Mason Greenwood has finally gone too far

13 May 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 25 chapters

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Extra Shot episode covers football and sport scandals and fights across Europe, plus a few celebrity/legal tangents. In Marseille, manager Habib Beye is linked to chaos after players are ordered to sleep at the training ground; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang allegedly throws a fire extinguisher on a curfew enforcer, Bob Tari, leading to Aubameyang being dropped. The show claims Mason Greenwood’s Marseille exit is imminent due to “lack of effort and gratitude,” including failing to attend French lessons and clashing with the sporting director.

In Italy, the episode discusses alleged escort/“laughing gas” parties tied to Theo Hernandez during his AC Milan days, with no solid evidence of escorts but videos and claims from Fabrizio Corona.

It also covers Neymar’s alleged violent reaction to Robinho Jr. during a Santos training match, plus Robinho Jr.’s father Rubinho’s prison context. Other guests/figures mentioned: Aubameyang, Greenwood, Theo Hernandez, Neymar, Robinho Jr., Rubinho, Dani Alves, and Real Madrid’s Valverde/Chouameni.

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Marseille's Chaos and Aubameyang's Party

2:20 to 4:06

Discussion on Marseille's recent struggles and an incident involving Aubameyang.

“Yeah, for the World Cup and then we'll see.”

Mason Greenwood's Controversies

4:06 to 7:48

Exploring Mason Greenwood's situation and the club's response to his behavior.

“It's a bit of the Dave Brailsford thing at Man United.”

Language Lessons and Transfer Speculations

7:48 to 10:50

Discussion on Greenwood's language lessons and potential transfer to Italy.

“Mason's got a pretty horrifying rap sheet, but actually apparently they're complaining about his lack of effort and basic gratitude.”

Theo Hernandez and Alleged Escort Parties

10:50 to 14:01

An investigation into parties allegedly involving Theo Hernandez and other players.

“They're all wearing AC Milan shirts, the women.”

Italian Football's Prostitution Scandal

14:01 to 17:06

Explore the recent police investigation into a prostitution ring involving footballers in Milan.

“It's all the big, the big Milan players.”

Robinho's Son and Neymar's Reaction

17:37 to 21:32

Discuss the incident involving Robinho's son and Neymar during a training session.

“Now, when your dad is the imprisoned former Brazil striker Rubinho, you're probably better off looking elsewhere for a father figure, if we're honest.”

Prison Life and Inmate Relationships

21:32 to 24:15

Delve into the relationships and dynamics in Brazilian prisons involving famous inmates.

Dani Alves and the Power of Fame

24:15 to 28:00

Examine Dani Alves' recent experiences after prison and his new life as a preacher.

“Don't want to know how he responded to that.”

Friendship Dynamics Among Footballers

28:00 to 29:25

Discussion about various footballers and their friendships amidst controversies.

“Actually, talking about Barcelona, they won the title.”

Barcelona's Title Celebration

29:25 to 30:27

Insights into Barcelona's recent title win and the fans' exuberant celebrations.

“I mean, he was on ridiculous money at Monday Night.”
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Nicolas Maduro's Unlikely Connection

30:27 to 31:48

Exploring the surprising connections of Venezuelan president Maduro to Barcelona.

“And actually, have you seen the video of Joan Gaspar?”

Diddy and Fergie's Rumored Affair

31:48 to 33:37

Discussion surrounding a rumored relationship between Diddy and Sarah Ferguson.

“Yeah, he went on Aiden Ross, you know, that like fucking moron streamer guy.”

Real Madrid's Turmoil

33:37 to 35:46

Analyzing Real Madrid's struggles and recent incidents within the team.

“He showed her friends with benefits for several years.”

Trent's Emotional Response

35:46 to 37:30

Discussion on Trent Alexander-Arnold's reaction to a tense training environment.

“Trent Alexander-Arnold was spotted, quote, sitting alone in a quiet corner, crying.”

Fan Reactions and Petitions

37:30 to 38:48

Exploring fan reactions to Real Madrid's performance and a petition for player changes.

“are really angry with him because the week before the Clasico he wasn't playing he's injured but instead of watching the game he was pictured canoodling his girlfriend on a yacht in Sardinia.”

Premier League Drama

38:48 to 42:00

Recap of recent dramatic events in the Premier League, including Arsenal's performance.

“I think the thing is that he doesn't work that hard for the team.”

Premier League Drama and VAR Decisions

42:00 to 43:08

Learn about recent dramatic events in the Premier League, particularly involving Arsenal.

“I mean, the annoying thing is that Arsenal have been doing that to goalkeepers all season.”

West Ham Fans and Infiltration Concerns

43:08 to 45:04

Discussion on West Ham fans' concerns about infiltrators and a violent incident at a match.

“of a bloke being thrown down the stairs at the London stadium.”

Motherwell's Drug Deal Sponsorship Scandal

45:04 to 47:42

Explore the bizarre story of Motherwell's shirt sponsors being drug dealers.

“And according to the Motherwell website, DX Home Improvements serve the local community with high quality products.”

The Arrest of Drug Dealers in Sports

47:42 to 49:58

Insights into the arrest of drug dealers linked to a football sponsorship scheme.

“They both got sentences this week, six years, eight months each, which I thought feels quite light given the amount of cocaine involved.”

Spying in the Championship: Southampton's Tactics

49:58 to 52:10

Discussion on Southampton's questionable tactics during a playoff match.

“Their brickwork looks really good, actually.”

Intern's Spy Mission Gone Wrong

52:10 to 56:00

A tale about an intern who hilariously attempted to spy on a training session.

“Lambo, matching tracksuit, veneers, all red flags.”

Spying on Training Sessions

56:00 to 58:00

Discussion about a recent incident involving spying on a football team's training session and the implications surrounding it.

“But I'm not convinced they've done anything wrong.”

Bielsa's Controversial Press Conference

58:00 to 1:00:30

Exploration of Bielsa's response to being caught spying on a rival team and comparisons with the current incident.

“Yeah, because Frank Lampard called him out.”

Brian Johnson's Extreme Biohacking

1:00:30 to 1:01:50

A humorous take on Brian Johnson's controversial biohacking practices, including measuring personal health metrics.

“But you know, there was a bit where he looked like, what's that film when they're growing humans?”
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1:29Yeah, hello, my name's Jack. Hello, Zach. Hi, Jack. Hi, JP. Buongiorno, fellas. Bom dia fellas Bom dia You're looking tanned Thank you Bit rouge Yeah Been over in Portugal I have got myself a wedding tan Beautiful We've got a big episode today Got some very, very good stories And obviously it's the business end of the Premier League season And we've got the World Cup coming up So we're switching things up a little bit Just a little bit Until the end of the World Cup Extra shot is going to be free to everyone because there's just going to be a lot of news in the World Cup that we want to share with everyone.

2:05And the Tuesday episodes on the wildlife stories of sports' biggest stars, they're going to be Patreon only. So if you're not already a Patreon member, patreon.com forward slash Upshot Towers. But yeah, starting today, coming out to everyone on Extra Shot. Boom. Swapping them around. Yeah, for the World Cup and then we'll see. Have you guys seen it's all kicking off at Marseille? I did see that, yeah. It's chaos as usual there. They're the supervillain club, obviously. We'll come on to the Mason Greenwood element in a second. But yeah, they've been having a pretty rough time. They've been sliding down the table for a while.

