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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 PART TWO - EURO 2020 Awards 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

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 Gareth's mentality monsters Raheem Sterling: Player of the Tournament? Joakim Mæhle the machine PART 2 | 32:05 - END | Italy vs Spain Masters of the Dark Arts Leonardo Spinazzola's absence Álvaro Morata's biggest test... and final chance

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 Wales vs Denmark  Netherlands vs Czech Republic  Spain vs Croatia   Italy vs Austria  PART 2 | 00:27:40 - 00:59:12 Belgium vs Portugal Sweden vs Ukraine France vs Switzerland England vs Germany PART 3 | 00:59:12 - END Golden Boot predictions Player of the Tournament predictions Young Player of the Tournament predictions

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 This episode was recorded in separate sections and all the stats and squads discussed were correct at the time of the final edit on May 20th 2021.

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. Looking at Group E, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Alan Feehely (Spain), Alexandra Jonson (Sweden), Ryan Hubbard (Poland), Lukas Vrablik (Slovakia) 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 - 00:21:33 | Spain 00:21:33 - 00:43:57 | Sweden 00:43:57 - 01:04:36 | Poland 01:04:36 - END | Slovakia This episode was recorded in separate sections and all the stats and squads were correct at the time of the final edit on May 21st 2021. Unfortunately, we could not predict all of Luis Enrique's selection shocks.

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. For Group D, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's very own Muhammad Butt (England), Aleksandar Holiga (Croatia), Euan McTear (Scotland) and Karel Häring (Czech Republic). 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 - 00:24:00 | England 00:24:00 - 00:38:04 | Croatia 00:38:04 - 00:56:01 | Scotland 00:56:01 - END | Czech Republic This episode was recorded in separate sections and all the stats and squads discussed were correct at the time of the final edit on May 20th 2021.

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. For Group C, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Michael Statham (Netherlands), Vadim Furmanov (Ukraine), The Other Bundesliga (Austria) and Filip Mishov (Macedonia). 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 - 00:15:34 | Netherlands 00:15:34 - 00:28:09 | Ukraine 00:28:09 - 00:43:37| Austria 00:43:37 - END | Macedonia This episode was recorded in separate sections and all the stats and squads discussed were correct at the time of the final edit on May 16th 2021.

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. For Group B, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Michel Davidsen (Denmark), Antti Salo (Finland), Kristof Terreur (Belgium) and (Russia). 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 each 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 - 00:18:42 | Denmark 00:18:42 - 00:36:35 | Finland 00:36:35 - 01:02:03 | Belgium 01:02:03 - END | Russia This episode was recorded in separate sections and all the stats and squads discussed were correct at the time of the final edit on May 18th 2021.

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. Starting with Group A, host Feargal Brennan is joined by Kaya Kanak (Turkey), Alasdair MacKenzie (Italy), Huw Davies (Wales) and Michael  Walthert (Switzerland). 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 - 00:16:39 | Turkey 00:16:39 - 00:34:07 | Italy 00:34:07 - 00:51:43 | Wales 00:51:43 - END | Switzerland This episode was recorded in separate sections and all the stats and squads discussed were correct at the time of the final edit on May 14th 2021.

The latest Squawka Talker football podcast previews the 2020/21 Champions League and Europa League finals. William Hill sponsor this end-of-season special, where host Feargal Brennan is joined by Squawka's very own Muhammad Butt and Harry Edwards to identify the key narrative battles set to unfold in Porto. In the second part, Dr. Rajpal Brar joins to give an expert view on Harry Maguire's injury and the impact it will have on Man Utd's chances. If you're 18+ and Gamble Aware, you can find out more about William Hill's Champions League market here. 1. Champions League final preview | START - 00:39:03 A. N'Golo Kanté and Riyad Mahrez: from Ligue 2 to Leicester and all the way to UCL final B. Sergio Agüero's Goodbye: the story of a Man City legend looking to deliver on his 2014 promise C. Mason Mount vs. Phil Foden: which England gem would you rather build a team around? D. Ederson vs. Mendy: the men with the Golden Gloves 2. Europa League final preview | 39:16 - END A. Which manager needs to win

