Monday Night Club: Xhaka reborn & from Bricklayer to Brazil

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🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Charlie Adam and Rory Smith on the Monday Night Club.

After Sunderland's stoppage time equaliser against Arsenal, the panel reflect on captain Granit Xhaka's influence. Is he the signing of the season? Who does he join on a list of the best aging midfielders? And what else is going so right at the Stadium of Light?

From selling fruit and laying bricks to waiting for his first national team call-up: South American football expert Tim Vickery joins to chat Brentford's Igor Thiago.

Plus, Felix Johnston tells us how he has been headhunted to become a first team scout at Como, having started out with a Chelsea fan account on X.

Timecodes: 1'56 Granit Xhaka: signing of the season? 9'11 Sunderland vs Arsenal 14'32 Aging midfielders 24'06 Igor Thiago chat with Tim Vickery 37'08 Felix Johnston

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0:38.6	This is the Monday Nightclub with Mark Chapman.
0:42.1	On the Football Daily Podcast.
0:45.7	Welcome to the Monday Nightclub.
0:48.4	Charlie Adam, Roy Smith and Chris Sutton with us this evening, MNC at BBC.com.
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1:09.8	the Sutton household have their Christmas tree up and
1:13.7	proudly in position over Chris's left shoulder.
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