2:42And I didn't realize Habib Bey is the manager at Marseille now. Really? The Newcastle? Yeah, the right back. Monday, Tuesday, Habib Bey. But yeah, he's not having a great go of it. They've been struggling on the pitch a bit. And as is customary in any French team, especially their most unhinged club, things are going mental off the pitch as well. So Marseille got spanked 3-0 about a week ago. The local paper responded by giving them all 0 out of 10. Very fresh. Because these ratings actually carry a lot of weight in France. Yeah, they love them. As I hear it, it's like, who the fuck checks what Sunday Times gave you?

3:20What the I newspaper is saying. Absolutely brutal. Yeah. But yeah, it's a big deal in France. And so, you know, it's just a big deal in the club as well. and the top brass have responded by grounding their players at the training ground. So they ordered the whole squad to sleep at the training ground all week. They're grounded. Just like straight after the match. Yeah, go to your room. You're not getting any fucking tea. It's like school trip vibes. Yeah, well, funny you mentioned that. Actually, it got even more school trip vibes because apparently the man nominated to enforce the curfew was Bob Tari, who is, he's the sort of the guru to the sporting director who's called Mehdi Benascia.

4:01And Bob Tari is like a legendary long distance runner in France. He's quite a sort of like unusual guru. It's a bit of the Dave Brailsford thing at Man United. No one really knows what his job is. But he went down to enforce the curfew and apparently he got there and he found Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the ringleader of an impromptu party with 10 other players. In his bedroom. Yeah, I mean when they say party I'm thinking sleepover, midnight feast. I mean if you and 10 lads are locked in the bedroom overnight it's quite exciting isn't it you're thinking let's just have a fucking party although in France there's probably a bit of soggy biscuit going on soggy camembert do you think there are a couple of players who weren't invited to the party in the cool kids Bambiang definitely has the vibe he's the one who's hosting the party who's in the Marseille squad can we get the squad who's knocking on the door and they're like nah not tonight Mason Greenwood probably I'd say Mason Greenwood's in the party yeah he might be a bit of a vibe kill Benjamin Pavard he's in the party Timothy Weir Emerson's definitely in the party I reckon Hoiber's invited CJ Egan Riley Yellevan Neck third choice goalkeeper Yellevan Neck he ain't getting in the party why don't you grab us some snacks then you can come in Anyway, Aubameyang apparently was the ringleader And this enforcer, Bob Tari, comes down being like Come on, year six I'm going to get tired of this pretty soon We're better than this, guys You know, classic school trip stuff At which point, Aubameyang, having been sent to bed Decided to burst into Bob's room with a fire extinguisher Which he just unloaded all over Bob All over Bob's bed and his belongings All his clothes Mate, they will be fucked.

5:53I've had that done before. I've got fucking frostbite. It's dangerous. It's cold. Yeah, it's cold. Yeah, it's really dangerous. You actually won't get it off the clothes. You won't get it out of your clothes. It's fucking really horrible on your skin. Yeah. And yeah, just not a nice, pleasant experience. You're sounding quite deputy headmaster on a school street. Get a fire extinguisher on him. This might seem funny, but it's actually very dangerous. Yeah, because I thought you were going to say, like, he got his, like, laser pen out and he was, like, shining it through the teacher's bedroom window.

6:21BB guns they were setting off bangers in the car park I mean it's absolute school trip stuff I was thinking as well Pierre-Marie Cabamiang I think he's 36 or 37 that's too old to be grounded he's trying to be cool in front of the young lads isn't he yeah it's too old to be spraying your teacher with a fire extinguisher it does sound like fun in a way maybe sleeping at the training ground is quite a laugh yeah should we do it sleepover I'll be up for that play a bit of FIFA we've got FIFA so anyway they dropped Aubameyang for the next match as a punishment fair enough yeah you're very on the rules today aren't you it's just silly isn't it apparently he has apologized and he said he just wanted to liven things up yeah I to be honest I sort of think they were tempting fate by getting everyone to sleep at the training room yeah what do you think is going to fucking happen it's also it's sort of like it's the end of the season they must have a couple of games left it's like end of school yeah school journey isn't it summer holidays are coming up Yeah, it got quite a sort of muck up day.

7:23Own clothes day. Yeah. They're doing a bit of raft building tomorrow. Yeah, like sleeping in bivvy bags outside. Potholing. Days of orienteering. Yeah, Pierre-Marie Fabien. He's actually not the only attacker falling out with the top brass at Marseille because apparently Mason Greenwood is on his way out from the club. Yeah, you're probably wondering what's the final straw, you know? Mason's got a pretty horrifying rap sheet, but actually apparently they're complaining about his lack of effort and basic gratitude. And worst of all, apparently he's been failing to show up for his French lessons.

8:03Does he want me to give him some? I just picture them being like, sorry, Mason, but that's beyond the pale. He did what? I could put up with the heinous domestic abuse allegations, but I've told you five times, it is, je suis allé. so that was that is the final straw yeah yeah everyone deserves a second chance but to be fair they've been pretty patient with Mason Gruden they've been a lot more forgiving than basically anyone has or should be to him yeah but then he failed to master the imperfect tense and I just think you've got to go at that point you're out yeah it's a complete lack of respect for common decency I can see him going to Italy now yeah Juve are favourites are they?

8:45yeah yeah I feel like that yeah I thought Saudi but they're weirdly not that keen I was right up that street yeah yeah his argument by the way I should say should allow Mason Greenwood's side of the story is that English has spoken in the dressing room so what's the point quite ignorant I don't know I reckon you gotta show up apparently he's totally fallen out with the sporting director and apparently they blank each other in the training ground now which originally they would chat sacre bleu maybe because Mason just doesn't understand anything he's saying he didn't pay attention in his oral lessons yeah but do you think like because there's because there's good language teachers and there's shit language teachers do you think Mason Green was one it was like just again and again you're just doing like food types of food oh does he need something more exciting you want a bit more like engaging some interesting topics oh you think they're just just pounding the grammar more my mare maybe they do a bit of like make some food yeah in the class rather than just doing your verb endings.

9:49Rather than, yeah, conjugating verbs. Mason Green was probably the type of guy who just wants a video on. Duolingo. Get him on Duolingo. Yeah. They're trying to get him on the Michael Thomas method or something like that. Yeah, Michelle Thomas. That's class. And then Mason, just do it on your headphones while you're wandering around. But yeah, apparently a matter of time now. He's told them, je voudrais untransfer. Au revoir. Yeah. But yeah, you know United get half of the fee. Really? Yeah, that was the deal they did with Marseille. Oh, really? because they got like 25 mil-ish and then they get half the fee but I don't think the fee is going to be massive yeah I mean he's a great player but his stock's not higher is it he comes with some baggage yeah big time he's a scumbag he's a complete cunt and he's not bilingual now yeah true exactly but to be honest I could have put up with all that had he just knuckled down and just learned his RE endings to be fair like I feel like of all players he's one who should probably put the effort into learning a foreign language because I can't see him going back to these shores every time soon.

