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The Transfers Podcast @transferscast.bsky.social · 15h

What would be a fair punishment for Man City? 🤔 Listen to and watch The Transfers Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Acast + more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o... open.spotify.com/show/5jLvGRf... www.youtube.com/@transferspo... @duncancastles.bsky.social @sportingintel.bsky.social

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 19h

Understand that the punishment Manchester City faces should the Abu Dhabi-owned club continue to escalate its conflict with the Premier League include: 🔻Expulsion from the League 🔻The EFL declining to grant City admission to any of its divisions 🔻Removal of City owners, directors and executives

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The Transfers Podcast @transferscast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Transfers Podcast ‘Sham City’ special with @sportingintel.bsky.social + Duncan Castles. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

‘Organised and Clear’ - Transfers Podcast special with Nick Harris. 🔻UK’s greatest sporting scandal 🔻Abu Dhabi’s ‘irrefutable evidence’ 🔻Man City’s guilt an opportunity for the Premier League 🔻Headed to National League, Abu Dhabi removed as owners? 🔻Burnham’s errors open.spotify.com/episode/4s3P...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Horrendous statement from UK prime minister Andy Burnham on Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi ownership. 1) As PM he should remain entirely neutral. 2) ‘I can’t intervene *more*’ suggests he already has. 3) ‘The detail’ may demonstrate that losing them would be for the best.

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two minutes and 55 seconds without blinking once. Did Manchester City use AI to 'improve' this video of their chief executive claiming there is a Premier League conspiracy against the Abu Dhabi-owned club? #MCFC

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Manchester City’s official response to being found guilty of - among many other charges - ‘artificially inflat[ing] the club revenues, and reduc[ing] its costs, by more than £900million’. • ‘Disappointed and surprised’ • ‘Will now pursue the appeal avenues open to it.’

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Premier League: ‘Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League's financial rules over a nine-season period.’ #MCFC www.premierleague.com/en/news/4727...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Manchester City statement tonight: ‘The club has diligently respected due process for eight years on the basis that the Premier League board and executive would behave as an independent, impartial and fair-minded regulator, free from partisan influence.’

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

‘What legacy is there to be had in winning silverware by outspending every opponent while simultaneously breaking competition rules that others diligently adhered to?’ www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Manchester City found guilty on all but one of over 100 charges of breaching Premier League rules, according to @david-ornstein.bsky.social A good day for football. (New link to the discussion below: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...)

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Arsenal’s bench. Surely one of the most expensive in the history of the game for a match of this importance. #ARSCHE apple.co/3XQNQOv

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Manchester United start yet another season with Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw in their backline. 2-0 down to Hull City after 38 minutes. #HULMUN apple.co/3XQNQOv

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Gianni Infantino • AFC, CONCACAF, UEFA not backing down. ‘[Infantino] did not acknowledge that the proposal itself was inherently wrong. ‘There remains no recognition that attempting to sell an interest in the FIFA World Cup was a profound failure of judgment…’ #OutFantino #ForTheGoodOfTheGame

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

12 years later, this story of how Jose Mourinho was offered the Manchester United job, then took Chelsea instead is finally confirmed by Alex Ferguson: ‘He was offered the job, yes. ‘As far as I was concerned, he was accepting. And then, within hours, it changed.’ bleacherreport.com/articles/226...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This, from Swedish artist Herr Nilsson, is perfect. ‘My Precious’.

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A reminder that Gianni Infantino wanted to sell the World Cup to the Trump mafia and others at a lower valuation than City Football Group, Manchester United and Los Angeles FC. #OutFantino #ForTheGoodOfTheGame x.com/duncancastle...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The World Cup is humanity’s greatest global gathering, its sporting apex. Who does Gianni Infantino think he is to wantonly sell it off to the Trump mafia and venture capitalists for his own personal gain? #OutFantino #ForTheGoodOfTheGame

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Infantino: ‘This is about the democratisation of football worldwide.’ #OutFantino #ForTheGoodOfTheGame

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It is very hard to see how anything other than a secession of all UEFA countries from Fifa (which other confederations would follow, as the WC is worth very little without European teams and markets) can put a stop to the assault Infantino and his US friends are leading on football.

