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: Nottingham Forest’s tie with Ipswich in the FA Cup progresses to penalties, and Nuno’s Tricky Trees knock out the Tractor Boys; Juventus keep up their winning streak in Serie A; we preview the round-of-16 in the Champions League, including Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid and PSV v Arsenal; Rangers could be the latest club to be taken over by American owners; Sergino Dest is in the final phase of his rehabilitation after tearing his ACL; Crystal Palace starlet Adam Wharton has attracted interest from Real Madrid; and we share some of the most exciting title races across Europe.

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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