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: Liverpool beat Girona 0-1 in the Champions League to maintain their 100% record in the competition; Real Madrid, Aston Villa, and Bayer Leverkusen also record wins; FIFA are set to officially announce the hosts of the 2030 and 2034 World Cups on Wednesday; Gary O’Neil has the confidence of the Wolves hierarchy; Manchester United may be open to bids for Marcus Rashford in January; we preview Wednesday’s games in the Champions League; and finally, we take a look at Pep’s possible future career…

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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