World Cup Daily

Mark Chapman, Chris Sutton & Robbie Savage discuss the extension of players' contracts until the 30th June and all the possible scenarios. They're joined by Daniel Geey who is an expert in football law. Scottish football reporter Roddy Forsyth gives an update as clubs in the Championship, League One and League Two face a vote on plans to end the season in the current positions. PLUS Sutton and Savage give their views on the best manager in the Premier League era.

Kelly Cates is joined by Ian Dennis and Clinton Morrison to discuss their favourite sporting films and whether the Premier League can survive the coronavirus crisis. We hear from National League chairman Brian Barwick and football finance expert Nick Harris to discuss how teams will cope.

We start the podcast with the sad news that Pep Guardiola’s mother has died after contracting coronavirus. We hear from our European football broadcaster Guillem Balague, who wrote a biography about the Manchester City manager. There’s reaction to the breaking news that Liverpool have reversed their decision to place some non-playing staff on temporary leave and apologised to fans. Did they bow to backlash or simply realise they’d made a mistake? We get a Liverpool fan’s perspective from John Gibbons from the Anfield Wrap. With discussions about Premier League pay cuts dominating headlines and players set to start negotiations, we ask if the whole situation is damaging for football. And after Alan Shearer revealed he almost signed for Manchester United, Chris Sutton reveals that the Red Devils tried to sign him from Norwich, and part of the process involved an undercover assessment from a former SAS soldier. Did he pass or fail? Listen to find out.

Steve Crossman is joined by Guillem Balague and Julien Laurens to discuss the latest news from the football leagues across Europe, including Belgium, France and Spain. Steve chats to Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe about what he is doing in isolation as well as how he is staying mentally and physically well. They also talk to Portugal and Lille defender José Fonte about how he is getting on with home schooling his children and life at Lille.

Darren Fletcher and Jermaine Jenas host another Friday Football Social focusing on the big debate of the week, players' salaries. Darren and JJ are joined by the BBC's Football Correspondent John Murray and Newcastle defender Danny Rose to discuss the news that Premier League clubs will ask players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protect jobs as it was announced the season will not resume until "it is safe and appropriate to do so". The team are also joined by Wolves captain Conor Coady to talk about the role Liverpool's Jordan Henderson has played in rallying together the captains of Premier League clubs to create a voluntary charitable fund. Wigan Athletic manager, Paul Cook, also joins the podcast to chat about what he's doing to help his local community plus Michael Owen speaks to Darren and JJ about his career from staring out at Liverpool, to that FA Cup Final in 2001.