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: West Ham ease the pressure on their manager, Julen Lopetegui, with a 2-0 win away at Newcastle; Mo Salah says he’s “more out than in” when it comes to his Liverpool contract renewal; USWNT keeper Alyssa Naeher is retiring from international football; there’s a new league coming to the UK and the US; we preview the Champions League fixtures taking place on Tuesday; and Emma Hayes holds a press conference from an iconic Camden pub.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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

Host: Betty Glover

Producer: George Cooper and Sammy James

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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