The Italian Football Podcast

Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey tell the exciting story of newly-promoted Serie A club Como 1907. Owned by Indonesian tobacco giants Djarum Group, Como FC have the wealthiest owners in Serie A in brothers Michael Hartono and Robert Budi Hartono. Coached by Cesc Fabregas and with Thierry Henry as a shareholder, Como are having a big transfer market, signing the likes of Raphael Varane, Pau Lopez...

AC Milan transfer news deep dive with Vito Angele, the Editorial Director of MilanReports.com, detailing all the latest transfer rumors from Niclas Füllkrug and Youssof Fofana to futures of Malick Thiaw, Ismaël Bennacer, Mike Maignan, Theo Hernandez and more in this special Rossoneri episode of The Italian Football Podcast. Every Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast + all extra interview...

Fresh off of winning EURO 2024 with Italy U17, the Italian Football Podcast interviews the Azzurrini Match Analyst Andrea Loiacono on everything from how good Francesco Camarda and Mattia Liberali can become, who to watch out for in the Italy U19's including Simone Pafundi, to why the pathway to the Serie A for young Italian players is so hard, what can be done and much much more. Every Monday epi...

From Victor Osimhen to PSG leading to Napoli signing Romelu Lukaku, Matias Soulé choosing Roma over the Premier League as Juventus looking to raise cash to sign Teun Koopmeiners from Atalanta, to a deep-dive on Como 1907 returning to Serie A with Cesc Fabregas as head coach signing Raphael Varane as part of many big names, and Mats Hummels close to Bologna, as well as Baggio, Premface and Serie As...

The Italian Football Podcast interview the person behind the joke that fooled journalists and commentators the world over, into believing that Italian football YouTuber Marco Violi aka Mark Violets was the shooter in the assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump. Here is the link to the episode about the Marco Violi origin story referred to in this episode. Every Monday episode of...

From state of play regarding Jobe Bellingham and Lazar Samardzic negotiations to the futures of Danilo Cataldi, Real Madrid target Mario Gila and Elseid Hysaj to backstory of Igor Tudor and Daichi Kamada leaving, Gaetano Castrovilli signing, Marco Baroni being appointed as well as Mason Greenwood links and all other Biancocelesti players that could leave as well as join plus much, much more in thi...

After an underwhelming EURO 2024 final which saw Spain beat England 2-1, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze if the quality of players in football has declined last 20 years. This is an extended clip from this weeks free Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts. To listen to this & all other full epi...

From a breakdown of final of EURO 2024 which saw Spain beat England as well as the tournament as a whole, a post mortem and discussion on if quality of players and football has declined, the insane story of Roma YouTuber Marco Violi being wrongly accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump, the legacy of Ciro Immobile at Lazio after move to Besiktas, and AC Milan close to signing Alvaro Morata a...

A profile deep dive on Juventus linked Jean-Clair Todibo with French football expert, journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Johnson discussing and analyzing everything from strengths, weaknesses, personality, how well he'll fit in tactically and much, much more. This is a clip from a transfer scouting profile deep dive episode of the Italian Football Podcast. To get the full episode + NEVER miss an...

A profile deep dive on Inter Milan new signing, Iran international striker Mehdi Taremi with Iranian football expert and journalist of Tasnim News Hatam Shiralizadeh discussing and analyzing everything from strengths, weaknesses, personality, how well he'll fit in tactically and much, much more. This is a clip from a transfer scouting profile deep dive episode of the Italian Football Podcast. To g...

From state of play regarding Teun Koopmeiners and Jadon Sancho negotiations to the futures of Matias Soule, Federico Chiesa and Dusan Vlahovic to rumored links to Albert Gudmundsson as well as Paul Pogba, Manuel Locatelli, Wojciech Szczęsny and all other Bianconeri players and much, much more in this hour long Juventus transfer market deep dive with TuttoJuve.com and Radio Bianconera journalist an...

A profile deep dive on Juventus new signing Khephren Thuram with French football expert, journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Johnson discussing and analyzing everything from strengths, weaknesses, personality, how well he'll fit in tactically and much, much more. This is a clip from a transfer scouting profile deep dive episode of the Italian Football Podcast. To get the full episode + NEVER miss...

After a fantastic season with Bologna in Serie A, followed by an international breakthrough for Italy at EURO 2024, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese do a profile deep-dive on Riccardo Calafiori who is one step away from signing for Arsenal in the Premier League.  This is a clip from the weekly Thursday episode of the Italian Football Podcast. To get the full episode + NEVER miss an episode of Th...

