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: Manchester City and the Premier League are both claiming legal victories after a ruling regarding the league’s APT regulations, and we explain what is really going on; the future of Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United is said to be decided on Tuesday at a summit in London, chaired by Sir Jim Ratcliffe; former Netherlands midfielder Johan Neeskens has died at the age of 73; Jhon Duran has signed a new deal to keep him at Villa Park until 2030; and a footballing legend, Andrés Iniesta, officially retired on Tuesday.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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

Host: Betty Glover

Producer: George Cooper

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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