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The World Cup draw went ahead without Ireland and FIFA President Gianni Infantino left nobody in any doubt that he finds Vladimir Putin very, very funny.

Meanwhile, a busy Premier League weekend featured managers learning on the job, Big Sam and Marco Silva already going toe to toe, and an extraordinary admission from former giant of the refereeing scene, Mark Clattenburg.

We are joined by Jonathan Wilson and John Brewin to assess the games involving the Manchester clubs ahead of next weekend’s derby. Is Mesut Özil, who ran the show at the Emirates, potentially the final piece of Jose’s jigsaw?

Plus there’s Emre Can the Greman man, Klopp’s updated outdated ideas, the battle of Stamford Bridge and Christmas present “inspo”.

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