Not only is the Premier League back, so are we! Musa and Ryan begin by introducing the new Stadio memberships and some info on the future (00:20), before getting into the football. As it’s the first day back, they stay focused on the Premier League, beginning with Liverpool’s win over Bournemouth (10:44) on Friday night. There’s relief, belief and more takeaways from Arsenal’s win in the Stadio Derby (22:54), and chat about wins for Man City, Forest, Sunderland and Spurs (31:29). Finally, there’s a quick shout out for Lamine Yamal’s goal in Barcelona’s win at Mallorca, Bayern’s Super Cup win and more. 

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Ryan drops in with a very quick update, as well as some news on something we'd love you to get involved with. In case you missed the address to send in to, it's hello@stadio.football.

We hope everyone's enjoying the summer, the football, or both and we'll be back properly very soon!

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We thought we’d drop in your podcast feeds to check in, check everything is working alright and have a bit of a catch up. Musa and Ryan give a little update (00:30), read out some awesome suggestions for the role of hypothetical sporting directors (08:08), following on from the question on our last episode. Then, there's a bit of chat a bit about Florian Wirtz joining Liverpool (18:37), in what has been the biggest signing of the summer so far, plus a couple of other bits. We’ll be back in a couple of weeks for another check in and update, so see you all then!

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There’s some big news to start the show, before Musa and Ryan get into the mailbag, and answer some questions on the French Open (04:03); fictional sporting directors of a new fictional club (07:38); predictions for the 2026 Men’s World Cup (13:48); three teams they’re looking forward to seeing next season (17:43); the futures of Milan; Ange Postecoglou (24:13); and more!

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Musa and Ryan discuss PSG’s emphatic 5-0 win over Inter to win the Champions League for the first time in their history (03:39). They chat about the great job Luis Enrique has done since coming in, which resulted in his first Champions League win as a manager since 2015 and more, before touching on what this might mean for Inter (36:23) and reflecting on the Champions League as a whole this season.

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After a bit of chat at the top of the show, Musa and Ryan begin with Chelsea, who came from behind to beat Real Betis 4-1 and win the Conference League in Wroclaw (07:04); a successful season for Enzo Maresca ends in silverware. They then move on to some transfer chat (19:57), including some thoughts on Matheus Cunha to Manchester United, Jeremie Frimpong to Liverpool, and the Florian Wirtz links. There’s also a brief discussion of Erik ten Hag's appointment as the new Bayer Leverkusen head coach and more!

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As the domestic seasons wrap up in Europe, Musa and Ryan begin with a quick Stadio curse update. Then, it’s on to Arsenal winning the Women’s Champions League for the first time in 18 years (03:56), with a 1-0 win over Barcelona in Lisbon, as well as looking at the incredible job Renée Slegers has done since taking over as head coach. They move on to a brilliant Napoli Scudetto win, thanks to goals from Romelu Lukaku and Serie A MVP Scott McTominay (21:09), there’s the Premier League final day (32:22), Ancelotti's goodbye, Alonso's arrival, the Erik ten Hag news and some Cup final chat (50:10).

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Spurs have won their first trophy in 17 years! They beat Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao to clinch the Europa League and a Champions League place. Musa and Ryan chat all about the final (02:52) and takeaways from a Spurs perspective, and they heap praise on Ange Postecoglou, who proved doubters wrong by delivering a trophy, as promised. In Part 2, they look at it from a Manchester United perspective (29:16), discussing whether Ruben Amorim will stay and whether the board will finally learn the necessary lessons from this season and make decisions that move the club forward.

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It’s a busy show this week, as Musa and Ryan each do their best to battle through heavy colds! They begin with an email about the Stadio curse before chatting about the first major trophy for Crystal Palace, who won the men’s FA Cup against Manchester City on Saturday at Wembley (09:06). They then talk about the Premier League a bit, most notably Goodison Park’s final Premier League game (25:11), Jamie Vardy’s 200th goal in his Leicester City home goodbye, and some other farewells. Next up, it’s over to Berlin, where they discuss their day at the Försterei watching Union Frauen win the second tier in front of more than 20,000 fans (30:31). Then they give a quick update on the top two men's divisions; the Serie A title race, which is going down to the wire; and more!

