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: Two under-pressure managers met in West Ham v Wolves, and Julen Lopetegui’s Hammers came out on top; Christian Pulisic is set to be sidelined until early January after an injury; David Coote is sacked by the PGMOL; Mo Salah has been made a contract offer by Liverpool; the gold medal-winning USWNT is snubbed by FIFPRO; we preview Tuesday’s clashes in the Champions League; and Marc Cucurella trashes his boots.

FIFPRO World XIs…

Full women’s team: Earps; Bronze, Carmona, Greenwood; Bonmati, Alexia, Walsh; James, Caicedo, Marta; Banda.

Full men’s team: Ederson; Carvajal, VVD, Rudiger; Bellingham, KDB, Kroos, Rodri; Haaland, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.

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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