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Hello and welcome to Guardian Football Weekly, a soft launch after the international break with an FA Cup quarterfinal preview.

And City, Liverpool, the tie of the round with Southampton Arsenal and Chelsea Port Vale, the chances of a giant killing. On Chelsea, there's some classic players saying stuff on International Duty, Mark Kukarella and Enzo Fernandez, not standing too excited about the current set up while the club announces a gazillion pound loss, but still within PSR somehow. It's a big weekend in the championship and we haven't tackled Nigel Farage at Ipswich yet.

Nick Ames has been to Kosovo, we'll ask him about that.

There's some hair pulling in the women's champions league to discuss

and news of Barry's VIP half-marathon treatment.

We'll do all that, answer your questions,

and that's today's Guardian Football Week.

On the panel today, Barry Glendon. Hello.

Hello, Jordan Jarrett Bryant.

Hello, mate.

And good morning, Nick Ames.

Hello, Max.

Let's look ahead to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

Man City, Liverpool.

Saturday, 1245 kickoff is the tie of the round.

Possibly the biggest story is Liverpool, Jordan, and how important the FA Cup might be to them and whether it'll save Arna Slot's job.

My thinking of this is that I think the Champions League run would be the bigger, in terms of

qualifying for it, it was the bigger determinants of whether he is the Liverpool manager next season or not.

I think a trophy in the bank that can get the FA Cup would be great for them.

But I think the more important thing for them or him in terms of keeping his job would be

finishing in that top five because I think it would optically look horrific if they went from champions

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