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: Mikel Arteta commits his future to Arsenal, signing a contract which will last until 2027; in an interview with Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo takes a pop at Erik Ten Hag; the world continues to react to the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as USMNT boss; Liverpool’s Harvey Elliot fractures his foot during the international break and will be out until late October; talks have begun about expanding the Women’s World Cup to 48 teams; and Barnet boss Dean Brennan gives a rousing rallying cry to his club’s supporters.

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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