For everyone on the free feed, we have two sections taken from recent Patreon podcasts for you to check out!

Up first, Jon Mackenzie from Tifo and the Athletic joins for a more tactical chat about this season and his forthcoming book, ‘The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics’. Recorded a week or so before Andoni Iraola was announced as Liverpool manager, the full episode chat's about the brilliance of his coaching and much more.

Part two is a section where Neil Atkinson, from The Anfield Wrap, joins to chat about Liverpool's tricky season and the departure of Arne Slot (29:32). The full episode features more chat about Iraola's arrival and some general Premier League chat.

Follow Jon on Instagram and Bluesky and you can pre-order the book here.

Follow Neil on Bluesky, check out The Anfield Wrap here and his book is available here.

Also, another shout for Musa’s interview with Zohran Mamdani for GQ here. Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

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Musa and Ryan begin with a quick mention of Arne Slot’s Liverpool departure, which will take the focus on Thursday’s show before getting onto the men’s Champions League final (04:04), which saw PSG retain the trophy after their penalty shootout win in Budapest.

There’s chat about Arsenal’s impressive start, how PSG struggled to create too many clear looks and the narrow margins that played out for the rest of the two hours of normal and extra-time. There’s a load of praise for Luis Enrique, plus multiple players on both teams.

Ryan was one of the many hundreds of thousands at the parade in London on Sunday, so there’s a bit on that (38:20), how it was exactly what Arsenal needed following the disappointment of Saturday’s result and the joy that was on show. Finally, there’s a shoutout for Manchester City’s women doing the domestic double (48:53) and James Milner retiring.

Check out Musa’s interview with Zohran Mamdani for GQ here. Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

Also, make sure you check out Kickback, who are currently doing country by country previews on their First Touch ‘26 Country Pods. Musa was on a recent one, chatting about DR Congo, so go check it here or wherever you get your podcasts and he and Ryan will be on an episode this week.

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There is so much to get to today, with finals taking place, trophies being lifted and goodbyes taking place all around the world of football this weekend.

Musa and Ryan begin with Barcelona Femení winning their fourth Champions League in six seasons (02:55), with a 4-0 win over Lyonnes on Saturday.

They then head to the Premier League (07:30), where Spurs survived, West Ham went down, Bournemouth and Sunderland made the Europa League, Brighton went into the Conference League and Arsenal finally got to lift the Premier League trophy for the first time since 2004.

Liverpool said goodbye to Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, Manchester City said goodbye to Pep Guardiola, Bernardo Silva and John Stones, on an emotional final day of the Premier League season.

Elsewhere, Bayern completed the double, Torreense and Lens won their first domestic cups, Como qualified for the Champions League and much, much more!

Also, sure you check out Kickback, who are currently doing country by country previews on their First Touch ‘26 Country Pods. Musa was on a recent one, chatting about DR Congo, so go check it here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio member by signing up at patreon.com/stadio.

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The wait is finally over for Arsenal, as they win the Premier League for the first time in 22 years!

Musa and Ryan chat all about the Gunners’ title victory, following Manchester City’s draw away at Bournemouth on Tuesday night. There’s also chat about the grind of the season, how good this team really is and much more!

London listeners, come see us at the Southbank Centre on July 23rd, with special guest, Nish Kumar! Tickets are available here.

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It felt like a weekend of broken hearts all around football, but Musa and Ryan begin with Manchester City’s win over Chelsea in the FA Cup final (02:12), to secure a domestic cup double and Pep Guardiola’s 20th trophy as City boss.

Chelsea were quick to counter the disappointment, as it was announced that Xabi Alonso will take over as manager in the summer (12:39) and that’s where the bulk of today’s show is focussed.

There’s enough time to chat about Celtic’s late win over Hearts (31:34), to secure their 14th title in 15 years in dramatic fashion, as well as a few other shoutouts.

Also, Musa did a new piece for the Kickback Soccer newsletter, which you can read here, and tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

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Here's a clip from yesterday's Patreon episode, where Musa and Ryan discussed Florentino Pérez's wild press conference earlier this week, where he basically said that he wasn’t f***ing leaving. He then declared himself the best president of all time, went on the attack about named and unnamed enemies, dished out insults, sexism and a whole lot of paranoia.

To listen to the full episode, along with every Stadio episode, ad-free and in full, you can sign up at patreon.com/stadio. Annual members get 15% off!

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A fairly quiet Sunday then, with nothing too eventful happening in the Premier League.

Musa and Ryan begin with a quick chat about Arsenal’s 1-0 win over West Ham (03:52) at the London Stadium, which had a big impact at the top and bottom of the table. Yes, they also chat about that decision, but probably less than it’s been discussed elsewhere.

They then head onto the main topic, which is Barcelona’s 2-0 win in the Clásico (16:20), to secure a successive La Liga title and to make a very difficult Real Madrid week even worse. They praise the job Hansi Flick has done at Barça, as well as the players who have brought the club out of one of the most chaotic periods of its recent history. There’s also a bit about what on earth is going on at Real Madrid.

Finally, Venezia won Serie B this weekend (50:21), thanks to a 2-0 win over Palermo on Friday. Ryan was there, as well as at the incredible title parade on the Grand Canal on Saturday, so there’s some chat about one of the most unique spectacles in European football.

Don’t forget to check out kickbacksoccer.com and tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

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Here's a clip from today's Patreon episode, where Musa and Ryan chat about Arsenal getting through to their first men's Champions League final since 2006, the second in their history.

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It was a blur of a weekend, with seismic results all over Europe! 

Musa and Ryan begin with Barcelona and Lyonnes getting past Bayern and Arsenal to make it to the UWCL final in Oslo (03:09), moving onto Inter securing their 21st Scudetto (11:37), Venezia making it back to Serie A and more, before heading to the Premier League.

Manchester United secured Champions League football for next season (28:31), following their 3-2 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford, so there’s chat about that as well as Liverpool’s situation. Spurs made it two wins in two to get out of the relegation zone after their win at Villa Park and Bournemouth are one of Europe’s most in form teams. 

Meanwhile, at the top, Arsenal had some key players back and looked sharper than they have in months to beat Fulham 3-0 and go six points clear (50:18) and there’s a lot of praise for Myles Lewis-Skelly’s performance, starting in midfield for the first time. 

Finally, there’s some Bundesliga chat (56:33), as St. Pauli dropped into the relegation spots and Schalke won promotion back to the top flight.

Don’t forget to check out kickbacksoccer.com and tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

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Musa said this weekend felt like it featured three match days in one, and he wasn’t wrong. 

He and Ryan do a bit of a whirlwind trip through Europe, where there were dramatic promotions, FA Cup semi finals (07:31), UWCL semi final first legs (12:16), more high stakes Premier League games at the top and bottom of the table (15:56), plus big results elsewhere too. 

After all that, they take a little look ahead to this week’s men’s Champions League semi final first legs (38:35), in what is set to be another huge week for Bayern, PSG, Atleti and Arsenal.

Don’t forget to check out kickbacksoccer.com and tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here.

Finally, if you missed it, you can catch up on the latest newsletter, including a piece from Musa, plus more photos and video from the Copa del Rey final, here.

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