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: We preview the return of the Premier League, as Manchester City face Tottenham and the Ruben Amorim era begins at Manchester United; the NWSL Championship final takes place on Saturday in Kansas, Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit; Pep Guardiola has signed a contract extension which will see him stay at Manchester City until 2027; Chelsea’s Reece James has suffered yet another injury setback; and Ed Sheeran makes his mark in the transfer window.

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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