About this episode

The episode discusses Real Madrid's potential market moves for the upcoming season and features an interview with U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson about the USMNT's summer.

The FC crew look ahead to the 2026-27 season, now that Florentino Perez is here to stay, what can Real Madrid do in the market to strengthen the squad? Plus, U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson joins the show to look ahead to the massive summer for USMNT. And, more international friendly action with France & the Netherlands in action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: FC crew

Guest: JT Batson

Topics covered

• Real Madrid
• soccer market
• USMNT
• international friendlies
• Florentino Perez
• JT Batson

Keywords

• Real Madrid
• Florentino Perez
• USMNT
• JT Batson
• international friendlies
• soccer market
• 2026-27 season

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Real Madrid, U.S. Soccer

Places: France, Netherlands

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