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The latest Squawka Talker football podcast is all about the incredible Champions League draw... and yes, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Man Utd after we had recorded.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and Sports Journalist Stefan Bienkowski, a Bundesliga expert making his debut on the podcast.

PART ONE - PREMIER LEAGUE EYES ON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Group A - How have perceptions of PSG changed based on their summer business and how will they rival Man City?

Group B - How equipped are Liverpool for a Champions League push and how will De Pau and Cunha improve Atleti?

Group F - What are Solskjaer's priorities in Europe? How will Emery fare outside of his beloved Europa League?

Group H - A new pressure on Thomas Tuchel in 2021/22 as defending champions and how will Juventus cope post-Ronaldo?
PART TWO - THE BEST OF THE REST

Group C - What is the early vibe from Marco Rose at Borussia Dortmund?

Group D - Can Carlo Ancelotti raise one more season from Real Madrid's ageing legs and what next for Inter after Antonio Conte and Romelu Lukaku?

Group E - Assessment of Barca and Bayern following their 8-2 showdown in 2020.

Group G -  A mixed bag in Group G with Sevilla's summer signings looking to edge out Ligue 1 holders Lille.

The Squawka Talker Football Podcast returns with an episode focussed on one thing and one thing only: strikers.

Following Romelu Lukaku's £97.5m return to Chelsea and Harry Kane's continued transfer saga, there is no better time to take stock of the current pool of elite strikers.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Muhammad Butt and Jake Entwistle to discuss how the role of the centre-forward has changed over time before analysing the best No.9s in the world right now: What makes them so good? What are their greatest strengths? How would you describe their role? Who would you rather sign?

In the final part of the episode, a closer look at some of the different types of centre-forward that have emerged - or stood the test of time - using some extremely niche stats.

As a new season of league football kicks off, the Squawka Talker football podcast returns...

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and Jake Entwistle from the Social Media team.

With so much still to be done in the transfer market, the team have focussed on what has happened to ensure any predictions made don't look too outrageous.

In part one, a look at the transfer business of both Manchester clubs. With over £200m spent on three world-class players between them, which signing will have the biggest impact?

In part two, a Leicester City love-in breaks out due to their continued excellence on and off the pitch. Can they finally secure a Champions League spot after two seasons of heartbreak?

To finish the episode, a brief look at the newly-promoted sides. Familiar faces in Norwich City and Watford return but all the excitement surrounds Brentford and their ice-cold frontman Ivan Toney.

PART 1  | START - 31:49
PART 2 | 31:49 - 43:19
PART 3 | 43:19 - END

The final episode of the Squawka Talker Euro 2020 podcast series takes a closer look at Italy's penalty shoot-out victory against England and names some in-house tournament award winners.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to analyse why football went to Rome instead of coming home and picking out the standout players of the summer.

PART ONE - EURO 2020 Final Breakdown

04:40 | Racist abuse and what must happen next

11:15 | England's positive first-half... and what went wrong after the break

23:20 | Roberto Mancini's calm and collected Azzurri

31:05 | Penalty shoot-out drama

40.20 | A brief look ahead to the 2022 World Cup

45:55 | Player of the Tournament

50:12 | Young Player of the Tournament

51:25 | Team of the Tournament

The latest Squawka Talker podcast previews the Euro 2020 and Copa América finals.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to work out whether football really is coming home or going to Rome.

After that, we couldn't resist talking about whether it will be 10th major tournament lucky for Lionel Messi or his best mate Neymar will pile on the hurt.

PART ONE - EURO 2020 Final

03:20 | England  - Review of the Denmark game and how Gareth Southgate's side are shaping up ahead of the final and planning to counter Italy.

16:40 | Italy - How the shoot-out victory against Spain answered another doubt about Roberto Mancini's men and how the Azzurri will look to unsettle England at the back

22:55 | Denmark - Where does this tournament leave them in terms of their new standing within Europe?

26:55 | Spain - How does Luis Enrique plan for the World Cup with key exits from Busquets and Alba expected?
29:30 | Home or Rome?

36.55  | Neymar's Brazil - the man everybody loves to hate could break his best friend's heart

46:30 | Lionel Messi's Argentina - just how important would this trophy be?

The latest Squawka Talker podcast previews the Euro 2020 semi-finals.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to analyse the final four at this summer's European Championship.

PART 1 | START - 31:55 | England vs Denmark

The latest Squawka Talker podcast reviews the extraordinary Euro 2020 Round of 16 and looks ahead to a surprise set of quarter-final fixtures.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely to try and make sense of a bonkers week of knockout football and the next round of games it has set up.

04:05 - England vs Ukraine

26:20 - Czech Republic vs Denmark

36:20 - Belgium vs Italy

51:45 - Switzerland vs Spain

The latest Squawka Talker podcast reviews the Euro 2020 group stage and looks ahead to a tasty set of last sixteen fixtures.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt, freelance football journalist Alan Feehely and Football London reporter Kaya Kaynak to preview and predict what might happen in the knockout stages.

PART 1 | START - 00:27:40

The latest Squawka Talker podcast reviews the opening round of Euro 2020 fixtures as the second games get underway.

Host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's Chief Writer Muhammad Butt and freelance football journalists Euan McTear and Alan Feehely - who represented Scotland and Spain respectively in the preview episodes - to review each team, group by group.

START - 12:17 | Group A - Roberto Mancini's Italy come out flying

12:17 - 24:46 | Group B - The Christian Eriksen incident reminds us all there is more important things than football

24:46 - 35:08 | Group C - The Entertainers delight (and confuse)

35:22 - 48:03 | Group D - England vs Scotland preview: what does each side need to change?

48:03 - 56:51 | Group E - Why do Spain start Álvaro Morata?

56:51 - END | Group F - France lay down the gauntlet and Cristiano Ronaldo makes more history

At Squawka, we've spoken to an expert on every nation at EURO 2020 to provide you with a complete preview of this summer's tournament.

Finishing with the Group of Death, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Tomasz Mortimer (Hungary), Aaron Barton (Portugal), Matt Spiro (France) and Jasmine Baba (Germany).

Key players, wonderkids to watch, tournament predictions and one thing that just always seems to happen. We've turned over as many stones as we possible can to give you all the information you need about every side.

Listen to the whole podcast at once or tuck into one team at a time. The timestamps below list the start of each section.

START - 00:18:13 | Hungary

00:18:13 - 00:34:07 | Portugal

00:34:07 - 00:51:43 | France

00:51:43 - END | Germany