10:50Just cut your ties over here. Finish the fucking duolingo, would you? Yeah.

10:56Marseille actually aren't the only one who've been having some parties recently because it's all been kicking off in Serie A where videos, so videos were published online this week which allegedly show escort parties that were organised by the France left-back Theo Hernandez. Players are doing laughing gas which for some reason is a part of the story they love to get obsessed about that uh but theo so he's actually playing for al halal now he was at ac milan for six years when these videos were alleged to have been filmed uh which probably goes down better in milan that doesn't yeah we can have a look at these so-called parties uh some videos here Oh hello

11:45They're in an office It looks like It looks like a fucking WeWork It looks like a shh

11:55That looks That looks horrific It looks like an office I mean this is just in a club though This is just a party They're in a nightclub now Waving sparklers I mean a lot of hot girls In both instances Yeah. Feels very China white, this. Yeah, they're in a sort of god-awful... They're all wearing AC Milan shirts, the women. Yeah, they seem to say Brahim Diaz on the back. Is it his birthday or something? Yeah, this one, right? Nightclub as well. Champions League theme, June. June! Have they got, like... They got all the girls lined up? No. They're, like, watching them. That's quite jokes. And there's...

12:34That's the... That's one of them doing a balloon. That's the night. That's the morning after. Yeah. So the nightclub's pretty standard. The nightclub, it looks like a nightclub. The party, the escort party where they're doing NOS, looks like one of the shittest parties I've ever seen. Do you think that's the crack on after the club? Maybe, but it looks like they've gone back to an unused office unit. There's one office chair in there. Andre sent this video and said it looks like a cool centre with escorts dressed like librarians. And like the lights are like that budget office lighting. Yeah, yeah.

13:05Turn the fucking lights down. Yeah, come on. You don't have the big lights on her. Are those women escorts? Well, I mean... They could be friends. That is what the allegation is, that they've been hired for this party. There's no actual evidence of that. They're just women dancing at a party. Yeah. But apparently, well, what these posts are saying is that Theo Hernandez is the organiser of these parties. He even had a van that he'd used to get guests there. He's driving the van. I don't know if he was driving the van, but... Party bus. Mattress in the back. Yeah. Allegedly, other guests at these parties included Hakan Kanhalogiu, is that how you pronounce it?

13:52Brahim Diaz, Donnarumma, Sandro Tonali, Rafael Liao, and on one occasion, it's that Adepi Hinovich. That's his big fucking net. It's all the big net. It's all the big, the big Milan players. So, yeah there's no actual evidence of these escorts it's just yeah but the the background to this story is basically there was this big police investigation in milan recently into this events company that prosecutors believed was a cover for a prostitution ring essentially and up to 60 footballers were listed as having attended parties organized by this by this company including rafael leao again uh milan scrinia alessandro bastoni and vlavic the juventus striker good players so yeah big big name rafael leao out of these parties um but they yeah so anyway these these they were alleged to have attended these parties then these videos popped up which supposedly from the parties posted by a guy called Fabrizio Corona, who is this Italian media personality.

15:07I have some doubts about Fabrizio Corona, to be honest. So he's a former paparazzi photographer. He served prison time for extortion in the past. He's got a long history of releasing this compromising material about Italian public figures, some of which has been true in the past. But yeah, no legit news agencies have reported these parties apart from us. Is he saying that the players knew the parties were full of escorts? Yeah, I mean, yeah, I think that's... Didn't he say the players were forced to inhale laughing gas, which maybe that's a translation. There's also apparently another bit in the video because he's posted this like mini dock thing.

15:53And apparently there's a bit where he's interviewing this bus driver who claims to have banged Teo Hernandez's mum. Shagged his mum, which is, what's that got to do with any of this? Random bus driver. Yeah, I shagged her. Good enough for me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's Mr. Pants stuff, is it? I mean, there is a video. There is a video. Like, I don't know. I don't think there's any evidence of their escorts. No, really. I mean, it's... They do love that shit in Italy, don't they? Because these big prostitution rings have been busted. It does look like a seedy crack on. It does look like a seedy crack on.

16:26In a very weird office building. I also quite enjoyed that, obviously Italian football is in this real period of soul searching. Yeah, what's happening? It's the culture. Why have we not been qualifying for these World Cups? Is it like the institution of Italian football is rotten to the core? It's the balloons and the brasses, mate. Yeah, it's maybe that. Stop banging hookers and doing knots before matches. And the bus drivers. Don't forget the bus drivers. Banging the milfs. I believe him. Yeah. Yeah. Nice. So we'll keep coming. It's a big scandal in Italy. It's a big scandal, yeah. Yeah. So we'll keep you posted on that if there's any updates.

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17:37Now, when your dad is the imprisoned former Brazil striker Rubinho, you're probably better off looking elsewhere for a father figure, if we're honest. Robinho's 18 year old son, the imaginatively named Robinho Jr. is currently on the books at Santos, came through the youth ranks there, the Brazilian side. So you can imagine Robinho Jr.'s joy when he was joined at the club last year by the great Neymar. Hero to him, former teammate of his dad. He's probably hoping that maybe Ney will take him on a fishing trip or teach him about the birds and the bees. unfortunately that wasn't quite the case so they were doing this this five side game at a training session for santos last week when robinia junior dribbled past neymar absolutely dubstep apparently i reckon there was a nutmeg involved and you know picturing like the rest of the rest of the squad collapsing oh you're gonna take that it's like those like those like rat battle videos in the playground he's fucking done him um unsurprisingly this didn't go down too well with neymar who is pretty used to being on the other side of that equation i think and he reacted by throwing rabilio judio onto the floor delivering a violent slap to the face and just abusing him basically apparently um and everyone was stunned by this uh according to a brazilian paper rubidio julia's team then demanded a meeting with the hierarchy at santos uh to to discuss terminating his contract because in their words of a lack of minimum workplace safety conditions Fuck off.

19:31Oh, I feel unsafe. That is so fucking Gen Z. Fuck off. I don't feel safe here. Can I speak to HR, please? Is there a member of HR in the meeting? Yeah, get a fucking grip. Why have you got a team? Yeah, he's 18. Is that what's his agent and stuff? I guess his agent. That is such a fucking pathetic reaction. I don't know what they're trying to get. If they're trying to get Neymar out. More money, maybe? Yeah. More money. Just worried about it. He just feels unsafe. He just feels unsafe. So Neymar's absolutely lost it at him. Neymar lost the plot, really. I'm kind of up for a bit of that. Yeah. A bit of biting training.

