Sterling’s NONSENSE statement, Toney vs Solanke & a new era in Liverpool | Three Up Front

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4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Was Raheem Sterling out of order? Have Tottenham signed the wrong striker? And how impressive were Arne Slot's Liverpool? Simon, Graeme and Troy give their opinions on the big talking points from the opening weekend of the Premier League.

They discuss the soap opera around Chelsea and whose at fault, what it means for Sterling's career and the new manager Enzo Maresca, as well as debating Chelsea's extremely unconventional business model...

From one soap opera to another: Ivan Toney’s future. He was left out of Brentford’s win over Palace amid speculation of a move to Saudi Arabia. The trio debate his next move and whether Tottenham should’ve signed him over Dominic Solanke.

As Liverpool enter a new era under Arne Slot, Graeme shares his perspective on his former club, while Simon raises some concerns about Slot and Liverpool’s recent transfer activity.

All this and more in the first episode of the new Premier League season.

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0:00.0	I'm Simon Jordan. You'll probably be familiar with me interviewing people with strong views.
0:03.9	But it's about time. Someone had a word with him about his vacuous opinions. That's why myself,
0:09.3	Troy Deedy, and the legend that is Graham Sue Ness, are joined forces with Mr Simon Jordan
0:14.3	to create three up front brought to you by William Hill. This is a new show that tells it like it
0:19.3	really is. And it reaches in to all
0:21.7	corners of the game we truly love. Everything that matters to you is analysed through the eyes of a player.
0:27.1	A manager and an owner. As we tackle the biggest talking points in world football on three upfront.
0:32.3	So subscribe to the Upfront channel for new weekly episodes. And don't forget to go back for some of my
0:37.1	upfront episodes. Not bad if I do go back for some of my up front episodes.
0:38.4	Not bad if I do say some myself.
0:41.3	Ahead of this week's opening games, we had a couple of PR statements.
0:44.1	One from Brentford and one from Chelsea's Rahim Sterling.
0:47.0	Let's begin with Sterling.
0:48.6	Left out the squad for the Man City game,
0:50.0	so he or his team decided to release a statement before kickoff.
0:55.2	I don't know about you, boys, but I wasn't overly impressed with it.
0:59.6	I didn't think it was particularly necessary.
1:01.9	I mean, we are in an age where player power and player influences at its most significant.
1:07.0	But when I saw the Sterling statement, my overriding reaction was not necessary.
1:12.3	You will clearly have an opportunity to speak to your peers, the people that you work for, because you don't
1:16.7	need to demand an audience. You're going to get one inevitably because if they want to get
1:19.5	rid of you, they're going to have that conversation anyway. And it looked to me from the outside
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