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 USWNT beat Argentina 3-0 in their last game of the international break; in the first game of the post-Ten Hag era, Manchester United secure an impressive win; Spurs knock Manchester City out of the cup and Liverpool also progress; McKennie is assisted by Weah in Juventus’s 2-2 draw with Parma; Sporting are expected to announce that Ruben Amorim will leave the club for Manchester United; Jurgen Klopp defends his new position at Red Bull; and the fallout from the Ballon d’Or continues. 

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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

Host: Sammy James 

Producer: Mikey Watson 

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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