beIN The Know Podcast

Counting down to Spurs v Chelsea. Which Spurs? 

Gerry Cox wonders if a player waiting in the wings could be the solution? Every confidence Kane will build into the season.  

Lukaku admits he still has to gain some understanding with a few Chelsea players but is already building a rivalry with one teammate.

Scoring against Tottenham? Primed.  Nuno has the nouse to nullify.  

Kevin De Bruyne returned to the starting line-up in Europe. Kristof Terreur explains why KDB has his own stat book on Pep which shows how Manchester City can win the Champions League. 

Kevin & Jack.. it begins.  

Rob Harris runs an eye over Liverpool's transfer window. Klopp's men are flying but why didn't Liverpool splurge to compensate for their Super League shame, when others did? 

We look forward in Europe. 

And with Benitez enforcing his methods on Everton, we ask if Ancelotti can resurrect Hazard and Real..after Courtois' heroics saved 

another European giant from an early setback. 

Kristof takes pride in Brugge but his fascination rests on PSG and Pochettino's process to turn the "Dream team!" on paper into a powerhouse on the pitch. 

And we celebrate our "Unsung heroes!" in the Premier League from last weekend. With one club featuring heavily. 

Part 1. 

Belgian European Football Correspondent Kristof Terreur flew into London to cover Lukaku's return to Stamford Bridge for HLN. 

Rob Harris, Global Sports Writer at AP, travelled to Old Trafford to witness the contrast in mood from the demonstrations at the end of last season. 

Gerry Cox, Writer and Broadcaster at Hayters TV, enjoyed a punchy performance from Palace at Selhurst Park which shocked a previously unshakable Spurs. 

We also ask our writers to bring us the moments behind the scenes we so rarely see. 

Villa fans would be served well to listen into this installment of Copy Casualty.. 

Part 2 follows. Preview. We preview the London derby and delve into the current mentality & fitness of Belgians Kevin, Eden and Rom. 

We lookahead to the return of the 12th man but home and away fans this time, right?

Chelsea vs Manchester United, Tuchel's first top four test. The Athletic's Chelsea Correspondent Simon Johnson assesses

the opening weeks of the new man in charge at Cobham & brings insight on breaking the story of Lampard's departure. 

PA's Chief football writer and Manchester United reporter Simon Peach casts his eyes over Manchester United's summer shopping wish list. 

How the tables have turned. The Mirror's Midlands reporter James Nursey previews Leicester vs Arsenal with fans in the host city looking up!

Moyes & Jesse return to Manchester, with nothing to lose at the Etihad & all the pressure on Pep?

Klopp & Jose set to turnaround their season with momentum building fixtures ahead? 

Simon Peach gives us insight on Mourinho at MUFC & his first hand experience of working with Poch at Saints - why he'll excel at PSG

And at the bottom what are the long term prospects for Big Sam? Any signs of a Houdini escape?

Fulham looking the only likely suspect to climb out of the drop?

In the week Klopp throws in the towel #beIN The Know searches high and low for a title challenger to Manchester City. 

The usual suspects need not apply... Leicester.. .however? 

We head to Merseyside to pull a chewed-up Dominic King out of Liverpool's rumour mill and he reassures LFC fans that Klopp is staying & how!

Charlotte Duncker throws Ole under the wheel & prepares Old Trafford for a long ball invasion from Steve the Bruce 

Gerry Cox explains why Spurs fans have seen enough of the Special one.

Plenty of positives for West Ham, Tuchel & Ancelotti.  And we look to the Merseyside derby, Arteta v Pep and Fulham's rise on the riverside.

Pogba, Moyes and Hendo get a timely slap on the back and find out why Ole and a piggyback ride peaked our interest...

The dossier returns, will it prove to be the death-nail in Arteta's Arsenal? 

Klopp's accelerating away at the top but can Ole commandeer the wheel?

Paul Hetherington a Fleet Street great & former FWA Chair who charted Sir Alex's rise and reign asks if Ole can challenge for 

a title again? 

Hot off the phone from Big Sam, how big a hole does he have to get out of this time? 

Paul Brown, London Football Reporter for the Daily Star joins us right on the back of a return from Stamford Bridge.. Bourbon biscuit grasped in hand.

