08/13/24: Manchester City’s date with destiny

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: The hearing against Manchester City’s alleged 115 financial discrepancies is set to start next month with the final decision known early next year; Real Sociedad’s defensive midfielder Martin Zubimendi turns down a move to Liverpool; Julian Alvarez leaves Manchester City for Atletico Madrid; we round up the rest of the latest transfer news including Manchester United being poised to sign Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de Ligt; NBA star Kevin Durant becomes a minority shareholder of French giants Paris Saint-Germain; and iconic TV chef Delia Smith and her husband cut their stake in Norwich City.

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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