127 | Arsenal Got Close, But How Do They Catch PSG?

127 | Arsenal Got Close, But How Do They Catch PSG?

Arsenal lost the Champions League final on Saturday night but it has still been an undeniably brilliant season and deserved to parade the Premier League trophy around north London in front of millions fans. For the final Libero of the club season, Rory Smith and Miguel Delaney dial in direct from Budapest, before Jack Pitt-Brooke, John Brewin and Jonathan Wilson ask how Arsenal can make up the gap to PSG next season if they are to finally become European champions. For the final Libero of the club season, Rory Smith and Miguel Delaney dial in direct from Budapest, before Jack Pitt-Brooke, John Brewin and Jonathan Wilson ask how Arsenal can make up the gap to PSG next season. Is it as simple as backing Mikel Arteta with greater attacking options? And with Real Madrid and Manchester City both in transition, who can stop Arsenal and PSG from re-running this final in 12 months time? Finally, What can we expect from Liverpool, now that Arne Slot has gone and Andoni Iraola has been lined up to replace him. P1: (06:04) P2: (29:47) Join SC Libero [https://www.liberopodcast.com/sclibero], the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com [https://www.liberopodcast.com/]. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com [getintouch@liberopodcast.com] Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod [https://www.youtube.com/@liberopod] Join our Discord @Libero Podcast [https://discord.gg/v6c2fdMKSK] Follow us on X @podcast_libero [https://x.com/podcast_libero] Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com [https://bsky.app/profile/liberopodcast.com] Follow us on Instagram @liberopod [https://www.instagram.com/liberopod] Follow us on TikTok @liberopod [https://www.tiktok.com/@liberopod] Follow us on Facebook @liberopod [https://www.facebook.com/liberopod] Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

126 | Is PSG v Arsenal The Future Of Football?

The Champions League final between PSG and Arsenal has a rare quality in this fixture: it pits clearly the two best teams in Europe against each other. Both clubs have had brilliant seasons, each winning their domestic league, adding to an epic feel for the game in Budapest, but the fixture has a sense of freshness, because Arsenal have never won this competition, and PSG won it for the first time last year. On today’s Libero, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Miguel Delaney and Jonathan Wilson ask why the finalists are only coming as powers in Europe now and whether there is a geographical explanation. With just three European cups between them, all of them in the last 15 years, why have London and Paris traditionally underperformed in this competition? And is that finally starting to change? P1: (02:24) P2: (27:55) Join SC Libero [https://www.liberopodcast.com/sclibero], the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com [https://www.liberopodcast.com/]. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com [getintouch@liberopodcast.com] Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod [https://www.youtube.com/@liberopod] Join our Discord @Libero Podcast [https://discord.gg/v6c2fdMKSK] Follow us on X @podcast_libero [https://x.com/podcast_libero] Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com [https://bsky.app/profile/liberopodcast.com] Follow us on Instagram @liberopod [https://www.instagram.com/liberopod] Follow us on TikTok @liberopod [https://www.tiktok.com/@liberopod] Follow us on Facebook @liberopod [https://www.facebook.com/liberopod] Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

125 | Arsenal Vanquish Manchester City... The End Of A Premier League Era?

The Premier League's final day confirmed Arsenal are champions, West Ham are going down and Sunderland are in the Europa League. But it also felt like one long goodbye: from Pep Guardiola to Mo Salah, via Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Andy Robertson. On today’s Libero, Rory Smith, Jonathan Wilson and our North London correspondent Tariq Panja ask how different the league will look without several of its defining figures, whether their farewells mark the end of a defined era, and what might come next. P1: (03:01) P2: (26:45) Join SC Libero [https://www.liberopodcast.com/sclibero], the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com [https://www.liberopodcast.com/]. — Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com [getintouch@liberopodcast.com] Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod [https://www.youtube.com/@liberopod] Join our Discord @Libero Podcast [https://discord.gg/v6c2fdMKSK] Follow us on X @podcast_libero [https://x.com/podcast_libero] Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com [https://bsky.app/profile/liberopodcast.com] Follow us on Instagram @liberopod [https://www.instagram.com/liberopod] Follow us on TikTok @liberopod [https://www.tiktok.com/@liberopod] Follow us on Facebook @liberopod [https://www.facebook.com/liberopod] Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

124 | Manchester City, Pep Guardiola And Football’s Greatest Experiment

Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City. It’s an exit that brings to an end one of the most unique experiments in football history, and one that is unlikely to be repeated again. Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith and Tariq Panja discuss Guardiola’s legacy and the very specific set of circumstances that provided the platform for him to produce arguably the most complete winning machines in English football history. Join SC Libero [https://www.liberopodcast.com/sclibero], the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com [https://www.liberopodcast.com/]. — P1: (08:45) P2: (30:35) Produced by: Tom Bassam Email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com [getintouch@liberopodcast.com] Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod [https://www.youtube.com/@liberopod] Join our Discord @Libero Podcast [https://discord.gg/v6c2fdMKSK] Follow us on X @podcast_libero [https://x.com/podcast_libero] Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com [https://bsky.app/profile/liberopodcast.com] Follow us on Instagram @liberopod [https://www.instagram.com/liberopod] Follow us on TikTok @liberopod [https://www.tiktok.com/@liberopod] Follow us on Facebook @liberopod [https://www.facebook.com/liberopod] Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

123 | Can Unai Emery Break Through The Europa League Glass Ceiling?

Join SC Libero [https://www.liberopodcast.com/sclibero], the most important of the least important membership clubs, now: liberopodcast.com [https://www.liberopodcast.com/]. — Unai Emery is once again in the Europa League final with a team featuring the letters V-I-L-L-A somewhere in their name, a remarkable achievement and one that also creates a perception that he is not among the top echelon of coaches. The competition with which the Aston Villa manager has become synonymous is also suffering from a degree of reputational damage these days, as its bigger brother hoovers up more of the clubs that used to give the Europa League a unique appeal. James Horncastle, Jonathan Wilson and Miguel Delaney discuss matters of perception and a few other things. — P1: (13:09) P2: (28:11) Produced by: Tom Bassam Do you have a burning question for the Liberi? Send them in to extra-time@liberopodcast.com [extra-time@liberopodcast.com]⁠⁠ to get them answered on the podcast. Anything else, email in via getintouch@liberopodcast.com [getintouch@liberopodcast.com] Subscribe to our YouTube channel @liberopod [https://www.youtube.com/@liberopod] Join our Discord @Libero Podcast [https://discord.gg/v6c2fdMKSK] Follow us on X @podcast_libero [https://x.com/podcast_libero] Follow us on Bluesky @liberopodcast.com [https://bsky.app/profile/liberopodcast.com] Follow us on Instagram @liberopod [https://www.instagram.com/liberopod] Follow us on TikTok @liberopod [https://www.tiktok.com/@liberopod] Follow us on Facebook @liberopod [https://www.facebook.com/liberopod] Produced by: Tom Bassam Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]