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: Bournemouth v West Ham sparks into life and the game ends 1-1; Flo Balogun faces four months out with a shoulder injury; Ademola Lookman is announced as African Player of the Year; RB Salzburg sack Pep Lijnders; Bayer Leverkusen are on the verge of extending Florian Wirtz’s contract; we preview Tuesday’s football; and Adriano’s testimonial match features a touching moment created by AI. 

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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