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: Manchester United come from behind to beat Plzen in the Europa League; Rangers v Spurs ends in a draw; the fallout continues as Saudi Arabia is announced as men’s World Cup host in 2034; we update you on Kylian Mbappe’s injury; we preview the Premier League fixtures this weekend, including the Manchester derby; and we tell you about the 6958 mile round-trip for an away day. 

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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