love ping pong and science suggests there’s a reason why.

@rustindodd.bsky.social on the surprising case for table tennis as a brain-training tool 🏓

www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 AM
World Cup boycott? With people ‘dying on the street’, a German soccer exec wants a discussion.

From my colleague at @theathleticfc.bsky.social @sebsb.bsky.social in Germany.

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World Cup boycott? With people ‘dying on the street’, a German soccer exec wants a discussion
“It is clearly time to at least discuss a boycott,” Goettlich, who is also president of Bundesliga club St. Pauli, tells The Athletic.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM