Episode 1055: Coutinho’s Mysterious Move, Anatomy Of A Managerial Feud, The Real Reason For VAR, Barca Underwhelmed
Philippe Coutinho has joined Barcelona, as expected, but why did the Spanish club make it happen now instead of waiting until the summer?
Ken Early: Lure of La Liga will exist for as long as pay gap does https://t.co/F5iAD8ovs2
— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) January 8, 2018
Meanwhile today is a historic day for English football, which is introducing Video Assistant Refereeing for the first time in tonight’s FA Cup match, but the way they are doing it looks all wrong to Ken.
This is a first… https://t.co/hnw2Y4nYZ3
— The42.ie Football (@football_ie) January 8, 2018
Gabriele Marcotti joins us to talk about why Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte seem to loathe each other so much.
With all the poison, acrimony + conspiracy theories in the PL this year it’s kinda feeling like Serie A (or La Liga) a few years back. My @ESPNFC column https://t.co/MR3qk4RnUR
— Gabriele Marcotti (@Marcotti) January 7, 2018
And Dermot Corrigan tells us how excited, or otherwise, Barcelona are to have signed Philippe Coutinho.
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