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 fallout from the David Coote saga continues, and chief referee Howard Webb breaks his silence; Manchester City, Arsenal, and Barcelona all secure wins in the Women’s Champions League; Brighton are set to sack the majority of their full-time recruitment scouts; we discuss whether Messi mania is fizzling out; Claudio Ranieri could be back in management; and a YouTube gamer takes to the field in Argentina.

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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