Episode 3316: Neville v Levy, United’s New Dawn, Greeners Innings, Microdosing

Gary Neville’s summit with Daniel Levy ended up touching on some profound questions. Why can’t football people work together to solve football problems? And why does Levy, who does have ideas for new rules that might improve things, continue to insist that some kind of new rule-making entity – a “regulator” if you like – won’t help?

We discuss the tangle of related parties currently warring over the futures of Alexander Isak and Benjamin Šeško and hear the latest from Manchester United in Chicago – a new dawn for a new club on the cusp of a new era.

Plus participants in the Club World Cup are taking different approaches to the problem of having to start the new season in just a few days. Chelsea try to adapt to the system, Real Madrid try to adapt the system.

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