The SCOUTED Podcast

AS Roma named José Mourinho as the club's new manager ahead of the 2021/22 season - to mixed reviews. The Giallorossi have begun the season in excellent form, however, with six wins from their first six in all competitions, spearheaded by soon-to-be 24-year-old English striker Tammy Abraham. Nicolò Zaniolo was sent off in his first game under Mourinho, but is staging a comeback after two successiv...

The Scouted Football Podcast discusses five names, new to the scene in 2021, who have somewhat unexpectedly risen to prominence with their clubs. 16-year-old Angelo Gabriel 17-year-old Mohamed-Ali Cho 18-year-old Calvin Ramsay 19-year-old Jean Cedrik Gbo 20-year-old Giorgi Mamardishvili Listen to learn more. Never miss an episode. Subscribe to Scouted Football.

This week on the Scouted Football Podcast, it's off to the Netherlands with Marc Lamberts - a professional scout and analyst. Marc talks Joe through the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie, while the two discuss their favourite players, B teams as well as why Dutch sides tend to produce high-scoring matches where leagues double as hubs for development. Gravenberch, Madueke, Ajax, PSV, Volendam, VVV and...

Crystal Palace saw ten first-team players leave and five join this summer as Roy Hodgson left and Patrick Vieira arrived in the dugout. It's been a summer of change at Selhurst Park, but Scouted Football have The Athletic's Matt Woosnam to talk us through the 2021/22 outlook. DISCLAIMER: Your trusty host Joe Donnohue foolishly forgot to turn his microphone on for this episode, deepest apologies -...

Something happened in Ligue 1 this week, but that's of little importance. The real question you should be asking is: Who are going to be Ligue 1's breakout players this year? Look no further. Scouted host Joe alongside Ally Madden of Road to Nowhere Football and Pure Fitbaw podcast heritage discuss five Ligue 1 teenagers, who just might make a name for themselves in 2021/22. Malo Gusto Rayan Cherk...

Transfer season special here. There have been hundreds of transfers across Europe's top five leagues and beyond this summer. Scouted Football's Joe Donnohue alongside regular guest and professional scout Lee Scott pick out six (or seven) moves which might've slipped under the radar. 2:54: Aron Dønnum - Vålerenga to Standard Liège 7:15: Jesper Lindstrøm - Brøndby to Eintracht Frankfurt 13:05: Matte...

The 2021/22 Austrian Bundesliga season is underway for another year with change afoot at the very top. Jesse Marsch has moved on from his post as FC Red Bull Salzburg manager, Matthias Jaissle replacing him. As well, Patson Daka and Enock Mwepu have completed separate transfers to the Premier League, in something of a Salzburg exodus. Not to fear though, Karim Adeyemi and co can pick up the slack....

French giants Olympique de Marseille have added eight new faces to date during this transfer window. Permanent deals, near-record signings, loans-to-buy, contingency plans and straight loans among those deals. Mattéo Guendouzi and William Saliba have swapped the Emirates Stadium for Stade Vélodrome, while Gerson returns to Europe with a foray into French football after a successful spell with Flam...

Young, courageous, impactful and diverse; this England team have broke new ground at EURO 2020. In reaching a major men's final for the first time in 55 years, they have inspired a generation off the pitch, with their stance against hate, discrimination and inequality, all while playing some of the most effective football on it. The nation has rallied around Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon...

Jadon Sancho is expected to complete a £73 million transfer to Manchester United following the conclusion of EURO 2020. The Borussia Dortmund winger has been tailed by Ole Gunnar Solskjær's side for well over a year - and now it appears they have their man, for £30 million less than they would have paid last summer. But what does this mean for £40 million teenager Amad Diallo, golden boy Mason Gre...

Academy football is notoriously ruthless and cut-throat. A minuscule proportion of young footballers make it into the professional game. For every Phil Foden, Mason Mount or Marcus Rashford, there is a trail of disappointment and heartache felt by hundreds of budding, hopeful youngsters. Joe speaks to author of 'The Dream Factory - Inside the Make-or-Break World of Football’s Academies’ Ryan Baldi...

The UEFA EURO 2020 Group Stage is complete. Eight teams drop out, while 16 progress. Amongst those 16 are a handful of U23 players, most of whom are experiencing a major tournament for the first time - and they're doing exceedingly well. Join Joe and Lee as they navigate four players who have impressed throughout the Group Stage, debate their differing backgrounds, styles and futures ahead of what...

