Monday Night Club: England Semi-Final Preview & Mbeumo joins Man United

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Steve Crossman, Nedum Onuoha, Izzy Christiansen and Steph Houghton talk all-things Euro 2025, & we hear the latest transfer news.

The team preview England’s semi-final against Italy and reflect on how they got there; was it resolve or luck against Sweden? Who really is England’s ‘wildcard’ Michelle Agyemang, and how did Lucy Bronze drag the Lionesses to victory?

Plus, we hear from England boss Sarina Wiegman on Leah Williamson’s fitness, as well as Georgia Stanway on the squad coming together following the racist abuse that Jess Carter has suffered this summer.

And finally, the MNC team react to Bryan Mbeumo joining Manchester United, and discuss Newcastle’s nightmare transfer window so far.

Timecodes: 04:13 No-nonsense Lucy Bronze 16:41 Georgia Stanway on Jess Carter & racism 24:28 Sarina Wiegman on Williamson’s fitness 26:00 Do England have a defensive problem? 37:13 Michelle Agyemang interview 45:04 Mbeumo joins Manchester United 48:00 Newcastle’s nightmare window

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this week: Tue 2000 SF1 England v Italy, Wed 2000 SF2 Germany v Spain, Sun 1700 Euro 2025 Final.

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0:00.0	Catch the summer of cricket on BBC Sounds.
0:04.4	That's shot and that's a massive blow.
0:06.4	Unbelievable.
0:07.6	With commentary on five sports extra.
0:09.9	Balls in!
0:11.1	Bales go flying!
0:12.9	Reactions from the Test Match Special podcast.
0:15.5	They have so much spirit.
0:16.9	They've had a tremendous day's play.
0:18.4	And the funny side with Greg James, Felix White and Jimmy Anderson on tail enders.
0:23.9	Jimmy, are you having a blast in the blast?
0:25.9	We're having a blast watching the blast.
0:27.8	It's been a blast, yeah.
0:30.2	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:34.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:38.5	On the Football Daily Podcasts, the Monday Nightclub with Steve Crosman, listen on BBC Sounds.
0:47.4	Welcome to the Monday Nightclub.
0:50.3	Euro 2025 semi-final tomorrow night on Five Live.
1:11.3	England, Italy, on air at seven, kickoff, full commentary at 8 o'clock. We've got a couple of lionesses with us tonight, former Captain Steph Horton, Izzy Christensen, hello guys, good evening, how are we? Very well, thank you. All good, all good, Steph. Evening guys. Hello, how are we? Very good, thank you. Well, and this is the thing, I was just saying, actually, to Neda Manua, how much that I was
1:15.5	missing not being with him, and that was 24 hours ago.
1:18.3	And it's like, the stars have aligned for us, haven't they?
1:22.1	Oh, used to, man.
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