01/31/24: Arsenal go second, Van Dijk clears rumours, pop star club takeover

This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers Media Network, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today's episode: Arsenal win at Nottingham Forest to push themselves up to second in the Premier League table; Newcastle smash Aston Villa’s unbeaten home record; Luton Town climb out of the relegation zone thanks to a hat-trick from Elijah Adebayo; South Africa knock out the favourites Morocco at AFCON; there's late drama in the Women's Champions League; PSG are interested in Marcus Rashford; Virgil van Dijk clears up his comments; and Robbie Williams fronts a bid for his beloved Port Vale - to make a documentary like Welcome to Wrexham!

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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

Host: Betty Glover 

Producer: Sammy James 

Researcher: Jack Collins

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