The Turkish roots of Inter star Hakan Çalhanoğlu

This football story starts on a Saturday night in a nightclub in Amsterdam. The club is packed with people. They’re living their best lives, bouncing around on the beats the DJ plays. The man behind the turntables is handsome, black and has dyed his hair blond. He wears a white t-shirt and a silver-coloured overall. He’s looking fresh, like a proper DJ. But that guy is not just a DJ. It’s Djibril Cissé, the man who was banging in goals as a striker for football clubs all over the world, not too long ago. He even won the Champions League with Liverpool FC.This episode of our podcast is dedicated to the incredible story of Djibril Cissé and his wild years at Liverpool FC. It’s a story on making a record breaking transfer to England, buying a manor, suffering horrible injuries, winning the Champions League, pimping a van with Fat Joe, and becoming a DJ. _ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Nov 202134min

Arsenal Fan TV is one of our favourite football channels on Youtube, because their videos are always unfiltered. They changed the game when it comes to football fan representation on Youtube and social media. Arsenal Fan TV, or AFTV as they call themselves nowadays, became famous for rants by Arsenal fans in 2013. Since then it has grown into a little football media empire. If you’ve never seen or heard one of these rants, you definitely should.The man behind it all is Robbie Lyle, AKA Don Robbie. We want to know everything about the rise of AF TV, and the struggles Robbie had to deal with along the way. So we reached out to Robbie to get the full story. It’s an inspiring story about Jamaican immigrants, reggae, football banter, Arsenal, racism, hard work and building your own media empire. - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

18 Okt 202134min

It was mayhem at Garforth Town on a freezing day in november 2004. The stands of the little club were packed. Hundreds of people were still trying to get in. Media from all over England traveled to this non-league team, to cover what was happening there. Because this little club, Garforth Town, managed to sign the Brazilian football legend Socrates. And he was about to make his debut for the club, as a 50 year old.It would be one of Socrates' last big adventures, before he tragically passed away. In this episode of our podcast we reconstruct the story of the time the Brazilian football legend Socrates turned up at Garforth Town in England. It’s a bittersweet story about a Brazilian military dictatorship, a pink dressing room, a revolution, beer, cigarettes and a struggle to find purpose in life.- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Okt 202138min

Some football fans say they trust Fabrizio Romano more than their own mothers. Some say they would let Fabrizio sleep with their girlfriends. Some say they would believe Fabrizio if he would tell them the moon is made of cheese. That’s how much football fans appreciate his work. Over the last couple of years Fabrizio Romano has become the absolute expert on transfer news in the world of football. When he says a transfer is happening, it’s happening. When he tweets Here we go. Well, there we go.But how did Fabrizio Romano become the goat of transfer news? Where did his story start? What methods does he use to get his scoops? What are the secrets of the trade? I spoke with Fabrizio and some of his closest friends, to get the story. This episode of our podcast is all about Fabrizio Romano and how he became the goat of transfer news. It’s a story about a lucky breakthrough, an insane work ethic, bulletproof passion for football, a lack of sleep, and listening to Brazilian music to relax.- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Sep 202136min

Hundreds of people are dancing in the streets of Kleintjeskamp, a traveler community in the Netherlands. Men walk around bare chested, showing their tattoos. Women chug beers. Grandpas and grandmas dance too. A singer is singing Dutch folk songs. Kids are running around. Bonfire’s are burning, the sky lights up with fireworks. It’s a massive farewell party. Because one of their own, is leaving the community, to sign for Manchester United.This is the unlikely story of Alexander Buttner, and his years at Manchester United. It’s a story about Shinji Kagawa doing a Gangnam style dance, Sir Alex Ferguson making Buttner have his first drink, and getting help from Paul Scholes.- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Sep 202136min

Some say this was the most surprising transfer in the history of football. This story starts in the 2009 January transfer window, at West Ham United. The players are on the team bus, on their way to Fulham for a game in the Premier League, when a mobile phone rings. Julien Faubert, one of the West Ham players, picks up his phone. On the other end of the line is a Frenchman, who says he works for Real Madrid. This man tells Faubert that Real Madrid wants to sign him. But Faubert feels like this isn’t serious, like someone is trying to prank him, so he says he doesn’t want to be bothered. He has a game to play. He switches off his phone.After the game, Faubert switches his phone back on. He has 40 text messages and a couple of missed calls from his agent. Real Madrid really wants to sign him, and they have to hurry up, because the transfer deadline is rapidly approaching. In this episode of our podcast we tell the amazing story of a man who was born in poverty in a French harbor, and ended up making one of the most unexpected transfers in the history of football. This is the crazy story of Julien Faubert and his transfer to Real Madrid. It’s a story about frantic phone calls on deadline day, playing with a ballon d’or winner, being wrongly framed by the media, and finding peace in the south of France. - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Sep 202134min

Thousands of Brazilian football fans form a crowd at the airport in Rio de Janeiro. Security guards have to push back fences, so they’re not overrun by the crowd. The fans wave flags, hold up banners and scream their lungs out. Grown men are crying in happiness. A stage is set so the man they came for can oversee the massive crowd when he arrives. This is the story of the day an absolute European football legend decided to write the final chapter of his career in Brazil. This is the story of the glorious end of Clarence Seedorf’s career as a football player in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a story about a childhood dream, the ultimate fan culture, blasting air conditioning, Brazilian carnaval and an unexpected ending. Host: Sam van Raalte.- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Sep 202135min

This story starts in a small cafeteria in the Netherlands on October 6th. The final day of the extended summer transfer window of 2020. On that day Chris Rooijakkers is preparing snacks in his cafeteria, two blocks away from the PSV stadium in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Chris has short grey hair and has been preparing snacks for decades. It’s dinner time on October 6th, so Chris is quietly frying some fries. When he looks up for a moment, he sees a massive Mercedes SUV parked in the street in front of his cafeteria. Chris is a fanatic PSV Eindhoven fan, so he decides to walk past the car to take a look. You never know, maybe a new PSV player is inside. Chris sees some men sitting inside the car, but he doesn’t get a clear view. So he asks his thirteen year old daughter Lyndi if she can sneak up to the car and take some pictures. She is nervous, but decides to give it a go. She walks past the car as well, but doesn’t get a clear picture. She decides to give it another try, this time riding her bicycle. When she returns to the cafeteria, she shows her father the pictures she has taken. They can see a person sitting shotgun in the car. They zoom in on his face and can’t believe what they see. Could it be that the man who decided the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil was about to sign for their favourite football team?This episode of our podcast is about the day Mario Götze shocked the world, by signing a two year deal at PSV Eindhoven as a free agent. Götze could have signed for several top clubs in Italy. Bayern Munich was even trying to get him to come back. And he had some lucrative offers from countries like the United States. But Götze decided to sign for PSV in The Netherlands. We spoke to the PSV fans who first found out this was happening, and Mario Götze himself, to find out how and why he signed for PSV Eindhoven. Host: Sam van Raalte.- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

31 Aug 202133min