Monday Night Club: ‘Selfish’ Salah, Villa join title race & Leeds revival

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Is Mo Salah ‘selfish’ for claiming he’s been ‘thrown under the bus’ at Liverpool, or justified? Are Aston Villa now part of the Premier League title race?

Mark Chapman is joined by Conor Coady, Chris Sutton, Steph Houghton for the Monday Night Club to debate the big questions of the week.

They’re joined by Liverpool fan John Gibbons to talk Salah as well as hearing from Arne Slot. Macclesfield Town manager John Rooney comes on the show as his side are drawn against holders Crystal Palace in the FA Cup, while Hearts fan Liam Corbett explains the significance behind their win over Celtic.

Conor Coady gives valuable insight into how to get the most out of his ex-teammate Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who has been instrumental in helping Daniel Farke turn the fortunes of Leeds United around. What chance do Leeds now have of staying up?

Timecodes: 00:10 Salah’s comments 03:30 Slot on Salah 06:00 Reaction to Slot’s comments 11:00 Whose side are Liverpool fans on? 20:30 Could this end positively for Slot and galvanize the Liverpool squad? 24:45 Macclesfield manager John Rooney joins the show 30:00 The rest of the FA Cup third-round draw 32:00 Has Daniel Farke turned it around at Leeds? 40:25 What now for Leeds 43:45 ‘Humble’ Aston Villa now in the title race? 52:50 Hearts beat Celtic – with Liam Corbett

Commentaries coming up this week: Tue 2000 Inter v Liverpool, Tue 2000 Tottenham v Slavia Prague on Sports Extra, Wed 2000 Real Madrid v Man City, Thu 1745 Ferencváros v Rangers on Sports Extra, Thu 2000 Celtic v Roma on Sports Extra.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:09.3	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kayeard and me, Kelly Somers,
0:12.4	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.
0:15.5	Coming to the Premier League, he's shown one called Play, he isn't.
0:18.2	He's been probably the sound of the season.
0:19.6	Plus, we'll hear the funniest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
0:23.7	I had two seasons when I played as the number nine and scored 34 goals in both the seasons.
0:28.1	But I was bored.
0:30.3	Wayne Rooney Show.
0:31.5	It's what everybody's talking about.
0:33.8	Watch a night player, listen on sounds.
0:38.2	This is the Monday Nightclub with Mark Chapman.
0:41.6	On the Football Daily podcast.
0:45.0	Welcome to the Monday Night Club.
0:46.5	Chris Sutton, Connor Cody and Steph Horton are with us.
0:49.3	Plenty to get through.
0:50.5	But Liverpool and Mo Sala does feel like the only story in town at the moment Chris
0:55.0	And we know why I mean he's you know been such a big part of Liverpool's success in you know since he's
1:02.0	Since he's been at the club it's a very public falling out and and very unnecessary and
1:07.0	Mo Salah unfortunately for Liverpool and their support, has made it all about him.
1:13.2	His form hasn't been good this season.
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