After Italy crashed out of EURO 2024 at the hand of Switzerland, Nima and Carlo look ahead at to FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers discussing, analyzing and debating what Azzurri coach Luciano Spalletti must do and which players should stay, go and be brought in for Italy to return to greatness. This is an extended clip from this weeks free Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is avai...

A full post-mortem on Italy's abysmal EURO 2024 tournament after crashing out against Switzerland, analyzing the Azzurri debacle from every angle possible from Luciano Spalletti to the players, the FIGC role, but also looking forward to FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers and beyond, as well as Baggio, Premface and Serie Ass of the week and much, much more when Nima and Carlo break down all the main ta...

Former boxing welterweight world champion Paulie Malignaggi talks Italy in EURO 2024 as well as how he watches the games with friends and family in New York. This is an extended clip from this week's extra free interview episode of The Italian Football Podcast. The full interview is available for free in full on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts. To listen to this full interview, NEVER m...

The Italian Football Podcast is delighted to sit down and preview the upcoming Last 16 EURO 2024 Switzerland Vs Italy clash with former boxing welterweight world champions Paulie Malignaggi. Every Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast + extra interview episodes are free for all. To NEVER miss an episode of The Italian Football Podcast (as well as support the show), go to Patreon.com/TIFP...

After a Mattia Zaccagni equalizer at the death against Croatia books the Azzurri's place in the Last 16 of EURO 2024, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate, analyze and preview Switzerland vs Italy clash on Saturday at 18.00 CET, asking in particular with whom and how does Luciano Spalletti replace Riccardo Calafiori. This is an extended clip from this weeks free Monday episode of The...

From Mattia Zaccagni Azzurri equalizer, Luciano Spalletti post-match meltdown, Nima vs Carlo big 3-5-2 debate, Gianluigi Donnarumma world class again, Riccardo Calafiori, Nicolo Barella, and Alessandro Bastoni continue to impress where other fail, to preview of Switzerland vs Italy EURO 2024 Round of 16 Preview, Juventus swap + cash deal with Aston Villa involving Douglas Luiz, Samuel Iling-Junior...

After a good comeback win against Albania where Nicolo Barella, Alessandro Bastoni and Riccardo Calafiori all starred, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese preview the Azzurri's second group stage match of EURO 2024 in Spain Vs Italy. This is an extended clip from this weeks free Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts. To list...

From a brilliant Nicolo Barella, Alessandro Bastoni performance, a Federico Dimarco howler as Azzurri react brilliantly to beat Albania, Riccardo Calafiori-mania ensues, preview of EURO 2024 Spain Vs Italy group stage clash, to Germany most impressive so far and England underwhelming despite win, and Douglas Luiz + Alisha Lehmann close to Juventus, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia vs Napoli, and Joshua Zirkz...

Carlo Garganese react to Azzurri's 2-1 win over Albania in the opening group stage game in EURO 2024 thanks to a goal each from Inter Milan duo Nicolo Barella and Alessandro Bastoni. To NEVER miss an episode of The Italian Football Podcast (as well as support the show), go to Patreon.com/TIFP or on Spotify to become a Patron for only $2.99 USD per month (excluding VAT). Follow us: Twitter, Faceboo...

The Italian Football Podcast is delighted to interview former England, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Liverpool midfielder Paul Ince on all things EURO 2024, from England, France and Germany the favorites to Italy's chances as the holders, why he would take Alessandro Bastoni and Nicolo Barella for England "without a doubt", to why "Giorgio Scalvini will be a future superstar", Gianluca Scamac...

From the backstory how Aurelio De Laurentiis ended up getting his "dream coach" Antonio Conte, what led to Giovanni Di Lorenzo asking to be sold to Juventus, and the future of Stanislav Lobotka, Victor Osimhen and Matteo Politano, to Romelu Lukaku and Alessandro Buongiorno links, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia contract extension talks and much, much more in this 65 minute Napoli transfer market deep di...

After Italy win the U17 EURO's in emphatic style, Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese analyze, discuss and contextualize what this means going forward for youth team football in Italy as well as do a profile on the main stars of the tournament Francesco Camarda, Mattia Liberali and all the other Azzurrini wonderkids. This is an extended clip from this weeks free Monday episode of The Italian Footba...