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The Transfers Podcast @transferscast.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"Transfer madness. Players who are far from superstars are moving for €100m!" 🤯 Listen to and watch The Transfers Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Acast + more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/2T4G... youtu.be/4LExJPh7RQ0

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fourteen World Cup semi-finals this century. Only two teams have failed to reach the World Cup Final after going a goal up. England. And England. #WorldCup

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Now to blame the German. And appoint an English tactical genius. #ENGARG #WorldCup

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

England penalised for their overly defensive, negative attitude. Look at their positioning when the ball is passed back to Enzo Fernandez, a great striker of the football. Every single player in the 18-yard box. Not a single player within 5 yards of Fernandez. #ENGARG #WorldCup

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Absurd decision to overrule Norway’s second goal for Haaland pushing back on Anderson ahead of a goal where the England midfielder would have had no impact on the eventual finish. Once again FIFA VAR favours the bigger nation. #NORENG #WorldCup

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Official explanation of FIFA’s decision to overturn Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension which completely fails to explain why FIFA overturned Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension. media.fifa.com/en/tournamen...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Remarkably, if you were listening to the BBC’s commentary you wouldn’t even hear mention of the possibility that a two-footed aerial challenge on a striker through on goal could be a penalty. Unremarkably, another World Cup refereeing team failed to give a key decision to the lower-ranked nation.

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

It’s been a long, long, painful wait. (That second half included…) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #HAISCO #FIFAWorldCup

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Can anyone credibly argue that PSG defeating a team that cost €1bn in transfe fees and chose to play that way was anything other than a win for football? Paris Saint-Germain deservedly become the first club other than Real Madrid to win back-to-back European Cups in 36 years. #PSGARS #UCLFinal

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Arsenal. Merited winners of this Premier League season. open.spotify.com/show/5jLvGRf...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Paris Saint-Germain triumph at another cathedral of European football to reach another Champions League Final. Superb collectively, so many superb individual performances, but Warren Zaire-Emery at right back against that Bayern attack? Exceptional. #BAYPSG podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The Transfers Podcast @transferscast.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Alberto Moleiro has been called the new Pedri. Pay attention 👀 Listen to and watch The Transfers Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Acast + more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/7k7f... youtu.be/gCPmvUNDqZY?...

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The Transfers Podcast @transferscast.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Jon Martín, the next great centre-back to leave La Liga for the Premier League? 🤔 Listen to and watch The Transfers Podcast on iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Acast + more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/7k7f... youtu.be/gCPmvUNDqZY?... @footballtransfers.bsky.social

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Bernardo Silva: ‘I’ve been in this position three times I would say. Against Liverpool and against Arsenal, the treble season. ‘And it feels good when it looks like no one believes in you and then out of nowhere you have a chance again.’ #MCIARS www.youtube.com/@transferspo...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Since the beginning of last season Paris Saint-Germain have beaten: • Manchester City • Aston Villa • Tottenham • Arsenal - twice • Chelsea - twice • Liverpool - three times ‘Best League in the world’™ open.spotify.com/show/5jLvGRf...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Harry Maguire: ‘I still believe, even at my age, I’m arguably one of the best defenders in the world in both boxes. ‘I don’t think that’s open to question, really.’ open.spotify.com/show/5jLvGRf...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

PSG played football. Liverpool played like Sean Dyche’s Everton. #PSGLIV apple.co/3XQNQOv

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Descanse em paz, o grande Silvino Louro. Silvino excelled as a goalkeeper, winning 11 titles in Portugal; captaining his country. Silvino excelled as a goalkeeping coach, winning 2 Champions Leagues amongst 25 titles as a key part of Jose Mourinho’s best staff. One of football’s truly good guys.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14/03/2026

“Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors ‘to keep out of the newspapers anything which…tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.’” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

‘Totally - again - obliterated,’ says the man Gianni Infantino repeatedly sullied FIFA’s name and breaks FIFA’s Code of Ethics for. bsky.app/profile/dunc...

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Article 15.1: 'In dealings with government institutions, national and international organisations, associations + groupings, persons bound by this Code shall…remain politically neutral…and generally act in a manner compatible with their function + integrity.' youtu.be/vTP1iBjjYkE?... (73minutes on)

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Man City approach Alonso | Man Utd sack Amorim | Can Ratcliffe get anything right? | BlueCo Hell

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Duncan Castles @duncancastles.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

FIFA Code of Ethics, Article 14.3: 'Persons bound by this Code shall appreciate the impact their conduct may have on FIFA’s reputation, and shall therefore behave in a dignified and ethical manner and act with complete credibility and integrity at all times.’ youtu.be/vTP1iBjjYkE?... (73minutes on)

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"I can't be bought" Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.

I can't be bullied. I can't be bought. I've
stood for the same principles for many
decades.

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