20:03Don't fucking do that to me. Not bullying, but like, yeah, a bit of like, yeah, bite. Yeah. Show him who's boss. Yeah. I don't know. I do like the idea of Neymar just like not taking kindly to that at all. Like, because he's sort of, I don't know, he's been dishing that out to people for years. So when the boot's on the other foot, it's good. How has he said anything on it? He's now issued a public apology to... So it's a big drama. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. it's uh been a big story sorry for slapping that over in brazil yeah

20:35well word of this uh assault got back to robinio senior in his jail cell oh he's in pain in his jail cell um yeah so according to o globo the brazilian newspaper one member of the prison staff told Rubinio what happened just like slipped him and apparently Rubinio was visibly shaken demanded a phone call with his son and then burst into tears which yeah couldn't happen to a nice joke to be fair he probably knows some pretty bad dudes now is he going to send in the heavies is Rubinio yeah I don't know or Neymar I'd watch your back if you're Neymar yeah yeah yeah I think in case anyone has missed it Rubidio is currently serving a nine stretch for a pretty heinous sex crime yeah not great don't feel too sorry for him locked away there I read recently that he's completed a course in basic electronics in the prison which apparently his lawyers tried to get 50 days knocked off his sentence but you do in Brazil for every book you read you get a reduction of the sentence don't you yeah quite a good idea I suppose what's it going to do with the electronics course sell some mp3s or something yeah it's a career isn't it soft soldering yeah make a little robot toy for robinio jr maybe you can make him some safety gear the uh a little alarm well apparently he uh the prisoners denied him that he's not getting oh he doesn't really which i like the idea of him just like for fuck's sake just had to read war of peace rewiring this alarm clock what do you think you would do I always think about this what would you do apart from obviously get the shit kicked out constantly what would you do to sort of pass the pass the time a lot of reading you doing the electronics woodwork laundry I feel like you just got to get fucking stacked haven't you yeah probably a lot just get on your bench press you're doing that watch me bench pressing press ups you won't recognise me JP you'd definitely do kitchen wouldn't you no I reckon I'd be doing food or maybe I'd do like library i could see myself as a librarian yeah library people yeah teaching them english because now what happens when there's like a sort of like white collar criminal who gets put inside they always end up like boris beckett and he teach them all like pd or something i can imagine you sitting there teaching them all latin yeah like what's it called like history boys yeah just be like that a bit handsy like the teacher as well you're doing really well yeah come on get on the back of my bike I think to be honest I think it'd be then groping me yeah you're getting damaged we'd be hot property in jail you're not you're not a bear in jail pal no but what's what's the opposite twink yeah I'll be a twink my twink teacher that's probably look we all have to do things to survive yeah I reckon Rubidio's that as well to be honest well you think he's twinky I think as a footballer you have immediate cachet and you're fine oh what do you mean from that sort of thing yeah you're you're not getting I don't think there is I don't know either that or you're a real target they love to like bring you down you gotta do what you gotta do to survive I think if you're a footballer at that level everyone just wants to be mates with you yeah maybe probably just taking photos of everyone fixing laptops he plays football as well in jail so apparently he's the captain of the abusers team who play against the murderers in the prison yard so this is like a Brazilian version of Mean Machine yeah what is that that's the derby abusers murderers that's like el classico that's a tougher way there yeah super classico it's quite a high profile prison the one that he's at in brazil a lot of a lot of famous people get held there some politicians infamous murderers i was reading about and apparently the inmates at that prison managed to set up this sort of analog tinder with there was another women's prison down the road and they basically got guards who worked across both of them to swap pictures of the inmates and read out letters between them so they'd like yeah they basically like match and uh this resulted in a romantic relationship between two famous brazilian murderers a guy called vinicius nunes who'd killed his brother and jacqueline moreez who'd killed her husband by stabbing him 56 times wow i mean they uh yeah she must have sent him some pics he sent back and they they had a bit of a relationship for a while until Vinicius discovered that Jacqueline was fatter and more wrinkled than in the photos.

25:11I think she'd sent some old photos. Did she AI her photos? That's what you do on a dating app. Yeah. She got done for fraud. Yeah. So she catfished him, sort of. She sort of catfished him. Don't want to know how he responded to that. Well, he actually dumped her and then got engaged to another inmate, one of her fellow jailbirds. Things move fast. And then she stabbed him 56 times. you'd be nervous about a first date with someone who stabbed their ex 56 times. Yeah, yeah. You'd say she's got probably quite a short fuse. Yeah, yeah. You'd be doing a lot of compliments. Jumps to conclusions quickly.

25:45People like that, though. What, the risk? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Rubinho's actually, he's not the only ex-Brazil star to have served time recently. So, Dani Alves, Neymar's former Barcelona teammate, recently got let out after his sexual assault conviction was overturned. and it looks like he's gone full Russell Brand and become an evangelical preacher. So in Madrid a couple of weeks ago, there was this big convention of evangelical Christians. 40 ,000 of them came for this event at the Atletico Madrid Stadium and the headline speaker was none other than Daddy Alves. Wow. He told the crowd, I spent 14 months in prison, but in prison Christ set me free.

26:31Him and the parole board. yeah yeah was his a sex crime as well yeah was he was it but was it overturned no it was overturned yeah so but god still found him god god found him apparently if you ask him yeah um but yeah so he's he's out now i was looking into uh his his stint in the slammer apparently he was he was signing barcelona and brazil shirts that would get smuggled in and swapping that for cigarettes nice yeah nice see that's what i mean if you're if you're famous yeah you got to do what you got to do to survive. If you're famous, then you can just fucking, you've got currency. Yeah, you might as well.

27:04Ronaldinho looked like in the time of his life. Yeah, he was eating fucking steaks and shit, weren't he? Barbecue every Sunday. Barbecue, suckling pig. Yeah, and also his crime was like pretty harmless. What was he? Double passport. Forge passport. Yeah, we've all been there. It's a nice one. I also read somewhere that Messi sent Dani Alves a blanket with a picture of the two of them together.

27:28Something to comfort you. which I yeah I'm not entirely sure about that one I don't know it'd be quite nice I read somewhere else that it was just like some Barcelona branded bedding somewhere it said that it was like that's probably got the players on it yeah what is that like I heard it's cold in jail yeah I knitted this yeah surely that's getting sold for cigarettes sharpish that's serious that's a 20 deck yeah a lot of phone cards and hand sanitizer cocktails for that I see spice Messi had Messi paid his bail the first time Oh really? Really? Yeah and I think he had to pay bail twice he said publicly that Messi did pay the first one and then the second one the person understandably didn't want to be publicly bailed When Quincy Promise like that whole thing blew up Memphis Dubai was like everyone keeps asking me about my friendship with him but I'm also friends with Benjamin Mendy and Danny Elvis and no one asked me about that Don't say that mate Shut the fuck up loads of dodgy mates so it probably was Memphis Dubai yeah that was actually one of the names that was speculated oh there you go yeah he's sort of the cheerleader of prison FC he's not a manager as such but he's there for morale well so Danny Alves is just a Russell Brand figure now it's funny how Christianity has now become I guess because it has the whole forgiveness thing yeah it's a good thing to lean into isn't it yeah I hope Danny's better at finding his Bible passages than Russell.

28:59Actually, talking about Barcelona, they won the title. They smashed the league. I think they've got 92 points, something like that, and maybe 94. So they won the title on Sunday and first ever time that's been done in a Classico. Yeah, that is... Salt in the wound, really. It's weird they've never had a decider, but I guess it's quite rare. Is that two in a row? Titles, yeah. And Rashford scored the opener. Have you seen it? Great free kick. I'm pleased for him. I am as well. It's good to see him. I hope he stays there. Yeah. I hope he stays. I hope he has a good World Cup. He's got to take a pay card to stay.

