Euro Leagues: Leverkusen sack ten Hag & Newcastle sign 'Wolte-Messi'

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

John Bennett is joined by Archie Rhind-Tutt, Julien Laurens and James Horncastle to discuss ten Hag's sacking at Leverkusen as well as reacting to the end of the transfer window.

James also looks ahead with trepidation to Gennaro Gattuso's first match in charge of Italy as their World Cup qualification hangs in the balance...again!

Topics: 01:04 - Helen Mirren in Lecce 03:12 - The first top-flight Hamburg derby in 14 years 07:32 - Was Joao Neves' PSG hat-trick the best ever? 12:18 - Erik ten Hag sacked by Bayer Leverkusen 28:40 - Samuel Chukwueze (Milan > Fulham) 35:45 - Xavi Simons & Randal Kolo Muani joining Spurs 39:55 - Gennaro Gattuso's first game in charge of Italy

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries: Fri 5 Sep 1930 Chelsea v Man City in the WSL, Sat 6 Sep 1330 Arsenal v London City Lionesses in the WSL, Sat 6 Sep 1700 England v Andorra in World Cup Qualifying, Sun 7 Sep 1200 Liverpool v Everton in the WSL, Tue 9 Sep 1945 Serbia v England in World Cup Qualifying.

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0:00.0	on the Football Daily podcast, the Euroleagues with John Bennett.
0:06.2	Hello and welcome to the Euroleagues.
0:08.7	Coming up, we'll discuss Eric Tenhard being sacked by By Levecouz.
0:12.6	And after only two league matches, we'll give you the lowdown on some of the players
0:17.1	who've made their way to the Premier League from the continent.
0:19.8	And we'll look at the highlights from the international break,
0:22.8	including the Always Calm and collected, Gennaro Gattuso,
0:25.8	taking charge of Italy for the first time.
0:28.1	And don't forget, we're also on YouTube, the BBC Sport YouTube channel,
0:34.0	where you'll be able to see Julien Le Ron's Archie Rintutt and James Horncastle.
0:39.1	Hello, guys.
0:39.9	Great to speak to you again.
0:41.1	Hello, guys.
0:41.9	Hey, JPM.
0:42.6	Hello, how's it going?
0:43.7	And you've all had some great stories to cover this week.
0:46.4	Let's go through some of them, first of all.
0:49.2	James, Oscar-winning acting royalty, Helen Mirren, pictured watching Leche.
0:55.3	It makes a difference because the celebs normally go to watch Como, don't they?
0:59.6	What's the link here then between Helen Mirren and Lechay?
1:03.5	Helen Mirren, holidays where I holiday, which is in Puglia.
1:06.9	Oh, all right, all right.
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