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The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks at a controversial Ballon d'Or Award in 2021 and some of the biggest 'Ballon d'Or robberies since 2000'. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's chief football writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalist and broadcaster Mo Stewart to run the rule over Lionel Messi's seventh Ballon d'Or, ahead of Robert Lewandowski, amid a social...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks at Xavi's plans for Barcelona in 2022 as the La Masia production line whirrs back into action Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's chief football writer Muhammad Butt and Barcelona-based La Liga writer and broadcaster Rik Sharma , to discuss the role of La Masia in Xavi's new-look Barcelona side and how he intends to remodel the Catalan...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks at West Ham's chances of securing a top-four finish in the Premier League in 2022. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's chief football writer Muhammad Butt and West Ham correspondent for Football London Tom Clark , to assess the Hammers chances of crashing the Champions League party this season. David Moyes has looked to build on the Ha...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks at how Gareth Southgate's England midfield could line up at Qatar 2022 and beyond. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Football Writer Muhammad Butt and Football London journalist Kaya Kaynak to take a deep dive into Southgate's midfield options moving into the World Cup next year and future tournaments. Southgate opted for the s...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks at how to rebuild Newcastle United in 2022. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Football Writer Muhammad Butt and Newcastle United fan and BBC Sport journalist Harry De Cosemo to asses the current picture at St. James' Park following their Saudi Arabia-backed buyout. The team analyse what the Magpies transfer policy will be in th...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks at who could be the next manager of Manchester United. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Rob Blanchette from the Manchester United podcast The Masterclass and James Young from The Stretford Paddock to assess the situation surrounding Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Old Trafford and the candidates to replace him if the Norwegian is sacked. The team ana...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks to preview the biggest day of football so far in 2021/22. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Muhammad Butt and La Liga journalist and podcaster Euan McTear to look ahead to an insane weekend of derby and high stakes clashes right the way across Europe this weekend. The team focus on the eagerly anticipated visit of Liverpool to Manche...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks to build a Premier League XI based on the best player in every position after GW7 of the 2021/22 season. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Muhammad Butt and freelance football broadcaster Tom Gayle to look at the most in-form Premier League stars and fill each position based on the top performers in the opening two months of the 2021...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks to build a FIFPro World XI from 2020/21 with the awards set for later this year. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Muhammad Butt and freelance football broadcaster and Mo Stewart to run the rule over the best performing players from across Europe's major leagues to build an all star XI from the last 12 months. The team delve into dom...

The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast previews this weekend's high stakes Premier League clash between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Muhammad Butt and freelance football broadcaster and Liverpool fan Mo Stewart to look at what is expected as the Premier League's most potent attacking force comes head to head with its stubbornest de...

How do you score a goal against the best defence in Europe? The latest episode of the Squawka Talker podcast looks at Thomas Tuchel's incredible  record as Chelsea boss and analyses how to unpick the Blues back line... or at least try to. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Muhammad Butt and Football London's Chelsea correspondent Adam Newson to look at the numbers behind Tuchel's defensiv...

The latest Squawka Talker podcast casts its eye over the wing wizards and flying full backs expected to catch the eye in the 2021/22 Champions League. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Muhammad Butt and podcaster Mo Stewart to look at the most exciting wing partnerships across European football this season. Who are the most lethal wide partnerships in the Champions League? What are the n...

The latest Squawka Talker podcast goes beyond the goals to find out how to win a Premier League Golden Boot winner. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Muhammad Butt and Jake Entwistle to look back over some of the Premier League's greatest goal-scorers since 1992 in their quest to find an answer. How many goals do they need to score? How many games do they need to play? Do they need to ta...

Feargal Brennan , Muhammad Butt and Mo Stewart look at an incredible end to the 2021/22 transfer window and ask the question, 'is this the most bonkers window ever?' The team look at the key numbers behind Premier League spending this summer alongside the lack of investment across Europe in the wake of Covid-19 in 2021. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's iconic moves are also analysed with a loo...

The latest Squawka Talker football podcast is all about the incredible Champions League draw... and yes, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Man Utd after we had recorded. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and Sports Journalist Stefan Bienkowski , a Bundesliga expert making his debut on the podcast. PART ONE - PREMIER LEAGUE EYES ON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group A - How...

The Squawka Talker Football Podcast returns with an episode focussed on one thing and one thing only: strikers. Following Romelu Lukaku's £97.5m return to Chelsea and Harry Kane's continued transfer saga, there is no better time to take stock of the current pool of elite strikers. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Muhammad Butt and Jake Entwistle to discuss how the role of the centre-forward has c...

As a new season of league football kicks off, the Squawka Talker football podcast returns... Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and Jake Entwistle from the Social Media team. With so much still to be done in the transfer market, the team have focussed on what  has  happened to ensure any predictions made don't look too outrageous. In part one, a look at the tran...

The final episode of the Squawka Talker Euro 2020 podcast series takes a closer look at Italy's penalty shoot-out victory against England and names some in-house tournament award winners. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to analyse why football went to Rome instead of coming home and picking out t...

The latest Squawka Talker podcast previews the Euro 2020 and Copa América finals. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to work out whether football really is coming home or going to Rome. After that, we couldn't resist talking about whether it will be 10th major tournament lucky for Lionel Messi or hi...

The latest Squawka Talker podcast previews the Euro 2020 semi-finals. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to analyse the final four at this summer's European Championship. PART 1 | START - 31:55 | England vs Denmark Gareth's mentality monsters Raheem Sterling: Player of the Tournament? Joakim Mæhle t...

The latest Squawka Talker podcast reviews the extraordinary Euro 2020 Round of 16 and looks ahead to a surprise set of quarter-final fixtures. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to try and make sense of a bonkers week of knockout football and the next round of games it has set up. 04:05 - England vs...

The latest Squawka Talker podcast reviews the Euro 2020 group stage and looks ahead to a tasty set of last sixteen fixtures. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt, freelance football journalist Alan Feehely and Football London reporter Kaya Kaynak to preview and predict what might happen in the knockout stages. PART 1 | START - 00:27:40 Wales vs Denmark  Netherland...

The latest Squawka Talker podcast reviews the opening round of Euro 2020 fixtures as the second games get underway. Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely - who represented Scotland and Spain respectively in the preview episodes - to review each team, group by group. START - 12:17 | Group A - Roberto Ma...

At Squawka, we've spoken to an expert on every nation at EURO 2020 to provide you with a complete preview of this summer's tournament. Finishing with the Group of Death, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Tomasz Mortimer (Hungary), Aaron Barton (Portugal), Matt Spiro (France) and Jasmine Baba (Germany). Key players, wonderkids to watch, tournament predictions and one thing that just always seems to...

At Squawka, we've spoken to an expert on every nation at EURO 2020 to provide you with a complete preview of this summer's tournament. Looking at Group E, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Alan Feehely (Spain), Alexandra Jonson (Sweden), Ryan Hubbard (Poland), Lukas Vrablik (Slovakia) Key players, wonderkids to watch, tournament predictions and one thing that just always seems to happen. We've tur...