Episode 3271: El Trento, Frau Tuchel, Here’s Johnny
There is something inspirational about the way Trent Alexander Arnold manages to annoy Liverpool fans a little more with each successive step in his transfer to Real Madrid. Today he wowed the luminaries of Real Madrid by delivering a speech in Spanish so mellifluous that is is clear he has been steeping himself in the language of Cervantes for some time. Como se dice ‘betrayed’ en Español?
Meanwhile Thomas Tuchel is fluent in several European languages and can be relied upon to blab indiscreetly in all of them. We try to understand how the England manager came to reveal his mother’s explosive opinions on Jude Bellingham.
Tim Vickery joins us to talk about the Club World Cup, which kicks off on Saturday night. His home city of Rio is sending three teams, the most of any city in the world – but are any of the four Brazilian representatives any good? And how does the FIFA of Johnny Infantino look from the perspective of South America?
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