Euro Leagues: Real Madrid ready for change and the life of a technical director

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

After Real Madrid's tame Champions League exit the Euro Leagues crew ask whether signing Trent Alexander-Arnold is really the priority to improve such an imbalanced squad needing greater defensive stability. What else needs addressing and who is/isn't in the frame to succeed Carlo Ancelotti.

Also on the agenda for Guillem Balague, Mina Rzouki and Julien Laurens; Inter and Barcelona meeting in the UCL semis for the first time since 2010 when Jose's Inter went through at Camp Nou depite not having a shot in the second leg against Pep's Barca. What are we expecting this time around?

There's a special guest on this week's pod in former Bayern technical director Marco Neppe who discusses his favourite signings from his time in Munich, how elite clubs operate, breaking the German transfer record for Harry Kane, and the recent discourse that elite level football has become boring.

TIMECODES 05:07 – Real Madrid elimination 15:48 – Inter set up Barcelona semi and memories of Mourinho v Pep in 2010 22:59 - Marco Neppe on Bayern’s exit and his career as the club’s Technical Director, his favourite signings, the record deal for Harry Kane, and recent discourse that elite level football has become boring. 40:14 – PSG v Arsenal

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this weekend: Sat 1200 *5 Sports Extra* WSL West Ham v Manchester United Sat 1230 Women's Champions League Arsenal v Lyon Sat 1500 Premier League Everton v Manchester City Sat 1730 Premier League Aston Villa v Newcastle Sun 1400 Premier League Ipswich v Arsenal Sun 1400 *5 Sports Extra* Premier League Manchester United v Wolves Sun 1400 *BBC Sport app & website* Premier League Fulham v Chelsea Sun 1630 Premier League Leicester v Liverpool

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0:00.0	into Walker, Walker scores.
0:03.7	The Manchester City Club captain Carl Walker has joined AC Milan on load.
0:07.8	I'm Carl Walker.
0:08.7	And I'm Michael Brown.
0:09.8	And welcome to the Kyle Walker podcast with me and Milan and Brownie in Manchester.
0:14.5	Walker charges brilliantly, brilliantly.
0:17.5	You can ask his anything about football, our careers and about Kyle's life in Italy,
0:21.9	or just random everyday stuff. They're the moments that you do pinch yourself. The Kyle Walker
0:27.0	podcast. Listen on BBC Sounds. Music, radio, podcasts. This is Five Live Sports.
0:37.8	The Euroleagues with John Bennett.
0:40.9	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:44.6	Welcome to Euroleagues, joining us today, still recovering from PSG, nearly throwing away a four-goal lead at Villa Park.
0:52.9	It's Julian Lorenz.
0:54.5	Still recovering from watching Buy Munich throw everything at Inter in injury time on Wednesday night,
1:00.4	Mina Razuki, and probably recovering from all his travels over the last few days.
1:05.0	What was it?
1:05.5	Villa Park to Madrid and back.
1:08.3	He's in London now, Guillem Balagay.
1:10.6	So, Guillem, Best Atmosphere of. Villa Park or the Bonabeyu. Our producer of Euroleagues today is a villa fan. So be careful how you answer this.
1:20.7	Let me just say, you better be entertaining because otherwise I'll fall asleep. I haven't slept for the last two days. Literally. Literally. I fall asleep every plane I got and that's it. I fall asleep whenever I can. So be entertaining. No pressure.
1:33.3	Villa park was great. It really was. And I think I did the best thing you can do in a day
1:39.6	like this. Start very early. Go to the pub. I par my car and where I par the car,
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