Episode 55 takes us to the sunnier climbs of South America with the return of scouting and analysis expert Lee Scott.

Joe and Lee discuss various players, common pathways for South Americans and translating their performances in CONMEBOL competitions to Europe where many often end up.

8:47 - South American player development

15:43 - Jhon Durán

19:09 - Brenner and MLS

28:05 - Carlos Palacios and Chile

38:42 - Agustín Urzi and Expected Goals

49:32 - Alan Velasco and Tomás Belmonte

Stuttgart's promotion from 2. Bundesliga last season was secured in the final knockings of the season, but there is little danger of them returning to the second tier after a blisteringly entertaining Hinrunde in this season's Bundesliga.

Joe is joined by Berlin-based journalist, OneFootball and Arseblog's finest, Lewis Ambrose. They discuss Stuttgart's background, it's fruitful record with young players and of course the Sporting Director who has headed up the club's charge back to prominence: Sven Mislintat, formerly of Borussia Dortmund and briefly Arsenal.

3:10 - Stuttgart's background

10:16 - Gnabry, Kimmich and Leno

14:40 - 2. Bundesliga promotion

16:12 - Pellegrino Matarazzo and Stuttgart's tactics

20:19 - 11-goal wide-forward Silas Wamangituka

31:39 - Box-to-box midfielder Orel Mangala

38:41 - 6'7" Saša Kalajdžić and penalty king Nico González

45:07 - Sven Mislintat's scouting genius

56:08 - 19-year-old ex-PSG Tanguy Coulibaly

Deadline Day was a hectic one, but plenty of interesting deals were concluded - as well as some pretty baffling ones too.

Ranks FC's Sam Tighe joins Joe on this week's episode to recap the big moves, the loan moves and the niche moves of this year's January transfer window.

Use the following timecodes to skip to the players who you want to hear discussed the most.

Dominik Szoboszlai to RB Leipzig (5:10)Amad Diallo to Manchester United (12:30)
Dennis Man to Parma (17:13)Kouadio Koné to Borussia Mönchengladbach (23:47)Krépin Diatta to AS Monaco (30:14)
Ozan Kabak to Liverpool (33:01)Ainsley Maitland-Niles to West Bromwich Albion (40:17)Joe Willock to Newcastle United (40:17)Taylor Harwood-Bellis to Blackburn Rovers (46:16)
Moisés Caicedo to Brighton & Hove Albion (48:26)

Mali are current holders of the U20 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as 2015 and 2017 champions of the U17 AFCON tournament.

Over the past 15 years, Malian football has slowly been developing a core of top level footballers, including Yves Bissouma, Diadie Samassékou, Amadou Haidara and Sékou Koïta.

At the heart of this development has been the JMG Academy, fronted by former French international Jean-Marc Guillou.

In this episode of the Scouted Football Podcast, we explore JMG's influence over Côte d'Ivoire's golden generation including the Touré brothers, pathways to Europe, their recent success in Mali and the country's attempts to qualify for the 2022 World Cup Finals in Qatar for the very first time.

We're going way back with this one, to the days when Erling Haaland was merely Alf-Inge Haaland's son, when Arsenal fans didn't know the name Dominik Szoboszlai, even before Noni Madueke's rise to stardom on TikTok - and with PSV.

This week, we've delved into the Scouted Football Podcast archives to dig out the best snippets from the first 50 episodes. 

50 not out. The Scouted Football Podcast reaches its 50th episode.

For the half-century, Joe is joined by The Athletic's Alex Stewart to talk us through a little-known story outside Italy, that of AC Monza, who've surged up the leagues and are on the cusp of Serie A football for the first time in their history.

They're owned and backed by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi - once of 'bunga bunga' fame - and ex-AC Milan director Adriano Galliani, a Monza boy born-and-bred. In amongst all that, they have made some interesting young additions, as well as experienced duo Mario Balotelli and Kevin Prince Boateng, to their squad as they look to breach the gap between Serie B and Serie A. It's a cracker.

We are almost at the halfway stage of the Serie A season and there is something of a title race ensuing.

As such, we have enlisted the help of our resident Juventino Stephen Ganavas to decipher who has enjoyed the best start, which under-23 players have played a starring role and our surprise packages of the campaign so far.

Join Joe and Ben Wells @FRfotballBen as we delve into the key players behind FK Bodø/Glimt's historic first Norwegian title, a campaign in which they scored 103 goals, winning 26 of 30 games.

It's one of the best, and yet little-known, stories of 2020 - a true underdog tale.

Includes players earning dream moves to Italian giants, maintaining a legacy of familial success and the running of a semi-popular fishing channel.

French football has been rocked by broadcaster Mediapro renèging on its agreement to televise - and bankroll - Ligue 1 this season.

Mo Ali from GFFN (Get French Football News) breaks down the key complexities of a great deal gone bad, and whether Ligue 1's best young talents will be flooding out of France's top flight this January.

It's that time of the year, the Champions League and Europa League Group Stages have been decided. RB Leipzig are through to the big dog knockouts, but Red Bull Salzburg drop into the Europa League once again.

We're joined by author of Wings of Change, a biopic on Red Bull's Football Family, Karan Tejwani to discuss Salzburg and Leipzig.

Breakout names, scouting structures and academy stars - it's all there.