29:30Apparently, that's the deal. Really? We'll see. I mean, he was on ridiculous money at Monday Night. Yeah. Do the right thing, Marcus. Yeah. Now, if he doesn't stay, it makes it look like he's been a dick. So we'll see. Anyway, celebrations look pretty fun. A bit wilder than Marcus's depressing Belfast Bender a couple of years back. They were actually... It's not hard. Yeah. That was ridiculous. Little boombox, wasn't it? Yeah. It looked a bit like one of Rafael Leal and Teo Hernandez's matches. but yeah in barca the fans were like flooding the streets um there was a good good pick here of casado and balde partying with the fans good they were live on insta just like with a massive crowd thick um yeah they were the fans were quite overexcited i would say apparently before the game they smashed their own team bus with rocks thinking it was the madrid bus we fucking love you but then yeah then they were out in the center it was like you know it's kind of jubilation you don't see that much in a city.

30:24You normally, in Barcelona's city center, you normally only get that when a gaggle of American tourists waddle down Las Ramblas with some poorly secured fanny packs. And actually, have you seen the video of Joan Gaspar? He was club president of Barcelona in the noughties. He's 81 now. There's a video of him jumping in the sea. Actually, he's not the only aging kingpin who'll be celebrating because Nicolas Maduro, you know, the Venezuelan president and he got snatched by the American Secret Special Forces. So he is a massive Barcelona fan. Massive, yeah. And he's obviously in jail at the moment in Brooklyn.

31:01But his son has been chatting to him and apparently he's buzzing about it. His son also revealed that when Barca got knocked out of the Champions League, he told him, damn, that shit. Didn't he do... That's the only quote he provided. As Messi sent him some bedsheets. Wasn't he doing... He was doing press conferences in COVID with a full Barcelona training kit. Yeah. He loves them. But I just love the way he's like, damn, that shit. I really can't catch a break at the moment. So I'm pleased for him to have the title. He's in the same jail that Diddy, Jelaine Maxwell and Luigi Mangione were all in.

31:38Interesting dinner party. And apparently he's been sharing a room with Takeshi69, the rapper. Wonder what the fuck they're talking about. Takeshi69's been like really spilling the beans on podcasts. Really? Yeah, he went on Aiden Ross, you know, that like fucking moron streamer guy. Went on his pod and was just like, yeah, man, he's fucking awesome. He came out of prison holding a signed photo of him. Oh my God, that's so good. You know how when they captured Maduro, Trump said, we use this secret weapon, I can't reveal details of it. It like discombobulated him, it's a new secret weapon. And everyone was like, what is it?

32:11And Takeshi69 said that Maduro told him all about it, but he's not going to say because he's scared he's going to be like. Oh my God. I mean, I would say, go on Takeshi69's Wikipedia. You will never see more crimes committed by a celebrity. So I don't know how much I trust his word. I mean, just look at a picture of the bloke. Surely Nicolas Maduro gets his own cell. He's not like, he's pretty high profile, high security. Trump's chucking him in, man. Diddy was in with Bankman Freed for a bit, wasn't he? Or am I getting confused? Diddy was sharing a cell with like someone else quite famous like that.

32:45What a mad duo. Speaking of Diddy and all this like mental celebrities, did you see the story over the weekend that Diddy and Fergie, Sarah Ferguson, had a friends with benefits relationship? Fuck off! Jack, will you just Google that? Probably see her in the slammer. I saw this. Is it bollocks? It's in a book that's come out. I saw Diddy bang Fergie and then I saw a tweet being like isn't it convenient that Sarah Alex Ferguson has like disappeared from public with health conditions just when it comes out that he banged Pea, didn't he? You probably would have guessed black-eyed peas, Fergie, first.

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33:22Yeah. So there's a new book out, which, yeah, here we go. A royal biographer claims, yeah, this is the Telegraph. Royal biographer claims Diddy had an affair with Sarah Ferguson. Source close to former Duchess of York calls it blatantly untrue. He showed her friends with benefits for several years. Wow. I believe it. Diddy was a horny fucker. Yeah. Yeah. She's got that in the locker as well. I always think of Prince Andrews and Sarah Ferguson's kids who must just every week just be like, for fuck's sake. My not fucking Diddy. Every week there's something with you two.

34:05Anyway, on the other side of the Classico divide, obviously it was a shite week for Real Madrid. They lost the title. They were actually already having a terrible week. So on Thursday, Fede Valverde ended up in hospital after his training ground scrap with Chiumeni, his midfield partner. Yeah, I think a lot of people might have heard about this, but yeah, apparently. So they had a fight in training on Wednesday and then again on Thursday. And some players told Mark at the Spanish newspaper, it was the most serious fight ever seen at Valdebebas, the training ground. And apparently it all started because Valverde refused to shake Chiumeni's hand on the way into training.

34:43and then they had like one of those you know those training sessions where they're putting in hard tackles on each other clashing a lot leaving a bit on them and then at some point Ferdi Valverde suffered a severe contrusion from the corner of a table face injury head injury and was hospitalized so he's tripped him up well Valverde he's saying during the argument I accidentally hit a table causing myself a cut on my forehead I mean how did your forehead slip to the table the official the party line coming out of Real Madrid is that although they were having like an argument of pushing that it was not Choumeni's punch that caused the carton his head but I mean they would fucking say that I don't believe a word they say about it but do you reckon he's got his head and slammed him into the table I actually I like I reckon he shoved him and he fell and like I like the theory that he swung for a massive punch missed and then fell and hit his head on the table and looked like a fucking idiot I mean in the heat at the moment it's pretty funny apparently he had memory loss so definitely don't ask him he doesn't know but yeah I thought There's a report online, and I cannot trace the source for this, but it says, apparently the fight was so intense, Trent Alexander-Arnold was spotted, quote, sitting alone in a quiet corner, crying.

35:52Stop fucking fighting, lads. I can't believe that. This is what I joined from Liverpool for. Yeah. But it's being reported by some news sources, but I'm dubious. But do you remember there was the fight in Marseille about 18 months ago? Yeah, of course. There was that youth player in the dressing room who fainted because the fight was so intense, and then the club sold him. But yeah, pretty mental. I guess Trent is thinking, what am I doing? Yeah. And actually, so the club fined each player 500 grand. Fucking hell. I suppose that is only two weeks wages though, really, isn't it? 10 days wages. It's mental, like you fall out with your co-worker and you have to buy a four bed semi in Sutton Coalfield to say sorry.

36:33That's a lot of fucking money. But yeah, actually not the only dressing ground fight there apparently recently. So Rudiger had one with an unnamed player and apparently he took all his teammates and their families out for lunch to say sorry. And their families. Rudiger is notoriously difficult. Yeah, I saw a clip of him like slapping someone. Yeah. I've seen him like jumping out at people and stuff. He's a weird one. He's like a great Dane who doesn't know his strength. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fucking insane player. You never really know if he's joking or if he's being serious, but either way it's quite scary.