Maryam Naz and Harry Edwards return with the 10th episode of the Squawka Talker Women's Football Podcast, looking at the Champions League semi-finals and penultimate week of the WSL. Chelsea reach first ever Women's Champions League final | START - 00:14:20 "It reminds me of, going back to 2012 when Chelsea Men's team won the Champions League..." Barcelona continue their steamrolling season | 00:14:20 - 00:22:00 "Probably the best team in Europe, certainly attacking-wise..." Arsenal all but confirm Champions League football | 00:22:15 - 00:27:30 "It seems like they've pretty much called that spot their own." End of the road for Bristol City? | 00:27:30 - END "It's just a bit too much for them to overcome and they left it a bit too late."

Maryam Naz and Harry Edwards return with the Squawka Talker Women's Football Podcast, reviewing the weekend's Champions League and WSL action. Bayern put Chelsea's quadruple hopes in danger | START - 00:13:10 "They out-Chelsead Chelsea..." Barcelona take the upper hand against PSG | 00:13:10 - 00:21:15 "You can imagine that trying to stop them from scoring, and PSG trying to score themselves, I think that's going to be quite difficult..." The closest relegation battle for years | 00:21:15 - 00:24:50 "I can't see them getting any points from their last two games." Should Casey Stoney face criticism if Man Utd miss out on the Champions League? | 00:24:50 - END "There's a step up that they're missing and I wonder how they'll find that."

Maryam Naz and Harry Edwards return with another Squawka Talker Women's Football Podcast, looking at Man City's 2-2 draw with Chelsea and previewing the Champions League semi-finals. Chelsea hold off tough Man City challenge | START - 00:10:50 "That lack of pace in central defence really stretched them..." Is the WSL title race over? | 00:10:50 - 00:14:00 "There is still some pressure on Chelsea." The next obstacle in Chelsea's quadruple hunt | 00:14:20 - 00:20:05 "Bayern as a team probably will provide Chelsea with a few surprises." PSG's reward for ending Lyon's reign of terror | 00:20:10 - 00:23:50 "Key battles: Oshoala vs everyone basically" Predictions | 00:24:10 - END "What happens when a team that has conceded five goals in 24 games across all competitions faces a team that has scored 145 goals in 30 games?"

Maryam Naz and Harry Edwards return with the Squawka Talker Women's Football Podcast to take a look at England's two friendly defeats against France and Canada. Weakened France show up second-rate England  | START - 00:07:40 "It kind of concerns you about whether this is the tactical formation for us." Defensive woes continue against Canada | 00:07:40 - 00:14:35 "You've got to be expecting more..." Which English player needs to be in Team GB? | 00:14:35 - 00:17:50 "She's going to be one of the stars of the future and she needs to do that at the Olympics." Who joins the English contingent? | 00:17:50 - 00:22:40 "In terms of her talent and her skill I think she's someone who is very versatile." Will there be any FA Cup upsets this weekend?  | 00:22:40 - END "There is a chance here for those teams to cause something."

Maryam Naz and Harry Edwards return with the Squawka Talker Women's Football Podcast with a look over the recent WSL action and a preview of the run-in. Can Manchester City oust Chelsea? | START - 00:09:45 "So much effort has gone into this particular goal..." Will Arsenal give Joe Montemurro a parting gift? | 00:09:45 - 00:13:45 "This is just showing them what they've now got to do in the summer." Vivianne Miedema vs Sam Kerr for the Golden Boot | 00:13:45 - 00:19:40 "They both could score five goals, they both could score six..." Who loses the close relegation battle?  | 00:19:40 - END "Previous form has shown they don't have the ability to fight back against teams."