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Aug 2024
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08/29/24: Premier League club toppled in...

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This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today’s episode: Premier League Ipswich are overcome by League Two Wimbledon in the second round of the Carabao cup; there are victories in the cup for West Ham and Newcastle against other top-flight teams, as Southampton, Brentford, and Wolves also progress; the Champions League draw will take place on Thursday, at midday eastern, and for the first time will be computerized; we round up the latest transfer news, including Aaron Ramsdale’s move to Southampton from Arsenal and Scott McTominay’s move to Napoli; Mbappe’s X account is hacked; Darwin Nunez is sanctioned by CONMEBOL; and we salute Burnley’s transfer announcements.

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