37:07It's the Colin McGregor. Like, I'm just fucking joking. does hurt and then Mbappe apparently in training one of the backroom coaches called his goal offside and he spoke to him in insulting terms apparently it was very very bad and actually he's got his own shit going on it's always proper soap opera Real Madrid so the fans are really angry with him because the week before the Clasico he wasn't playing he's injured but instead of watching the game he was pictured canoodling his girlfriend on a yacht in Sardinia. I kind of fucking think that's fair enough. Same. It also looked great. On a boat?

37:47He's just like on a boat, fucking hot weather, there's like beautiful clear waters with this like stunning woman. It's like, can you blame him for not wanting to go to Alaves? He's injured. On a Tuesday night. But they want 100 % don't they, the Real Madrid fans? There's like there's nothing else. They're only second. Yeah. but yeah they're angry with him and a petition started to get him out of the club which at the time of recording has 73 million signatures it's like 1 % of the world isn't it isn't it yeah I think that is 1 % of the world surely I could sign this if I wanted it's not necessarily Ramadry fans I'm not even sure if Ramadry fans started it but it's obviously been taken over by people who just like run bots on it I don't think it's I don't think they're going to be debating it in Parliament anytime soon if it hit 100 mil you'd have to take it seriously yeah is that when it then it gets debated yeah that's when it's in the Spanish Parliament they have to consider making it law I don't even know what the thing they're asking for is like sell him sell him I think what I looked up he scored 41 in 41 games that'd be a very Real Madrid thing to do I mean it's he's basically he's fucked it like he left PSG and they became really good he joined Real Madrid they became really shit.

39:04He's poison though, isn't he? He's just a bit of a brat. Would PSG have won it with him? Do you think he's a... I don't think he's bad at all. I get really brat vibes from him. Really? I think he's like... I really like him. I think the thing is that he doesn't work that hard for the team. He's a bit of like a Messi who doesn't do the tracking back. The greatest player ever. But I suppose if you are banging him 41 and 41, you don't need to... Exactly. Yeah. He's not like a team player. But it's the same with like when Cristiano Ronaldo was at Man United. He scored... I can't remember how many goals a lot but it was they were shit yeah and he was a bit of a swat so has he been letting the team down I haven't watched a minute of him play this year I think that's sort of the the argument do you reckon he wishes he stayed in Paris I still think Real Madrid's more fun I think he is Galactico vibe so I reckon he doesn't regret it they're sort of in their second Galactico era right because they've just spent all this money on amazing on paper amazing really expensive players and then they're just not winning which is it's probably early days it's a couple of years into that project it is nice seeing seeing them all yeah all imploding a proper meltdown at one of the big two Spanish clubs yeah it's great because it was Barca not that long ago yeah it's good for us yeah you know what you exactly need to add into this hotbed of drama is Jose Mourinho yeah oh yeah oh my god yeah because Jose parachute parachute the special one in he's yeah like I do know what we really need is just some cool heads in this situation.

40:33Just calm things down. Someone who just, you know. Someone who never flies off the wall. Yeah, someone who, you know, it's just a good sort of people person. We'll get Jose in. Because he is linked. Yesterday was being reported that he was in like advanced talks to join, which I think is mental. I thought he's completely gone off the boil. Like, he's been pretty average wherever he's gone for like the last five years. Yeah, but Rael do have this thing of like, you can be doing not that much in your career and then you can come back there. Like, Ancelotti was managing Everton. No offence to them, but it's not Real Madrid.

41:05True. True. Yeah, but he did have a bit... Well, I don't know. I mean, Mourinho. Mourinho has got a... He does have a good track record, but he's not been... His previous clubs were like Tottenham, Roma, Fenevache, Benfica. Benfica's been... I think he's unbeaten at Benfica, isn't he? Yeah, but they didn't win the league. No, but they haven't lost under him, I think, at least in the league. He's doing well, but... I don't know. Yeah. I want to... Surely you want to see it. He'd add to the pantomime a little, wouldn't he? Yeah, and it is a fucking pantomime. Actually, there's one more bit of soap opera as well.

41:34Apparently, Florentino Perez, the club president, said that two players' parents have been complaining to him about a lack of playing time, which, again, quite Gen Z. It's Trent. Well, I was thinking Jude's parents are really involved, but he has been playing. Yeah, I feel like it's Trent. He came back from injury, Trent. Who else? Scott. Vinicius Jr. Yeah. He'll be a youngster. I mean, Mbappe as well. His mum is his manager. but again I think he's had playing time when he's been fit oh yeah and then Perez yesterday did a mental press conference as well like laying into all the journalists because he's under pressure but I think he's staying so it's all happening nice bit of schadenfreude big bit of drama there so we've been all around Europe now but back in the Premier League it's been a dramatic few days as well so obviously Arsenal they didn't choke at West Ham huge VAR call mental and saved them.

42:27Mental. I think it was the right decision. I mean, the annoying thing is that Arsenal have been doing that to goalkeepers all season. Yeah, all season. But still, I think it was a foul. We mentioned a while back that this was the game when West Ham fans were asking fans to send in pictures of themselves in old West Ham gear in order to be able to buy tickets. I think it had to be from... It bought before January of this year to basically prove that they were actual fans because they were really worried about Arsenal fans infiltrating the home end. Some of them did slip through the net though, although I think they might have regretted it.

43:07So we've got this clip of a bloke being thrown down the stairs at the London stadium. It's really brutal.

43:17Shit. Mate, you can really fucking hurt someone. that's quite like EastEnders someone getting pushed down the stairs fucking go boys is that after Arsenal scored I could be so surely if you're in the West Ham still going no surely if you're in the West Ham end just don't celebrate when they score yeah but I I mean because they're not wearing colours where are they I've done London Stadium as a Newcastle fan in the home bit in that stand and it's like you can openly wear away colours I mean Arsenal will be a bit different but we were wearing Newcastle shirts cheering goals yeah also no one gave a fuck I'm surprised you a Geordie accent didn't give you a fuck did you have a Newcastle shirt on?

44:01I was doing half and half of West Ham no I'm forever blowing bubbles yeah but I got no ag but I guess the stakes are a lot higher that was a huge game you don't look particularly hard no offence so yeah well deceptive aren't I? I'm a dark horse JP as we would find out in prison I'll make you my boy so what happened to the bloke is he alright I don't know we wish him the best he was probably being quite annoying yeah I saw some other guys I saw a video getting kicked out because they were just filming I think Arsenal had like a corner or something they were filming it and people assumed they were Arsenal fans because of that I don't know anyway Arsenal did manage to pull through although it looks like hearts could be on because they they drew against motherwell uh so the gap now with celtic is down to one point i think there's midweek games and then celtic hearts play each other out of celtic park on sunday or sunday which is basically is the is the title decider really please don't fuck it oh it would be so gutting it'd be such a thing i mean assuming celtic don't drop points midweek then hearts need to win or they need to draw at celtic park yeah to go to win yeah if they if they both win midweek then it all comes down to that game fuck so yeah yeah fingers crossed for hearts motherwell good they're all right i think i think in those big games you know you need that extra one percent don't you and you could argue motherwell drawing at the weekend they're probably running on something other than energy gels so it's come out this week that one of Motherwell's shirt sponsors are actually a pair of drug dealers masquerading as a home improvement firm I'll let that sit with you for a bit so the sponsor was called DX Home Improvements and it was a company run by David Stephen and Sean Brown yeah that's good news we're just having a quick look at them here matching trackies yeah they famously knocked around in the same tracksuits.