UEFA EURO 2020 has arrived. This is your one-stop shop for breakout names, dark horse picks and an U-23 focused preview of this summer's headline tournament. Joe Donnohue (@JoeDonnohue), Stephen Ganavas (@StephenScouted) and Phil Costa (@_PhilCosta) discuss squads stacked with U-23 names, players with the potential to explode onto the world scene and who's ripe for a big move following an even big...

Ligue 2 is renowned for its reputation as a producer of high-level European talent. Ibrahima Konaté, Marcus Thuram, Maxence Lacroix, Cédric Bakambu and many others count it as the league which provided them their professional debut. In fact, it was the same club that provided a first senior platform for those four household names in European football: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. Nestled in the east of...

Return of the Max. Juventus will part ways with Andrea Pirlo this summer, making room for Massimiliano Allegri once more. The six-time Serie A winner - five of which were with Juve - looks set to take the helm once more, with potential knock-on effects for Weston McKennie, Manuel Locatelli and Cristiano Ronaldo. 2:41: Allegri is back. How did Juve fare without him in the last two years?  7:39: Upc...

This week, Joe is joined by Michael Bailey of The Athletic. Michael is the Norwich City correspondent and has covered the Canaries for 15 years. He has witnessed every promotion and relegation to and from the Premier League imaginable, celebrating a title-winning campaign this past season. Under the stewardship of Sporting Director Stuart Webber and Head Coach Daniel Farke, Norwich are once again...

Celtic parted ways with Neil Lennon earlier this season, following failure to complete an historic ten-in-a-row. Rangers have stolen their Scottish Premiership crown and with key players soon to be out of contract, there is a job to be done at Celtic Park. Joe speaks to Football Daily's Chris Hamill about the facelift the Bhoys currently need, who can steer the ship back into Europe and which play...

Luka Modrić, Dejan Lovren, Mario Mandzukić, Dani Olmo, Borna Sosa, Mateo Kovačić, Marcelo Brozović and many, many more players past and present credit GNK Dinamo for their footballing upbringing. Joe discusses the ins and outs, the good and the bad, of Croatia's most historic and successful club with First Time Finish's Ben Bocsák. 4:15: A history of producing top players 13:20: Dinamo Zagreb's hi...

Back again for another regional scouting episode, Joe and Lee choose three players from Scandinavia to discuss. Tricky, diminutive wingers, ball-progressing full-backs and Icelandic family trees - it's one you don't want to miss. 4:54: Andreas Schjelderup - FC Nordsjælland 14:30: Akinkunmi Amoo - Hammarby  22:07: Bénie Adama Traoré - BK Häcken 30:00: Christian Borchgrevink - Vålerenga 38:13: Ísak...

Joe is joined by Steve and Phil to discuss the potential ramifications and the fallout from the shattering news that 12 major European clubs have agreed to join a 'Super League'.

Joe is joined by Bundesliga expert Jasmine Baba to discuss the managerial merry-go-round in Germany. Marco Rose leaves Borussia Mönchengladbach for the abundant youth of Borussia Dortmund this summer, while Adi Hütter will pick up the pieces at Borussia-Park in the wake of Rose's departure. What will come of Dortmund interim manager Edin Terzić and is the ex-Red Bull Salzburg Head Coach all he's c...

Expected Goals, Expected Assists, Passes into the Final Third, Successful Pressures and hard-to-pronounce names, it's Stan Collymore's worst nightmare - another Standout Stats episode. This time, Joe is joined by Scouted chief Stephen Ganavas to discuss the under-23 players who stick out in the numbers in Serie A this season. 2:51: Serie A's Winners, Losers, Disappointments and Surprise Packages t...

John Terry and Ron Harris to Reece James, Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount; Chelsea's academy has a long and storied history of producing top-level first-team players. But what about those coming through now, the next crop? Joe speaks to The Chelsea Spot's Orlando Ashton about the club in its current incarnation, as well as the famed Cobham academy which has had so much success in recent years. 08:19...

The Championship, Segunda División, Ligue 2, Serie B and 2. Bundesliga - they are leagues stacked with talent. Joe and Lee take a look at some of the teams vying for promotion from the second tier currently boasting under-23 players we may be seeing in the top flight sooner rather than later. 2:42: Bafodé Diakité (Toulouse) 12:52: Mohammed Bayo (Clermont Foot) 19:44: Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) 26:0...

34-time Belgian champions RSC Anderlecht are in a bit of a slump. Last season, they failed to compete in European competition for the first time since 1964, sliding to 8th in the Belgian Pro League. But all is not lost. Under Vincent Kompany, the Brussels-based club boast a string of exciting under-23s from the club's famed youth academy, which is known to have produced Youri Tielemans, Dries Mert...