Euro Leagues: Pogba's return, Mbappe sues PSG & can Italy qualify for the World Cup?

Football Daily

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Julien Laurens, Mina Rzouki and Guillem Balague join Maz Farookhi to discuss the latest from the continent.

With Italy only reaching the play-offs, Gennaro Gattuso’s comments about World Cup qualification needing a ‘system change’ lead to a debate about the fundamental purpose of the World Cup.

PSG are, incredibly, in court against two of their former players, with one being Kylian Mbappe! How and why?

Plus, there’s lots of returns to dissect… Paul Pogba to playing football, as well as Barcelona AND Lionel Messi to Camp Nou!

Danish football journalist Toke Theilade joins the show to reflect on a disastrous week for Denmark as the full panel react to the play-off draw. Is Mina confident about Italy’s chances of progression?

Timecodes: 01:00 Why McTominay is being called ‘The Hero of Two Worlds’ 5:18 Gattuso demands changes to World Cup qualifying – is it bitterness or justified? 10:00 Should the World Cup actually have 100 teams? What do we really want from the World Cup? 14:50 Kylian Mbappe’s controversial international break and court case with PSG 20:08 Kheira Hamraoui's court case with PSG 25:32 Pogba set to return to the pitch 29:08 Barcelona back to Camp Nou 32:50 Messi’s own return 35:23 Denmark’s disastrous week 43:20 The World Cup play-off draw

5 Live/ BBC Sounds commentaries this week:

Saturday 22nd November PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool v Nottingham Forest 1500 KO, live on 5 Live. PREMIER LEAGUE: Fulham v Sunderland 1500 KO, live on 5 Sports Extra. PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle United v Manchester City 1730 KO, live on 5 Live.

Sunday 23rd November PREMIER LEAGUE: Leeds United v Aston Villa 1400 KO, live on 5 Live. PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal v Tottenham 1630 KO, live on 5 Live.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.5	This winter, cricket's oldest rivalry is reignited.
0:15.0	England and Australia do battle to compete for the ashes.
0:20.8	That is extraordinary.
0:23.1	Hear live ball by ball commentary on Fife Sports Extra.
0:27.4	And get analysis and reaction of every day's play with the Test Match Special podcast.
0:32.9	The Stamps out of the ground.
0:34.4	Test match special at the Ashes.
0:37.3	Listen on BBC Sounds. On the ground. Test match special at the Ashes. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:40.3	On the Football Daily podcast, the Euroleagues.
0:44.4	Listen on the BBC Sounds.
0:47.5	Hello, welcome to the Euroleagues on the Football Daily podcast.
0:51.6	On today's pod, we'll be reflecting on Garnara Gattuso's comments
0:55.1	about World Cup qualification needing a system change, with Italy going to have to navigate
1:00.1	the playoffs to be in the USA, Canada and Mexico, VAPE and PSG, taking each other to court, and
1:07.4	we'll be talking returns. Pogba's long-weighted one to football, plus Barcelona and Messies returns to camp now.
1:15.2	We'll finish the show as well, reflecting on a disastrous week for Denmark.
1:19.7	And we'll be reacting as well to the playoff draw for the World Cup, which is happening as we record this pod right now.
1:26.0	And with me, for all of that over the next hour, is Mina Rizuki, Guillem Ballagay and Julianne Laurence. Hello, everyone. Busy week. How are you all? All right. It's less busy if you actually spend time in Seville when it's sunny and go from terrace to terrace having tapas. It is busy, but a different kind of busy.
1:45.0	It's a lovely busy.
1:48.8	Loads to get through over the next hour then.
1:53.3	But I'd like to say, we've got to start with the goal that I've been watching on repeat from Tuesday night.
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