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Mailbag: Arsenal, Liverpool and more! (preview)

Ep. 75

A preview of this mailbag episode, as Musa and Ryan chat about Arsenal’s win over Liverpool, how the schedule is starting to take its toll on players, heap praise on the absent Jordan Henderson and discuss what players they would take out from 90s Arsenal and Manchester United teams into today’s. The listen to the rest of this episode, head to the Ringer FC Spotify feed. There’s the first ever Stadio competition, where the boys will be giving away a copy of Issue 2 of the brilliant Caricom Magazine, which contains an essay by Musa, as well as a quick round-up of Portugal, Italy and the US, before moving on to discuss the Women’s Champions League, the USWNT players they’d like to see at European clubs, the rules they’d take from other sports into soccer and much more.


Stadio Sessions returned last weekend, with a two-hour soul and disco special. Head here to give it a listen.


Also, our intro music is on sale, with all proceeds being donated. To buy and more info head here.


Finally, don't forget to follow our Outros Spotify playlist, where we compile the songs we play with every week and follow Stadio on Twitter.


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