08/21/24: Gündoğan’s return to the champions

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: İlkay Gündoğan looks set to return to Manchester City as Barcelona seem happy to let him go on a free; Liverpool are in talks for Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili; Chelsea continue to be busy in the transfer market, with moves in both directions; Ivan Toney looks set to make the move to the Saudi pro league; Fulham are on the brink of signing Joachim Andersen; Phil Foden wins PFA Men’s Player of the year and Khadija Shaw wins the women’s award; Tim Weah faces a spell on the sidelines after a hamstring injury; Raheem Stirling seems not to be part of Enzo Maresca’s plans at Chelsea; and Manchester City’s dairy partnership inspires us to unpack the oddest footballing sponsorships over the years.

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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