Ste gives you the wrap up of all of today's Liverpool news and rumours including the hunt for a new sporting director, links to Celta Vigo star Gabri Veiga and Erling Haaland's Dad confirming that his son is a doubt to play against The Reds on April 1st. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin Kilbane joined Adrian Barry to look ahead to Ireland's group opener against France. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

The Irish Independent's Dan McDonnell joined Nathan Murphy on The Football Show to discuss the Republic of Ireland's win against Latvia and how Stephen Kenny's side should set up against France on Monday. ⚽️ with Sky.

With Jimbo away for the international break, Kelly Somers is in the Totally hot seat, with Duncan Alexander, Carl Anka and Charlie Eccleshare for company. This week sees the retirement of two sometimes great and sometimes terrible former Arsenal and Real Madrid players, Emmanuel Adebayor and Mesut Ozil, with the German in particular leaving a hugely divisive legacy. A genius turned live blogger. The Euro 2024 qualifying campaign begins with some stellar fixtures including Italy v England, Spain v a Haaland-less Norway, Zlatan’s Sweden v Belgium and captain Mbappe’s France v Koeman’s Netherlands. Paul Tenorio joins us to discuss a turbulent few months for the US national team since the World Cup, the courting of Folarin Balogun and why Patrick Vieira should be the next USA manager. Plus Hodgson, Conte and handsome Herve Renard. Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Ozil and Adebayor, we hardly knew ye (02.00) • PART 2a: Roy Hodgson returns to Crystal Palace (13.00) • PART 2b: Conte somehow still at Spurs (19.00) • PART 3a: Italy v England preview (27.00) • PART 3b: Hughton’s Ghana get ready for action (33.00) • PART 3c: France v Netherlands preview (36.00) • PART 3d: Sweden v Belgium preview (46.00) • PART 4a: Paul Tenorio on an eventful few months for the USA (50.00) • PART 4b: New eras for Wales and Spain (57.00) • PART 4c: Sampaoli out, Renard in (62.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nathan Murphy caught up with Ireland and Sheffield United defender John Egan on Thursday's Off The Ball. Between Evan Ferguson's goal-scoring debut in Wednesday's 3-2 defeat of Latvia, to taking on Kylian Mbappe and the rest of France on Monday next week, there was plenty to get stuck into here. In association with Sky

City go into the international break with a storming 6-0 FA Cup win over Burnley. David Mooney is joined by City fans Rachel Herdson and Richard Burns to reflect on that game -- and on Erling Haaland's ridiculousness. They look at the form of the other attacking players, Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden. Plus there's a focus on the defence, as Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias impress.It's also nearly 20 years since City moved to Eastlands, so Dan Burke, Dom Farrell and Adam Carter reflect on the different eras that club has gone through during those last two decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The international break is upon us, so after reviewing the weekend's action Kris, Jez and Phil look at les Bleus as they head into Euro Qualifying.

Former coach Vinny Perth joined OTB AM to talk about Ireland's win over Latvia last night and pointed out where we can improve so the team don't get hammered by France. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow

Stuey Byrne joins Stephen Doyle in the Aviva Stadium after Ireland bet Latvia 3-2. Football with @SkyIreland

Ste gives you the wrap up of all of today's Liverpool news and rumours surrounding the club including Gavi, who the Reds were linked with in the Summer, leaving Barcelona on a free due to a contract mishap - could Liverpool pounce on the opportunity to sign the promising 18-year-old midfielder? Another big story is a prospective new Sporting Director being linked with LFC. Paul Mitchell, currently plying his trade at Monaco and successfully at that, could be joining Liverpool after holding talks with the club recently. In other news, Erling Haaland could be ruled out of the clash on April 1st after not joining up with the Norway squad in what was a 'precautionary' measure for an injury that is 'not serious', but time will have to tell! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.