Squawka Predictor

START – 00:11:45 | Why Minamino is primed to make a bigger impact than expected

‘Liverpool had no-one like Firmino until now.'

00:11:50 – 00:28:50 | Aston Villa's loan deal love-in

'Aston Villa have resorted to a Football Manager transfer list approach.'

00:29:00 - 00:43:40 | Bruno Fernandes coming to the Premier League?

'He's involved in a shot every 14 minutes.'

00:29:00 - 00:56:54 | Do Barcelona need to buy their new manager a new striker?

'You can't play Griezmann at No.9 permanently... there's one obvious option.'

00:56:54 - END | A Squawka Sixes on the January transfer deals you may have missed so far...

‘He looks every inch a Barcelona defender… and they’ve just got rid of him.’

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START – 00:09:20 | Fred vs Craig Pawson: the rematch

‘Liverpool can exploit Man Utd’s sieve-like double-pivot.'

00:09:20 – 00:18:20 | Marcus Rashford: Man Utd’s Wolverine

‘Mohamed Salah could spin Brandon Williams just like Riyad Mahrez.'

00:19:00 – 00:32:57 | Trent Alexander-Arnold will do what he does best

'The Liverpool full-back is going to silence his Aaron Wan-Bissaka rivalry.'

00:32:57 – 00:38:58 | Liverpool left to stew in a nervous half-time interval

'Arsenal? Check. Chelsea? Check? The streak-breakers could seal their hat-trick.'

00:38:58 – END | The Squawka Talker's Liverpool v Man Utd scoreline prediction is...

'Without Fabinho's trademark pass, Liverpool may rely on direct football.'

00:02:16 - 00:09:35 | What went wrong for Man Utd vs City?

'Guardiola made good adjustments, but Solskjaer got it all wrong'

00:09:35 - 00:17:32 | Should we take the Van de Beek transfer rumours seriously?

'Signing him would be great, but United need a creator as well.'

00:17:32 - 00:29:17 | The Maddison-Grealish derby

'Buendia is the obvious summer signing for any club'

00:29:35 - 00:45:39 | Spurs vs Liverpool

'The best solution Spurs should go for is a Bielsa 3-3-2-2... but they'll probably go Old School Mourinho'

00:45:39 – 00:53:35 | Bournemouth vs Watford

'Watford's recruitment is smart – but why haven't they bought a centre-back?'

00:53:55 – 01:02:45 | Crystal Palace vs Arsenal

'Arteta can cement his place as a new-age Arsenal manager.'

01:03:10 –  END | Would I Lie To You? The La Liga 2019/20 season so far

You don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing you need.
You don't care about the presents,
Underneath the Christmas tree.
Go and sit somewhere on your own,
Plug in those new headphones
Make your wish come true,
All you want for Christmas is...

The Squawka Talker Football Podcast!

Jake Entwistle is joined by Muhammad Butt, Will Hall and Oliver Young-Myles to talk about their favourite players from the past decade of football and discuss other picks from Squawka writers and, most importantly, listeners of the podcast.

Happy holidays, from all of us at Squawka!

The Humble One has two wins from two as the charm offensive continues.

On this week's Squawka Talker, Jake Entwistle is joined by Muhammad Butt, Sam Long and Tom Green to analyse José Mourinho's start at Spurs - on and off the pitch - before looking at how many goals Robert Lewandowski would bag in the Premier League, specifically at Burnley, and the state of play in the Champions League.

Wolves, Sheffield United and Burnley (again) get their time in the spotlight as we decide which club could be the biggest over-achiever and why. Finally, a look at the bleak fixture list of West Ham and Everton which could promote Brendan Rodgers to Chief Executioner and bring back David Moyes.

TIMINGS

00:02:35 - 00:14:07 | Mou after two

'Serge Aurier and Dele Alli have exploded!'

00:14:07 - 00:22:00 | LewanGOALski: future Burnley legend?

'Mourinho will be motivated to stop Lewandowski breaking Ronaldo's UCL record'

00:22:00 – 00:30:30 | Lionel Messi's silly good stats and Jadon Sancho's fine line

'The Jadon Sancho transfer saga is brewing.'

00:30:30 – 00:42:51 | Champions League permutations and predictions

'The benefit of topping your group has become a bit of a myth'

00:43:00 - 00:52:52 | The resurgence of Wolves and Adama Traoré

'Adama's redemption tour is in the hands of Luis Enrique'

00:52:52 - 01:00:55 | Big up Burnley, big up Sheffield United

'Dwight McNeil is a genuine trailblazer'

01:01:00 - 01:10:24 | How long does Pellegrini have left?

'If there's any team that's going to make a bad goalkeeper look good, it's Chelsea'

01:10:25 - END | How long does Marco Silva have left?

'Brendan Rodgers is the executioner'