This week's podcast features one of the greatest managers in the modern game: Sir Alex Ferguson.

With Manchester United on the verge of a record-breaking 19th league title and a Champions League final to look forward to, this week languagecaster profiles the Red Devils Manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.

We've seen one player this year challenge for the title of best player in the world, Messi, so this week languagecaster takes a look at one of the past greats of the game - Johan Cruyff. As always, on this week's free pod you can also:

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The Champions League has reached the semi-final stage and on this week's show we preview the upcoming games between Schalke and Manchester United and of course the third clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

2011 Champions League Semi-Final: This week languagecaster previews the semi-finals of the Champions League and attempts to predict the finalists at Wembley in May.

The Copa del Rey: The Copa del Rey takes place this week in Valencia between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The languagecaster team takes a look at the second of four...

All you need to know about Real Madrid and Barcelona on this week's languagecaster.com English for football podcast - for learners of English who love soccer

4 Things to Know about Barcelona and Real Madrid

It's the business end of the season so on this week's podcast we take a look at the big European leagues and try to predict which teams will be champions at the end of the season. Remember on this week's podcast you can also:

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Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show

Check out a new football expression in English for Football

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Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases)

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On this week's podcast we offer some suggestions to Fabio Capello, the Italian England manager, to help him increase his 100 vocabulary list. Remember on this week's podcast you can also:

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Learners of English can review the footballing news from around the world in our good, the bad and the ugly section of the show

Check out a new football expression in English for Football

For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources page with:

A page with all our Football vocabulary posts

Football glossary (a huge collection of football vocabulary, football cliches and football phrases)

Worksheets and transcripts from previous podcasts

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