A German has taken over England! This is a step too far for The Daily Mail…and some of our favourite English football pundits.

We chat to Gavin Cooney of the42 and Rory Smith of the New York Times about Tuchel’s appointment, being on the right side of the wrong side of a culture war, and Alex Ferguson getting whacked by Ineos.


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The Nigerian Football team were stranded in a Libyan Airport and live tweeted us all with updates! Time for a chat with friend of the show Oluwashina Okeleji.

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Plus the Irish Under 21’s piled more pain on the Irish football bonfire and British Anthony Barry gets the big ‘un from the English FA.

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