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On today’s pod: the Premier League is back with a bang and the Manchester derby takes centre stage. Will City stop the rot? Can United find a clean sheet before 2026? Elsewhere, Ange Postecoglou starts life at Forest by facing Arsenal at the Emirates, while there are big questions for Aston Villa, Chelsea and Spurs across a tasty weekend of fixtures.
Elsewhere: Democratic nominee for New York mayor and Arsenal fan Zohran Mamdani joins the pod to discuss Fifa, dynamic pricing and whether he’d share a World Cup seat with Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump.
Plus: Paul Watson’s World of Football returns with Colombian chaos, Austrian sinkholes and Cape Verde closing in on World Cup qualification for the first time.
Also: a wedding shout-out, your questions, and when is the best time of year to shear sheep?
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