Our latest guest is James Montague.
James covers football, politics and society for the New York Times, CNN and the BBC World Service. His books include Thirty One Nil: On The Road With Football's Outsiders, a World Cup Odyssey and The Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football's Super-Rich Owners.
James has covered football in the Gulf and Middle East extensively - we discuss the Qatar World Cup, how migrant labour rights have not sufficiently improved and whether the whole enterprise is an effective sportswashing project.
We also discuss the ramifications of Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea, and the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United.
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