How is the rest of Europe adapting to the Premier League’s financial power? There have been interesting - and surprising - decisions. The latest @liberopodcast.bsky.social with me, @brewin.bsky.social and @jameshorncastle.bsky.social pod.fo/e/31d8da

Went to the Tripoli derby at an empty stadium in Milan. Didn’t initially understand why it required such a massive police presence. It quickly became obvious. Piece on how strange and chaotic 6 team playoff in Italy mirrors Libya’s current fault lines. ⚽️ 👮 🇱🇾 💰 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/s...

If Jesus was on TikTok and his miracles were reels would he be as big as Ronaldo? Latest Libero on the cultural hegemony of football with @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social and @rorysmith.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2f5917

Libero 032 How big is football? What has it done to other sports? And is its size healthy for the game or not? @rorysmith.bsky.social @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social @jameshorncastle.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2f5917

Italy get their Euro 2025 campaign started in an hour. The women's game in Italy remains a bit of a mystery to outsiders. I spoke to Serie A's most successful coach, Rita Guarino, about how things are going in the right direction and what else needs to improve. www.nytimes.com/athletic/642...

“Keep going, keep walking" Hard Rock Stadium in Miami has become a pedestrian and fan clusterf***. “I’ll never go to another game, especially not here." www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...

New Libero. On Qatar, PSG’s Champions League win and the Club World Cup @jonawils.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social @brewin.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2df41d

We have one month to save @josimarfootball.bsky.social. If you can help, please do. 🙏 josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...

Inside Inter Spoke to Marotta, Inzaghi, Lauti, Barella, Thuram and more ahead of Saturday's date with destiny www.nytimes.com/athletic/638...

Dispatches from Libero's Bilbao Bureau bring word of an all-English final that was not the greatest advert for the 'Best League in the World™', so instead @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @brewin.bsky.social and @rorysmith.bsky.social discuss the Italian perspective on football in 2025

Carlo and Caipirinhas. An Italian in Brazil. The cultural moment. And what he has left for Xabi in Madrid with @rorysmith.bsky.social and @brewin.bsky.social pod.fo/e/2d51b2

You can straitjacket the crazy Inter. You can sedate it. But when they’re mad for it, they can reach a second Champions League final in three years. www.nytimes.com/athletic/633... Inter’s old limitations are beginning to look like new frontiers – next stop, Munich

The crazy is deep in this club. It can’t be straitjacketed or sedated. In the end, it gets out — and on nights like Tuesday, after everything, the fans are mad for it. Next stop, Munich. Inter’s old limitations are beginning to look like new frontiers. 📝 @jameshorncastle.bsky.social

Some thought losing Mbappe would hurt PSG. Judging by today’s reaction, Real Madrid losing Joselu was bigger. Should never have let him go to Al Gharafa

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Had a lot of fun on hot new start-up podcast @liberopodcast.bsky.social, with hot new voices @jonawils.bsky.social and @brewin.bsky.social. We talked about England, jam, Brighton and which nation is the foreignest www.youtube.com/@liberopodca...

Dodgy WiFi, empanadas and an owner in the bath: The Milan hotel where Serie A convenes for transfer deadline day www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...

A hard news story www.nytimes.com/athletic/606... Lazio’s club falconer, his prosthetic penis and a very unusual sacking

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has become a star at Napoli since a low-key arrival from Georgia. Liverpool and PSG are monitoring his future closely — but owner Aurelio De Laurentiis is never pushed around by agents or sporting directors. ✍️ @jameshorncastle.bsky.social bit.ly/4087HIt

Chronicle of a sacking foretold. A justified dismissal, shabbily handled amid anti-American protests, spoiled birthday parties and dissenting players. The end of Fonseca. The start of Conceicao. How #Milan lost their way www.nytimes.com/athletic/602...

Today at the Bernabeu will be the 982nd game of Jesus Navas’s career. It will also be the last. In the end, the pain is too much and even he can’t go on. Here’s his story, told by him www.theguardian.com/football/202...

🇪🇺 EURO POD! 🇪🇺 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, Julien Laurens, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social & @polballus.bsky.social 🇮🇹 10/10 for Atalanta, Inter hit Lazio for six 🇪🇸 Barca lose again, Atleti win again 🇩🇪 Bayern suffer 1st Bundesliga defeat 🇫🇷 PSG v Lyon, Al-Khelaifi v Textor pod.fo/e/2928af

What happens when a dominant team in a major league is suddenly relegated. Given Pep keeps saying people want to see City in League One, piece on what their next opponents, Juventus, went through and the Serie A-ification of the Premier League www.nytimes.com/athletic/597...

Fiorentina-Inter currently suspended for medical emergency. Edoardo Bove, the 22-year-old midfielder, fell to the ground, appearing to collapse. First responders attended, he was stretchered into an ambulance and taken to hospital. www.nytimes.com/athletic/596...

One point separates the top five in Serie A. Here's a pod on the league's volatility and variety. Why Italy might get a fifth different champion in six years. podfollow.com/1488521447/e...

🚨 Exclusive Moise Kean interview 🟣 Already up to 13 goals this season 🟣 Flourishing in Florence 🟣 ‘How am I not getting into this team, at Everton?’ 🟣 His idols: Obafemi Martins and Ronaldo 🟣 Ambition to finish Capocannoniere this season www.nytimes.com/athletic/591...