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Ornstein transfer latest: Liverpool + Spurs make big moves

6/19/202643 min

While all eyes are on the World Cup, the summer transfer window is also now beginning to hot up!

Ian Irving is joined in-studio by Jay Harris and Tim Spiers as we discuss the latest from the World Cup as well as checking in with David Ornstein on the latest on the transfer front.

With Liverpool confirming the signing of Victor Munoz what could it mean for their pursuit of Yan Diomande, while Spurs have signing Jan Paul van Hecke but remain interested in Newcastle United's Sandro Tonali.

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Ian Irving· Host0:00

    [gentle music] The Athletic FC. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to The Athletic FC podcast with me, Ian Irving. So it was a good night for the hosts in the end as Canada thumped Qatar and Mexico see off South Korea. Can the USA put themselves into the knockout rounds tonight? And with Liverpool and Spurs making their move in the market, we'll check in with David Ornstein. Right, here in the studio as well, The Athletic's Jay Harris and Tim Spiers. We okay?

  2. Jay Harris· Guest0:31

    All good, thank you.

  3. Ian Irving· Host0:32

    Looking fresh.

  4. Jay Harris· Guest0:33

    Thank you. Yeah.

  5. Ian Irving· Host0:33

    Another random shirt. I like it.

  6. Jay Harris· Guest0:35

    Not, not random. One of my favorite, uh, World Cup memories is 2010 when Ghana got- Asamoah Gyan. Yeah, yeah, when Ghana should've got to the semifinals. And ever since then I've had a little bit of a soft spot for them, so I thought I'd, I'd crack it out.

  7. Ian Irving· Host0:47

    Yeah, absolutely, so to speak. Tim?

  8. Tim Spiers· Guest0:50

    Uh, what, about my shirt or...?

  9. Ian Irving· Host0:52

    [laughing] [laughing] Well, I wore a Steve Bull shirt last time to kind of commemorate, you know, the last second-tier player to play for England at the World Cup, but Adam didn't even notice, so I was like, "Well, what's the point?"

  10. Tim Spiers· Guest1:01

    Oh, okay.

  11. Ian Irving· Host1:01

    Yeah.

  12. Tim Spiers· Guest1:01

    Well, I like your shirt nonetheless.

  13. Ian Irving· Host1:03

    Thanks very much. We're gonna check in in a moment on the USA and everything else that's going on later on. But day eight saw two wins for the hosts, Mexico making the most of a goalkeeping error to beat South Korea, while in Vancouver, Canada cut loose. Here's The Athletic's Josh Cloke.

  14. Josh Cloke1:19

    This game wasn't just a novel. It was Homer's Odyssey set on the shores of False Creek in Vancouver. Four-- Six goals from four different

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