Episode 2696: Mbappe’s Monetary Madness, Saudis Save Us, Jogo Bonito
After Brazil defeated Panama 4-0 with lashings of jogo bonito Ken has a stat from the opening 15 WWC matches that may surprise you.
Elsewhere, it’s reported today that Saudi Arabia would like to spend a billion euros to have Kylian Mbappe grace the Pro League for a single season. How to make sense of this monetary madness?
We talk about the Saudi bid with reference to a recent piece by the historian Quinn Slobodian which took a big-picture view of the Kingdom’s bid for the future. Can those who profit from climate change…. save us from climate change?
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Limerick’s four-in-a-row was secured in Croke Park yesterday in thrilling style, and Jamie Wall and Malachy Clerkin are with us today to answer a question being more and more insistently asked – are Limerick the best ever?https://t.co/VFoyyuf9IG pic.twitter.com/AO7Eu2ACG2
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