This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today’s episode: There’s a full slate of Premier League fixtures this midweek, and on Tuesday, third-place Nottingham Forest host league leaders Liverpool; Brentford also host Manchester City and Fulham travel to West Ham; Pep Guardiola says that Kyle Walker has asked to leave Manchester City; Aston Villa have agreed to sign forward Donyell Malen from Borussia Dortmund; we bring you the latest on the rest of the January transfer gossip; Canada women appoint Casey Stoney as head coach; Wrexham could qualify for the Europa League through a reinvigorated Welsh cup; and Pep gives autograph hunters a piece of his mind.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by…

Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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