Hayters Football Correspondent Gerry Cox measures Tottenham's expectations after back to back defeats. 

Alison Bender, Premier League reporter looks ahead to the next London derby. Is Chelsea's bounce back all it appears? 

Jürgen v Jose.  12th man momentum.  The Manchester Dierby unpicked. Pep, Pogba De Gea & Ole. 

Your judging panel this week. 

Andy Dunn, Chief Sports Writer at The Mirror puts Pep under the microscope and regales us with Mourinho's conversational trickery. 

Dominic Fifield, Senior Writer at The Athletic bites back at Lampard's lambasting of title chatter.  

Nick Mashiter, Midlands Football Writer for the Press Association asks when did football become a non-contact sport? 

Also, 

Praise for Demba Ba and a strong statement from our panel on sanctions for players walking-off the pitch in 2020. 

We are joined by John Cross, Chief Football Writer at The Mirror. 

Daily Telegraph Columnist, Jim White 

Goal's Chelsea Correspondent, Nizaar Kinsella. 

The fans return, great insight from the first games to open their gates but a section of Millwall fans let the game down. 

 Mourinho &Lampard step-up title chase. Can they really rival Klopp? 

 Which Manchester United will turn up for Leipzig & The derby? 

And on the week of the FIFA World Cup qualifying draw, who are the favourites? 

Can England win a World Cup under Southgate?

Barkley and Grealish in another apparent coronavirus breach, this time on club duty. 

And our regular "Unsung hero of the week" turns to farce. 

Paddy Barclay was at the Azteca Stadium in 1986 and transports us back to the day Maradona became a football god.

Tim Vickery joins us from South America & The Telegraph's award winning journalist Jeremy Wilson joins us to bring us the latest on

his campaigns on dementia and concussion.

What must change now?

Mourinho the chameleon? The "Special one" changes his spots to take Tottenham to the top. 

Messi incoming... but does one superstar make a summer & is Pep too predictable? 

Progress on a push to get fans back in the stands.

Clear & oblivious? The latest twist in the VAR soap opera. 

 Qatar 2022 is now just two years away but can Southgate stomach another 24 months of off-field drama? 

Scotland's qualifications through the eyes of a long suffering Aberdeen fan. Northcroft predicts a Euro 2020 upset. 

Is there another cure for player fatigue without compromising the balance of the Premier League? 

What action next to support former players impacted by dementia and how do we protect players now and in the future? 

Your expert panel: 

Jonathan Northcroft, Sunday Times Football Correspondent 

James Olley, Senior Football Writer, ESPN 

Martin Lipton Chief Sports Reporter,  The Sun

The Premier League's top writers, allowed behind closed doors, join us to discuss the hottest talking points. 

From sensational to stupefying, which Manchester United is turning up? Is Ole United's answer? 

Is your top player safe on tour?  Klopp angered to find there is no universal Covid-19 protocol to protect players on international duty. 

Our panel: Chief Football Writer for The Sunday People Steve Bates. The Fleet st. legend witnessed Sir Alex Ferguson's rise to unprecedented glory. 

Melissa Reddy, Senior Football Correspondent with The Independent and author of Believe Us: How Jürgen Klopp transformed Liverpool 

And Paul Hirst,  The Times Reporter covering Manchester United and Manchester City

8 matches down, does the Premier League table ring true? We put our writers on the spot and ask them to predict a final top four in 2020.  

Freak or Unique? We ask if Ralph Hasenhüttl and his Saints have the staying power to remain at the top table 

If England were to lose a top striker this summer, who would you call-up? 

Southgate insists Pickford is still his first choice keeper, is he right? 

Hours after Biden was declared President elect and Trump was fired, Britain's Prime Minister picked up the phone to Marcus Rashford to promise a multi-million pound support package.... coincidental timing?

And we spend a lot of time unpicking the real reason why fans were not allowed inside stadiums before the latest lockdown. Are you being judged on the behaviour of fans 40/50 years ago? 

And the latest, ever revealing insight in our regular features  "Copy casualty" & "Unsung hero." celebrate and reveal there is more to the game than VAR and the handball rule.