Kris and Jez are on their own this week to discuss a fairly problematic Champion's League round, as well as the Europa League, Ligue 1, and the recent announcement of the French squad for the next international break.

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, then you're Nessun Dorma's target demographic. We're back, and to open season four we're focusing on the last World Cup of the twentieth century. Part 1 of our review of France 98 takes in the group stages - Brazil as a Nike product line, the Blanco hop, Des Lynam wondering why you're not at work, Ivan Zamorano's energetic singing, Sunday Oliseh's half-volley humdinger and much more besides. As a bonus feature we also take a look back at the career of The Cannonball Kid, Charlie Nicholas See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nessundorma.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A newly Twitterless Kris is joined by Jez and Phil to look back at the second round of the Champions' League, the weekend's league action, contrasting fortunes in the Europa league, and how the newly announced lockdown in France will affect French football.

Stephen Howson is joined by Jay Motty for a brew, discussing the latest news stories, and of course the recent events at Manchester United. The BIG story today is coming from Paul Pogba, who has decided to take legal action over a story released in The S*n about him quitting the French national team due to comments made by the French Prime Minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jamie Redknapp and former Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer analyse Wolves' 1-1 draw with Newcastle in the Premier League, Southampton's 2-0 win over Everton at St Mary's Stadium as Lucas Digne sees red and Dyer reflects on his career at Newcastle and 'that' incident with Lee Bowyer. Listen to every episode of the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast here: skysports.com/sky-sports-premier-league-podcast You can listen to the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast on your smart speaker by saying "ask Global Player to play the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast". For all the latest football news, head to skysports.com/premier-league For advertising opportunities email: [email protected]

The Champions League started badly for the French contingent, so Kris, Jez and Phil look back over 1 point from 3 matches and some late goals that did for PSG and OM. We also look at the weekend's games, lots of goals, two teams going down to nine men, whether we need to talk about Saint-Etienne, and if Lille might make a race of this.

Kris, Jez and Phil look back over the international break, including two Nations' League games, and discuss Giroud's 100th cap, formation changes, and Kylian Mbappe's job. We also look forward to the weekend's schedule featuring several matches between closely placed teams, and give a nod to the start of European club competition.

We missed last week because reasons, so are back to round up game 5, what Lyon and PSG are up to, the Champions League draw, French team announcement, and various discinplinary issues.

Ross & Georgia are here with today's Liverpool news, where Rhian Brewster's days at Anfield look numbered after being left out of the squad against Lincoln last night. In other news, Fabrizio Romano has reported that Liverpool expected Ousmane Dembele to sign for them this Summer, but he turned the move down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a quiet week, so Kris, Jez and Phil try to think of things to talk about. This includes the card-laden stramash with occasional football that was le Classique which saw Marseille winning 1-0 at the Parc des Princes, Lyon's woes, the current location of Houssem Aouar, Montpellier's up-and-at-'em style, and Irvin Cardona putting his name in early for the Puskás Award.