WHO SHOULD PLAY BEHIND PIO ESPOSITO FOR ITALY?
Nima Tavallaey and Sheridan Bird debate which two players—Giacomo Raspadori, Moise Kean or Antonio Vergara—should start behind Francesco Pio Esposito in Roberto Mancini’s Italy attack.
They also discuss whether Pio Esposito’s decision to remain in Serie A will help or harm his long-term development.
Should European Championship and FIFA World Cup qualifiers be transformed into summer tournaments played after the club season?
The discussion then turns to Sampdoria and the decisions that caused one of Italy’s most historic clubs to decline and fall into Serie B.
At Napoli, what should the club do with Lorenzo Lucca—and is Massimiliano Allegri misusing Rasmus Højlund?
Plus, did Henrik Larsson waste his career at Celtic? Could Gianluigi Donnarumma return to Serie A if Manchester City are relegated? And would Steven Gerrard, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes have thrived at the leading Serie A clubs of their era?
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Who should play behind Pio?
06:08 - Pio Esposito’s Serie A development
09:23 - Summer international qualifiers?
12:01 - Sampdoria’s decline into Serie B
20:34 - What should Napoli do with Lucca?
22:23 - Is Allegri misusing Højlund?
23:15 - Did Larsson waste his Celtic career?
27:33 - Could Donnarumma return to Serie A?
29:43 - Premier League legends in Serie A
34:06 - Upcoming shows and teasers
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