The Pitch Blitz Podcast

The Spanish center back officially retires from world football following a successful 25 year stunt with the Blaugrana. Trophies fill up his cabinet, many of them.

Barcelona accumulate just 4 points in 5 games in their UCL "Group of Death" seeing them head to Europa League play with Atletico Madrid. Matchday 5 full review. And VAR: Does it do more harm than good? Blaise dives deep into the impact VAR has had on world football.

Ronaldo headed to the tunnel in the 89th minute of the match against Spurs after denying to come on as a sub. Ten Hag's reaction. World Cup injuries for some favorites hurt the rankings. And Xavi's position at Barcelona is becoming trouble in paradise.

Blaise is joined with Kieran and Sebastian as they break down Liverpool's early phases of disappointment, can Arsenal continue their form? What do Brighton need to do to stay inside the top 5? As well as a breakdown of Champions League matchweek 3 and the boys pick their most dominant starting eleven this season.

Manchester City come out victorious over their not-so noisy neighbors 6-3. Haaland makes history scoring three hat tricks in the fewest amount of games in the history of the Premier League. London is red after Arsenal quiet Spurs. What can Brighton do to remain inside the top 5? 

USMNT fail to record  shot on target in a 2-0 loss to Japan as well as a 0-0 draw to Saudi Arabia. What is going on in America? Who takes the blame and what needs to change? After their final match before the World Cup in November, Blaise breaks down why the USA side has been struggling.

Kieran Leister is back on the show as we talk about the biggest stories in European football. City and PSG continue to cruise while Juventus and Chelsea begin to worry. The biggest stars on the biggest stage is where they all want to be, but who will come out on top is what we want to see. In addition to UCL, we talk about the impact the World Cup will have being in the middle of the calender season, and what nation can run away with the treasured trophy. Everything you need to know is all included here.

Blaise wraps up all of the major signings for every Premier League club following the transfer window closure on Sept. 1 as well as his top-5 and relegation predictions. Who will boom? Who will bust? UCL football is back this week and Blaise gives his way-too-early thoughts for this year's Champions League group stages. Follow everything you need to know, here!

Robert Lewandowski is unveiled as an official Barcelona player this weekend. Many eyebrows raise though, where will he fit in the side? Will this limit Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati's playing time? And why do they continue to buy when they are in debt? Meanwhile, Frenkie De Jong could be forced to move to Manchester United while Ten Haag is eager to sign his former Ajax players. Everything you need to know all here, today.

This week's episode, we talk about Ronaldo wanting out at United, Haaland's new City adventure, Arsenal and Chelsea's hope for rejuvination, and Liverpool's lonely signee. Everything you need to know about transfers and rumours in the EPL is right here.