Premier League Preview: Souness on Leeds vs Liverpool | Ronaldo’s return | Chelsea’s title hopes
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
PART 1 | Souness’ verdict on Leeds vs Liverpool, Virgil van Dijk’s comeback, and Elland Road memories
PART 2 | Chelsea’s title chances, what Saul Niguez brings to the team, and how international issues will affect Chelsea and Aston Villa
PART 3 | What can we expect from Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United? And is Gareth Southgate’s first choice England XI now set in stone?
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| 0:55.7 | Hello and welcome to the Essential Football podcast. I'm Peter Smith and we're gearing up for the return of the Premier League. Of course, the big return everyone's talking about this week is Cristiano Ronaldo back at Man United and he looks set to make his second debut for the club against Newcastle at 3 o'clock on Saturday. We'll be talking about that later in the show. We'll also be talking about Chelsea. |
| 1:00.8 | They take on Aston Villa this weekend. Are the Blues now genuine title contenders? They |
| 1:05.7 | looked good, didn't they? Just before the international break with just 10 men for 45 minutes |
| 1:09.9 | at Anfield, but taking a |
| 1:11.1 | draw away from there. They've also added Sao Nguerz to their squad. So what does he bring to the |
| 1:15.7 | team? We'll be talking about that in part two. But first up, my colleague Alice Piper has |
| 1:20.2 | been speaking to Graham Sounes ahead of Leeds versus Liverpool on Sunday. Here's his verdict on |
| 1:25.2 | Liverpool starts of the season so far, and also his memories |
| 1:28.0 | of going to Ellen Road in his playing days. Graham, great to speak to you fresh from the international |
| 1:32.7 | break. How are you? I'm very well, thank you. Good to hear. Now, let's start with this club versus |
| 1:39.2 | country row, likely to impact Liverpool's trip to Leeds this weekend. The Brazilian FA, of course, |
| 1:44.4 | have asked FIFA to block Premier League clubs from allowing them to select the players who they |
| 1:49.1 | refuse to release for the latest round of international fixtures. Now, Liverpool are likely to be |
| 1:53.5 | the hardest hit here. Alison, Fabino, unavailable, Roberto Femino, of course, he picked up |
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