46:12They had the same Lamborghinis. Same shoes on. Same shoes on. Similar number plates. And according to the Motherwell website, DX Home Improvements serve the local community with high quality products. And it turns out that Velux windows weren't the only thing these two were flogging. So between August 2025 and December 2025, They purchased 125 kilos of cocaine with a street value of 11.25 million, according to the BBC. I thought it was a lot, so I did ask some sources in the industry, and they said it's unlikely all this coke will be top shelf, so it's actually closer to 7 to 8 million street value.

46:57Yeah, but they're probably cutting it, so they get more than 125 keys. True. True. Well, I mean, they probably are cutting it, but I reckon... I reckon I could double that quantity. Do you reckon it, especially being such a bad man? Warfarin, isn't that the one? It's like the blood thinner. I don't know why that seems to be popular. I always thought it was hay fever. Oh, and what's the dental anesthetic? Novocaine. Oh, yeah. Because you get the numbness. Oh, right. Is that what they do? Yeah. I have my fingers burned down. It's basically the 20s version of being sold oregano. I can't feel my lips.

47:32It's fucking amazing.

47:36anyway they got they got nicked at a petrol station a little while ago and it's probably the most drug dealer arrest of all time so both of them were in the lambo they found six phones 750 nickering cash cash counting machines and an anti like note forgery machine as well to make I'm sure that all the notes that they're processing are real. They both got sentences this week, six years, eight months each, which I thought feels quite light given the amount of cocaine involved. Yeah. There's a lot there. Millions of pounds, yeah. What's your man, the pirate guy? What's he got? He's got, well, he got nine-year sentences.

48:17It's going to be added. They're going to add another 10 years if he doesn't cough up three million or something. You're always a bloke who's pirating Premier League getting a bigger sentence. Exactly. It's fucking mental. I actually can't believe it so apparently they were busted on this thing called EncroChat and the police famously infiltrated the chat because they bought these phones and sold them into the drug dealers but obviously the drug dealers didn't know that police were watching Mossad shit, that's proper Mossad moves so they were tracking all these conversations and literally drug dealers all over the country being nicked, it's absolutely shocking I swear it's a Europe wide thing even the Quincy Promise thing It might be a different chat service, but like 10 years ago, the police infiltrated one that across Europe is used.

49:01Yeah, yeah. And they busted like tons. And I think the Quincy Promise thing, that's how he got done. I think this is the same network, but they were basically waiting for these drug dealers to slip up. And one of these guys basically did a selfie in the mirror. And that's what clicked him. On the drug dealer chat. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why are you posting pictures of yourself? Just been for a pump and just like posted a selfie naked and then got done. What, just bragging with like his... Yeah, because they've all got like code names and stuff. So it's really hard to like pinpoint them, but the selfie down...

49:30That is a massive fuck up. Yeah. But did they just notice in the background the like freshly painted bifold doors? That's an unusual material they're using there. But these two lads obviously had a strategy. So they would basically try and get into legitimate businesses and then get DX Home Improvements all over it to give them the impression that they're... Did DX Home Improvements exist? It was real. They were doing home improvements. They were doing home improvements. Their brickwork looks really good, actually. Quality product, yeah. They also sponsored a family. You're getting some worked out at the moment.

50:05Jack's like, fuck. Cash in hand, I presume. What if there's any people listening to this right now? Just like, that guy who's upstairs doing my bathroom. I did think the grouting was a bit messy. Do you reckon that 2x4 is going to hold? I wonder why you want to be paid in cash. I'd say Lamborghini and a money counter is about the most incriminating money counter alone. Yeah, it's fucked. Unless you're a charity, I think that's quite incriminating these days. My particular favourite was they sponsored a family race night down at Hamilton Park Racecourse. And apparently these two would be there every time, giving out awards, meeting the families.

50:46If you scroll down, I don't know who they're with here. I love it. They really spread this wholesome vibes. and they'd also do cash prizes for everyone. So one of them was a new conservatory, 250 quid cash and then half a kilo for the family to enjoy. They must have so much cash they need to get rid of. Every prize is 250 cash. Just opens his wallet like... Get paid to attend.

51:17Oh, it was good. So Motherwell just sponsored us a gear dealer. If I give you six grand instead, can you just send me back 5 ,750? If you just transfer it. It comes as no surprise that Motherwell have now cut ties with DX Home Improvements. So is it off the shirt? Yeah, they were the arm sponsors and they were all over the stadium. First time a gear dealer sponsored a top flight football club? Potentially, potentially. I mean... Were they basically doing the hiding in plain sight thing? Yeah, yeah, they're trying to... Because I think the Lamborghini is a terrible shout if you're trying to not look like a drug dealer.

51:51But they were also flogging business courses. They also had a crypto thing. Two other red flags. They lived in Dubai. Oh, did they? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So they weren't even living in my life. They came back from Dubai when they got nicked at the petrol station. Oh, so they were just popping back. Oh, so they were your classic. Yeah. How many of those guys selling courses and crypto are just gear dealers then? It's just so fucking obvious, isn't it? I think, yeah. Lambo, matching tracksuit, veneers, all red flags. Yeah, dodgy job on my roof. They put their faces about, don't they? Yeah, yeah. Well, that's what they were trying to do.

52:23They were trying to hide in plain sight. Speaking of the Scottish Prem, we also had this message from Martin Beer this week. Great name. So, nice article on footballers' tattoos the other day. It prompted me to write in. So, I have a mate who is a sculptor, and he was commissioned by Rangers to make a sculpture of water smith outside their ground. Some mad fan was so eager to have the yet-to-be-unveiled statue emblazoned on his person that he got his inker to place a picture of water in all his glory complete with crash barriers so we've got a picture of it oh yeah so it's it's a tattoo on his calf his whole leg calf of the waltersmith um statue but yeah it's still got the like barriers for when when people go to the unveiling in the back oh so is that like is that a red sky in the background Or is that just sore?

53:15I think it's that's soreness, isn't it? I don't know He's been to Portugal with you, I think I kind of like it I love the Adidas song as well When's someone going to get an upshot to that, Ashley? If you pay for me, I'll get a Bongiorno fella Yeah, I'm hoping he's a fan Yeah, do a whip round Anyone listening who's that way inclined Do a whip round What would we get, yeah Juan Bernabe one Just the eagle Yeah With a cock Frequency promise Yeah, Frequency promise, yeah Maybe a Zach at the jazz festival sort of one that'd be quite nice that one's quite niche why not yeah yeah you get me daggering in the Caribbean I feel like you can't just have one shit tat you've got to have a few shit tats what just a I think anyone who's willing to get Bongiorno fellas is well down the shit tats rabbit hole don't you worry about that mate that's the reason why I'm up for it meanwhile have you caught much of the action in the championship been mad playoffs I did I watched the end of the Millwall one which I was once again and we're denied Millwall in the top five one day.

