Real Madrid chaos, Mourinho return? & Liverpool: Slot's future
5/12/20261 hr 12 min
Barcelona’s La Liga victory, ructions at Real Madrid, the possibility of Jose Mourinho returning to the Bernabeu as manager and Arne Slot’s Liverpool future were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Mark Carey, Jack Pitt-Brooke & Reuben Pinder and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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First 90 secondsSteve Hankey0:00
[upbeat music] The Athletic FC.
Joe Devine· Host0:03
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to The TIFO Football Podcast. I'm Joe Devine, and today I'm delighted to be joined by Dr. Mark Carey.
Mark Carey· Guest0:16
Good morning, Joe.
Joe Devine· Host0:17
How's it going?
Mark Carey· Guest0:17
Very well. How are you?
Joe Devine· Host0:18
Also... Oh, I'm sorry, what, what did you say?
Mark Carey· Guest0:20
Could I ask how you are?
Joe Devine· Host0:21
Oh, I'm very well. Do you know what? I wasn't expecting that.
Mark Carey· Guest0:23
Do they never normally do that?
Joe Devine· Host0:24
They never ask. They never. They don't wanna know, do they? No. Ruben Pinder's here, too.
Ruben Pinder· Guest0:28
Hello.
Joe Devine· Host0:29
Hello, hello.
Ruben Pinder· Guest0:30
[laughs] [laughs] All right?
Joe Devine· Host0:31
Oh, thank you. [laughs] I am well. Also, Jack Pitt-Brooks here.
Mark Carey· Guest0:35
Hey, Joe.
Joe Devine· Host0:35
Not a doctor, though.
Mark Carey· Guest0:37
No.
Joe Devine· Host0:37
No. There you go.
Mark Carey· Guest0:38
Not even close.
Joe Devine· Host0:39
Not even close. Do you have a degree?
Mark Carey· Guest0:41
Yes.
Joe Devine· Host0:42
[laughs] [laughs] [laughs] I was just checking.
Mark Carey· Guest0:44
I don't like to bang on about it.
Joe Devine· Host0:45
No. What did you study?
Mark Carey· Guest0:46
History and politics.
Joe Devine· Host0:47
Oh, good Lord. No, no wonder you don't want to bang on about it. Now- [laughs] ... what do we talk about today? Uh, well, you know, you could have said anything, and I would have said that. Let's start- [laughs] ... uh, by, uh, discussing, uh, La Liga. Yes, that's what we did, Steve, wasn't it? La Liga.
Ruben Pinder· Guest0:59
It's not the Spanish for the league.
Joe Devine· Host1:01
Hmm?
Mark Carey· Guest1:01
Wow.
Joe Devine· Host1:01
Let, let's start by discussing the league.
Ruben Pinder· Guest1:03
Yeah.
Joe Devine· Host1:04
Yeah. Oh, that's interesting. I never thought, of course, it's the league, isn't it?
Ruben Pinder· Guest1:06
I was doing a joke because that's obvious.
Mark Carey· Guest1:07
You never thought about that?
Joe Devine· Host1:08
[laughs] No, I've never, genuinely, I've never thought about that before. [laughs] And then Serie A- You know- ... is Series A.
Ruben Pinder· Guest1:13
Yeah. You know the French league, Ligue 1? That means league one.
Joe Devine· Host1:16
That means league one.
Ruben Pinder· Guest1:17
Yeah, yeah.
Joe Devine· Host1:18
Yeah. It's funny they don't have special names for their leagues, do they? Like, we've got the- No ... Premier League, you know?
Ruben Pinder· Guest1:23
Ours, well, we commercialized ours more in '92.
Joe Devine· Host1:25
What would it be if they, if they did have a special- Well, it was called the- ... Spanish name?
Mark Carey· Guest1:28
First Division.
Ruben Pinder· Guest1:28
Oh.
Mark Carey· Guest1:29
It