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Musa and Ryan begin with Bologna winning their first Coppa Italia in 51 years, following a 1-0 win over Milan at the Stadio Olimpico (01:24), before shouting out Galatasaray’s Turkish Cup win and some other stuff from this week (12:07). They then chat about Carlo Ancelotti taking over the Brazil men’s national side (15:17) and look ahead to some great stories this weekend (28:25), including the FA Cup final, Union Berlin Frauen, Vermont Green’s first game of the season and more!

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Musa and Ryan are joined by Flo Lloyd-Hughes, making her Stadio debut to chat about PSG’s 3-1 aggregate win over Arsenal to go through to the Champions League final (01:30). They also discuss Inter’s win over Barcelona (22:40), look ahead to the final, and talk about Trent Alexander-Arnold, who confirmed that he’ll be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season (29:06). Finally, they revisit Arsenal, as Musa and Flo ask Ryan for his final thoughts on them now that the season is done, bar playing for a second-place finish (40:24).

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Wow, wow, wow! Inter and Barcelona somehow top last week’s classic with another—maybe even better—classic! Musa and Ryan record their instant reactions immediately after Inter’s 4-3 extra-time win in a wonderful game at San Siro (01:21), from the shock of Francesco Acerbi appearing in the Barcelona box, to Yann Sommer being player of the match in a game that had seven goals, more Barcelona magic in the second half and much, much more.

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Bayern won the Bundesliga this weekend, so Musa and Ryan focus on Vincent Kompany’s title triumph in his first season in charge (06:36). It came after Leverkusen’s 2-2 draw at Freiburg, following Bayern being held by Leipzig the day before. They chat about Leverkusen’s title defence, as well as some updates down the table and in the 2. Bundesliga (recorded before the news of some sackings). There’s a roundup of the weekend’s Premier League (25:26), plus a quick update on the La Liga and Serie A title races.

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Musa and Ryan recap both first legs of this week’s Champions League semifinals. They begin with an unbelievable game between Barcelona and Inter (01:41), which saw six goals, Inter taking 2-0 and 3-2 leads, and Hansi Flick’s side having to repeatedly draw level. They also chat about PSG’s 1-0 win over Arsenal on Tuesday (18:24) thanks to Ousmane Dembélé’s early goal and how both ties are in the balance heading into the second legs.

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It was a very big weekend in football, so Musa and Ryan begin with Liverpool clinching the Premier League title, their 20th top flight title in history and their first in front of fans in 35 years (02:28). They also include a lot of praise for Arne Slot in his debut season at the club. There’s also some FA Cup semifinal chat (17:06) before moving onto a wildly chaotic Copa del Rey final, which was preceded with, contained, and followed by controversy, but saw Barcelona victorious after extra time (22:04). There are also some shoutouts for Napoli going top of Serie A, the UWCL semifinals, and much more.

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Musa and Ryan begin with Milan’s brilliant 3-0 win over Inter in the second leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal at San Siro, extending their unbeaten run in the derby to six games (01:45). They discuss the wins for Barcelona (09:58) and Real Madrid ahead of this weekend’s Copa del Rey final, and more. In part two, there’s some chat from Wrighty’s House (18:50), during which Ian, Musa, and Ryan discuss Arsenal and Palace’s 2-2 draw, Man City’s late win over Aston Villa, as well as possible destinations for Marcus Rashford and whether Villa might be able to keep him.

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We have our Champions League final four! Musa and Ryan begin with Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the Bernabéu, a win that got them to the semifinal for the third time in its history (02:51). They then head to San Siro, where a 2-2 draw was enough for Inter to progress against Bayern 4-3 on aggregate (24:17); give a shout-out for Newcastle’s huge win against Crystal Palace (32:52); quickly look ahead to tonight's Europa League; and more.

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