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 hosts for the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cups are officially announced as Morocco/Spain/Portugal and Saudi Arabia respectively; Juventus beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Champions League; Barcelona overcome Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a topsy turvy game; Arsenal also win in the Champions League; we preview the Europa League games on Thursday, including Rangers v Spurs; and Sir Jim Ratcliffe cancels Christmas.

World Corrupt, Ep 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5QEe7JiL2I 

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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