Shaun Wright Phillips on money, agents, US soccer and racism: This is Moneyball

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England football legend Shaun Wright Phillips on money in the game, agents, US soccer and how to tackle racism – This is Moneyball podcast

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It is 2019 – and yet we still haven’t managed to kick racism out of football. We had the England vs Montenegro incident last month, distasteful incidents in Italy – and this weekend, closer to home, in the Championship.

England international Danny Rose says he can’t wait to ‘get out’ of the game altogether – what can be done?

Assistant editor Lee Boyce and broadcaster Georgie Frost are joined in the studio this week by former Chelsea, Manchester City and England winger Shaun Wright Phillips for his views.

Are players given enough support by clubs, do clubs and fans need to do more to finally stamp it out and can the Premier League really tackle the matter in house by throwing cash at the problem?

Shaun also gives his views on football agents after it was revealed £211million was spent on agent fees between February 2017 and January 2018, while expert Darren Bailey explains their role.

He also lifts the lid on what life was like at two clubs who saw investment pour in when he played for them – Chelsea and Manchester City.

And he is currently plying his trade in the US, where his brother Bradley continues to break records for New York Red Bulls – can MLS soccer grow, how does it work and will their soon be promotion and relegation?

Shaun also reveals whether he’d like to get into football management, why players are told to watch what they say and how he lived in Bradley’s basement in the Big Apple… for five months.

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