Adam Crafton
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Sep 25, 2026
Matt SlaterHOST
Yeah
David OrnsteinGUEST
... and, and I think Adam Crafton reported on it at some point.
David OrnsteinGUEST
So, so, um, the, the, it's not so simple as I think the clubs saying, "We're gonna take them on." We- we- we're gonna be...
David OrnsteinGUEST
I think there will be appetite, but right now I'm, I- I'm sensing that they want details, they want information, they want-
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
We haven't won a League Cup since, I think, 1993, so it's long overdue.
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
But I just wanted to share with you Adam Crafton of The Athletic in a tweet that he's acknowledging he wrote this over two years ago, but...
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
This is an idea of what the potential sanctions could be.
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
This is all theoretical, of course.
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
And of course, and actually something I want to move on to and ask you about is, we're in the realm of fantasy, but what do you think they're telling Erling Haaland and Mark Gahey and co? What do you think the word is? Can I give you a clue before I say? It looks like this.
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
No, it looks like this.
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
But Adam Crafton says, quoting a Premier League executive, the collective view I've heard is that an appropriate sanction would have to be a points deduction so substantial between 70 and 80 points that it guarantees City a season in the championship.
Lola Katz RobertsHOST
Another is sports leading figures suggest the punishment ought to be more creative, that many points could be deducted from City in the next three seasons, meaning the club's chance of Champions League qualification would be severely restricted.
CerysPANELIST
So y- you really can't win, and it's not a particularly fun time to be involved with the club.
CerysPANELIST
Adam Crafton, our, our colleague, tweeted last week about how it's, it's now suddenly in a place again where even not on a match day it feels draining to, to look at Manchester United and to look at the news around the club and the mood around the club.
CerysPANELIST
And I think it's the fact that it's come back to that point so quickly after what was such a uplifting second half of, of last season that is so disappointing.
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Emma PatonHOST
... for a lot of people, I think.
Emma PatonHOST
Um, Matt, I, you talk- you talked about this a little bit on, I think it was last week's show when you were with, with Kate and Rob Green and Adam Crafton.
Emma PatonHOST
Talk to us about how you feel maybe this new Champions League format has almost ended up becoming a, a sort of light version o- of the European Super League.
Matt SlaterGUEST
Well, look, I mean, this is, this is sort of one of the so many fascinating parts to this story.
Matt SlaterGUEST
And Rob.
Kate MasonHOST
And in New York, as ever, we have sports journalist of the year, Adam Crafton.
Andy MittenGUEST
Hello.
Andy MittenGUEST
I can't...
Hamza Khalique-LoonatPANELIST
So it fe- it does feel as though what we are watching at the moment is somewhat more of a pure Michael Carrick team and/or Michael Carrick plus, plus coaching staff.
Hamza Khalique-LoonatPANELIST
I, I think, I, I read a very interesting tweet yesterday after the game from Adam, Adam Crafton, who, who wrote the following.
Hamza Khalique-LoonatPANELIST
He said, "One of the challenges Carrick has is that he's not a storyteller or a person naturally capable of articulating a real sense of purpose and direction.
Hamza Khalique-LoonatPANELIST
It leaves him very exposed to the rawness of results and the volatility that comes with that." Now, that's, that's like a p- perfect journalism thing to say because Adam Crafton spends his days, you know-
John McKenziePANELIST
Yeah
Hamza Khalique-LoonatPANELIST
... thinking about what the, what the story of something is.
Mark GoldbridgeHOST
Man United's a mess.
Mark GoldbridgeHOST
Um, I saw an article, uh, Adam Crafton, Athletic, saying, "I think I'll trust the scouts." Sorry, "I think I'll trust the club and the coaches and the pathway that they lay in front of a player more than a 15-year-old." And I thought, well, that, well, but, but that's the big issue, isn't it? You're asking us to trust Manchester United and their plans and their coaches over a 15-year-old.
Mark GoldbridgeHOST
And it would be great to do that, but I don't trust Manchester United [chuckles] so.
Mark GoldbridgeHOST
Um, "JJ leaving is a big issue," says YT, uh, "but isn't replacing Bruno even bigger? Replacing an irreplaceable player takes time and potentially seasons of adaption, so shouldn't United prepare now?" But I think it says it in the, in the title, YT.
Kate MasonHOST
With a lovely backdrop as ever.
Kate MasonHOST
In New York, we have Sports Journalist of the Year, Adam Crafton.
Adam CraftonGUEST
Hello.
Adam CraftonGUEST
It's like the BBC during the World Cup, isn't it? You, you've got this gorgeous kind of green screen-
James RichardsonHOST
Quite the weapon.
James RichardsonHOST
Leeds, though, Adam Crafton was commenting on this game, said their second-half display was like England against Argentina.
Daniel StoreyPANELIST
Too soon.
James RichardsonHOST
[laughs]
Lewis AmbroseGUEST
I think we're seeing it in European competitions, but that only seems to be getting wider and wider.
Lewis AmbroseGUEST
Um, again, I can't remember if it was Miguel or maybe Adam Crafton was tweeting out, like, the number of teams outside England who've done transfers for more than £40 million and it's like, it's the super clubs and that's it basically.
Lewis AmbroseGUEST
It's like PSG, even they haven't done loads of them, Barca for Anthony Gordon, and then, like, Bayern, whoever.
Lewis AmbroseGUEST
I, I don't even know who Bayern bought, don't care.
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