54:17And obviously Southampton have gone through to the final in very controversial circumstances. So they knocked Middlesbrough out in the semifinal. To be fair, Southampton, they've had a hell of a season after a very rocky start. Because obviously it started with Will Still, wasn't going very well. But then Tonda Eckert took the reins and they've been on a mad run. 19 league games unbeaten. They got to the semis of the FA Cup. And yeah, they were 21st when Eckert took over. Fair play to him. and now they're in the playoff final. You're probably wondering what his secret is. Well, it turns out there might be some nefarious methods at play because on Thursday morning ahead of the playoff semifinal first leg, a spy was alleged to be working for Southampton and secretly recording Middlesbrough's training session.

55:04So I heard initially that there was a bloke in the bushes with a long lens, proper stealth stuff. But actually, it turns out it wasn't even that hard because so Middlesbrough, they train at this luxury hotel and golf resort, which is owned by Steve Gibson, you know, their owner. And it's open to the public. And apparently just spying then. Yeah, exactly. So apparently their training ground sits below a hill with a perfect vantage point. And a bloke was there live streaming it on his phone, the training session, which I think is fair game. I mean, if it's public. Yeah. So apparently he was, Middlesbrough spotted him, confronted him and he ran to the toilets of the golf club and changed his clothes and left.

55:41Like you're trying to get in a nightclub. How did they, if it's public, was he in his Southampton tracksuit? Yeah. Yeah, obviously the Borough fans are livid and they were all bringing binoculars to the game. I saw some really good outfits. Like one guy came with like a bush on his head. The camo, like dad's army style. But I'm not convinced they've done anything wrong. If you train in a public park, essentially. Yeah, fair game, mate. Yeah, the Middlesbrough manager, Kim Helberg, said after the first leg, it's a massive advantage without it it would have been impossible for them to know our shape in the first half we'd never used that shape before today probably should have changed it once you spot the spot once the bloke's in the bushes mate they have been charged I think with misconduct really?

56:23yeah so it's I don't know for filming a training session in the public place anyway the spy in question turns out to be an intern in his early 20s who should we send lads? it's quite a tough work experience gig tough gig yeah he thought he was going to be like all the way from Southampton to Middlesbrough where to go and sit in a fucking golf course. 10 hour round trip. Yeah. He probably thought he was going to be like putting out cones for the under 18s or like cups of tea. Maybe you're going to get to like go for a coffee with the goalkeeping coach at some point and pick his brains. Do you know what I mean?

56:55Why are they trying to say that he'd like, he'd gone rogue basically. What, the intern? The intern. He really wanted to impress them so he'd like gone up there which he probably, I mean he did. I mean that is initiative. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't buy that. That's just throw him under the mask, isn't it? But I actually like the idea that it's just like his first day on work experience. They're like, yeah, can you drive 10 hours? Can you ring Middlesbrough, find out what formation they're playing? Do you know how to use a long lens? Can you call Millwall and tell them they're little bitches?

57:23It definitely feels like a tart and pain star. Fool's errand. Poor guy. Anyway, Tonda Ecker has been dodging questions about it. As you would. All the press conferences, which I guess is probably what I do, plead the fifth, which is a far cry from when Bielsa got done for the same thing. Do you remember when he was leads manager and they got caught spying on Derby in 2019? And instead of sort of refusing to answer any questions, he gave this mental 70 minute press conference where he did a PowerPoint on all his methods. Really just came full out. And he began by saying, I am ashamed to have to tell you all this.

57:57But then he basically said, like, I just thought this was legit. Yeah, because Frank Lampard called him out. I remember that. Yeah. And then a bit of back and forth. Pooed in his dressing room, didn't he? So the story goes. But yeah, I quite like the Bielsa just owned it. Yeah, fucking right. In a way, that's what makes it fine. I don't know. I mean, I kind of think if it's like public land that you want. It's a bit of a grey area, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, I think if it's public land, it's legit. Yeah. But like a lot of clubs have high hedges and stuff around their training ground for that reason, I assume.

58:28You drone it? Surely for a formation, that's actually the most useful. Yeah. Yeah. I guess it's not really in the spirit, but it's fun. Sounds like Southampton are going up, though. A bit boring. don't find Southampton that exciting Middlesbrough would have been my second choice after Millwall that would have been fun Matt Letitia would be happy though finally I heard you guys talking on the pod last week without me, very enjoyable that's what happens when you're not here, we still have to talk mate George was slagging off my news editing methods, but we'll let that off but I enjoyed it, listening from the beach and you were talking about Andros Townsend and his biohacking have you seen the latest on Brian Johnson You guys described someone as being the kind of guy who'd measure his son's nighttime erections, which obviously Brian Johnson, you know he's the guy who's trying to live forever.

59:15He's admitted to doing that with his son. So he's trying to get his son to live forever as well. Yeah, all of them are not going to die. But it's not just his son he's taking an interest in. So last week he tweeted, just finished giving my girlfriend oral sex. And then I think I was met with silence. And then he followed up by posting her results from a vaginal health school. he said this is her vaginal microbiome report 100 out of 100 score top 1 % of all vaginas her sample is dominated by the single most protective bacterial species a vagina can host lactobacillus crispartus you'll never sing that holy fuck does she does she mind that i think you're gonna go out of brian johnson yeah you know that shit's gonna happen i actually reckon he also to sit that test before their first day oh yeah yeah definitely before before i've got a couple of uh things i need to yeah here's a swab clear no no no no not for your mouth

1:00:16fucking hell is he doing the test just before he goes down yes sorry before i begin it's like brian it does sort of ruin the moment a little bit but like all right he strikes me as a man who uses one of those latex dams do you know the thing yeah you ever seen those do you ever like at uni we got you like get given free condoms but they also had latex dams which basically is a sheet that you hold it's for when you're going down on a girl it's if you're like worried about transmission i guess of infections and you sort of lick through it it's the least sexy thing ever it's like having a fucking tesco bag yeah if you think if you think a femidom is unsexy this is 10 times worse I reckon he probably because he's quite Alan Partridge in parts he is yeah I'm not gonna lie and he's looking quite young he's looking a bit less 12 he's looking less like creepy mannequin now and a bit more human but I mean because he's a Mormon isn't he and like from the fat tech bro Mormon vibe to now is pretty fucking mental.

1:01:23Yeah. Yeah. But you know, there was a bit where he looked like, what's that film when they're growing humans? I forget. One of those sci-fi films. He looked a bit more like that. And now I think he's starting to like have a bit more life in him. He looked like a sex doll for a bit. Yeah. I mean, he still looks a bit sex doll vibes, but, and she's hot. She's hot. Yeah. So she worked with him. Those microbiome. Yeah. And she's got one of the best, top 1 % of vaginas. Really? For microbiome. But apparently she, she worked with him and then they started dating. Really? You saw her results. Scans are coming in.

1:01:54Ding, ding, ding. Why don't I just transfuse a bit of your blood? Well, I think that's all we've got time for. Enjoyed that. Many more of these extra shots to come because it'll be free every week. But if you want the old gold specials on footballers and other sports people's crazy lives, that's going to be on Patreon for the foreseeable. So patreon.com forward slash upshot towers for that. We will see you next week. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot guys.

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