Matt Atteberry is a George Mason alumnus who eats, breathes, and sleeps football. Samer Abboud is Associate Professor in Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University who fell in love with the game of football after Alexi Lalas’ 1994 World Cup performance. Should you have any comments or contributions, please send an email to more from Status/الوضع, visit and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! Hostsīassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East Studies Program and Associate Professor at the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs ( SPGIA) at George Mason University. You won’t want to miss it.įuture episodes will address a variety of topics, including Women’s Football Matters, MLS Woes, the State of Arab National Teams, and more. Keep an ear out for which current player reminds one of the hosts of a deceased champion racehorse. Real’s Catalan rivals Barcelona and the potential of a Neymar return rounds out the discussion. The many downsides of the high levels of Gulf spending in European football are also explored, before discussion shifts to the ongoing tensions at Real Madrid and what they mean for the coming season. We consider how Gulf capital sustains this spending and the role that it has played in building instant winners in European football, such as Manchester City. In today’s episode, Bassam Haddad, Matt Atteberry, and Samer Abboud discuss the evolution of the transfer system and how legal changes in the 1990s turned transfers into the multi-billion Euro spending bonanza we see today. Welcome to the first episode of Real Football. Real Football Podcast: Episode 1, Transfer Window Talk
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