08/27/24: Race for last-minute transfers

This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today’s episode: Liverpool expresses interest in Italian midfielder Federico Chiesa; Manchester United look to have tied up PSG defensive midfielder Manuel Ugarte for 66 million dollars; Crystal Palace are close to signing Eddie Nketiah from Arsenal; midfielder Matt O'Riley joins Brighton; Raheem Stirling is frozen out of the Chelsea team, but getting him off the books at the Blues may be difficult; Juventus win their second game of the season and maintain their 100% record; we preview the Carabao Cup fixtures and Champions League playoff games this mid-week; and we pay tribute to Sven-Göran Eriksson, who passed away this weekend.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by…

Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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