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The show where we look at African football both what's happening around the continent and what African players are doing overseas.
14 NOV 2024 · This week we talk about the decisive few days in African football as the last two rounds of qualifiers for the 2025 AFCON are on.
Senegal have already qualified, and we speak to their football federation president Augustin Senghor on the decision to part ways with the team’s most successful coach, Aliou Cisse.
Also we talk about Amad Diallo’s great recent form with Manchester United, and whether the Ivorian can secure a place in the United starting line-up.
And we have Stuart on Man City’s slump in form.
7 NOV 2024 · This week we talk about the Caf Women’s Champions League, which starts on Saturday in Morocco, with increased prize money.
We look at the career of African football legend Emmanuel Adebayor, who recently had a testimonial in Togo to mark the end of his career. And Adebayor tells us about his faith - how he sleeps with his Bible under his pillow, and how he was unable to walk until he was 5, and how a visit to a church in Ghana led to him starting to walk, fittingly at the sight of a football.
Also Stuart on the new Manchester United coach Reuben Amorim – is everything now in place, or are there still issues of concern at the club?
31 OCT 2024 · This week we zoom in on the Ballon d’Or ceremony, as Rodri took the men's award ahead of Vini Junior, amid allegations of racism.
We also look at the nominees for the CAF Awards, with Victor Boniface, Mohamed Salah and Mohammed Kudus all missing out.
Also, CAF president Patrice Motsepe says he is looking to secure a second term, and Stuart on Manchester United’s future following the sacking of Erik Ten Hag.
24 OCT 2024 · This week we talk Beach Soccer, with Senegal playing Mauritania in the final of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt on Saturday.
We find out more about the game and hear from Nigerian Abu Azeez, an African legend of beach soccer.Â
Also we have a look at the Caf Congress, with positive financial developments reported, and lots on the Uefa Champions League, as plenty of African players impressed this week.
17 OCT 2024 · This week we look at the 2025 AFCON qualifiers, with Nigeria pulling out of their game in Libya in controversial circumstances, and with Ghana in serious trouble and looking unlikely to qualify.
Also we look ahead to the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, and Stuart analyses Thomas Tuchel’s appointment as England manager.
10 OCT 2024 · This week we look at the 2025 AFCON qualifiers, with teams in back-to-back qualifiers in the space of a few days, and a lot at stake.
We also talk about the Egyptian who’s outscoring Harry Kane in Germany – Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, and we analyse the Ballon D'Or nominees, with Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman the only African player on the 30-man shortlist.
And Stuart assesses the situation at Manchester United, as the poor results continue.
3 OCT 2024 · This week we analyse the surprise decision by the Senegal Football Federation to part ways with national team coach Aliou Cisse, after a long and successful time in charge.
We also look at the Fifa ban for Cameroon Football Federation president Samuel Eto’o, which bars him from attending any Cameroon international matches for six months.
We speak to Ivorian defender Cedric Kipré, who moved to Reims in France as he hopes to make it to the Cote D’Ivoire national team.
And lots on the Uefa Champions League, as Mohamed Salah becomes the highest-scoring African player in Champions League history.
26 SEP 2024 · This week we catch up on the teams that made it through to the group stage of this season’s CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup, with some tough qualifying ties and lots of big teams making it through.
We speak to Ivory Coast defender Emmanuel Agbadou, was named as captain of French club Stade de Reims at the start of the season. We talk about some of the other Africans who have captained teams in Europe's top five leagues.
And lots on the EPL, as Thomas Partey and Nicolas Jackson impress, and an assessment of Real Madrid and Barcelona’s seasons so far.
19 SEP 2024 · This week we look at the plans and preparations for the 2024 African Nations Championship, the CHAN, with the dates announced for the tournament, which will take place in February in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. We hear from CAF president Patrice Motsepe.
Also we talk about the issue of national teams and clubs in continental action having to play home games away from home because of not having approved stadiums – is the CAF crackdown working?
And we have Stuart on the new-look Uefa Champions League.
13 Sept - 2025 AFCON qualifying - Adama Bojang of Gambia - how transfers have helped Utd and Chelsea
12 SEP 2024 · This week we catch up on the opening games in qualifying for the 2025 AFCON, with North African teams making great starts, while Ghana have only one point from their first two games.
Also we speak to young Gambian talent Adama Bojang, who’s moved on loan to Grasshopper Club Zurich in Switzerland as he looks for first team football to get into the Gambia senior national team.
And with the EPL back this weekend, Stuart looks at some of the notable transfers, and highlights how the sale of Scott McTominay and Conor Gallagher was effective in helping Man United and Chelsea to balance their books.
The show where we look at African football both what's happening around the continent and what African players are doing overseas.
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