Libero

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1. Libero 024: Data Is A Condiment

   6 Jun 2025 · 55 min · Episode 24

   Today Jack Pitt-Brooke, James Horncastle and Rory Smith discuss the most wonderful time of the year: the transfer market between football executives. They ask why we have become so fascinated by sporting directors, and…

2. Libero 023: Held Hostage by Hodgson

   4 Jun 2025 · 55 min · Episode 23

   With Paris Saint-Germain finally ending their cash soaked Qatari quest for a Champions League title John Brewin, Jonathan Wilson and Tariq Panja discuss how its likeable young team’s emphatic trouncing of Inter may…

3. Libero 022: Crying Into The Dolmio

   2 Jun 2025 · 30 min · Episode 22

   Brought to you live from the Allianz Arena Munich Football Arena, Miguel Delaney and Rory Smith discuss the fallout from PSG's destruction of Inter Milan in the Champions League final. Produced by: Tom Bassam Email…

4. Libero 021: Champions League Final, Premface Edition

   29 May 2025 · 56 min · Episode 21

   Today on Libero Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith and James Horncastle look forward to Saturday’s Champions League final between Paris Saint Germain and Inter Milan. First up is the question of what actually makes for a…

5. Libero 020: Never Go Full John Terry

   28 May 2025 · 52 min · Episode 20

   As European domestic seasons draw to their close, Jonathan Wilson, John Brewin and Tariq Panja consider how and why a different set of clubs have lifted trophies across Europe. They discuss the collapse of the pay-TV…

6. Libero 019: The James Horncastle Origin Story

   23 May 2025 · 1 h 00 min · Episode 19

   Dispatches from Libero's Bilbao Bureau bring word of an all-English European final that was not the greatest advert for the 'Best League in the World™', so instead James Horncastle, John Brewin and Rory Smith discuss…

7. Libero 018: A Fight In The Portsmouth Ferry Port

   20 May 2025 · 49 min · Episode 18

   Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Wilson and Miguel Delaney have crossed the Bay of Biscay to see the teams currently 16th and 17th in the Premier League duke it out in the Basque Country with not only Europe's second biggest…

8. Libero 017: Bring On The Mezzanine

   16 May 2025 · 55 min · Episode 17

   On today’s Libero, Jonathan Wilson, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Miguel Delaney start by looking forward to Saturday’s FA Cup final. Everyone knows that the final is no longer the climax of the English football season, but the…

9. Libero 016: Don Carlo

   14 May 2025 · 56 min · Episode 16

   On today’s episode of Libero, Rory Smith, John Brewin and James Horncastle wonder whether anyone not named Carlo Ancelotti can make sense of the modern Real Madrid, and assess the prospects for Xabi Alonso at the…

10. Libero 015: The Greatest Champions League Semi Of All?

    9 May 2025 · 51 min · Episode 15

    There was nowhere else to start than San Siro after the Champions League semi-final between Inter and Barcelona. Was it the best of all? Why are semis over two legs usually miles more entertaining than finals? Jonathan…

11. Libero 014: It's A Bit Like Severance

    7 May 2025 · 58 min · Episode 14

    With the Europa League final looking likely to be an all-English affair, Jack Pitt-Brook, Rory Smith and Tariq Panja discuss why - given the Premier League's clear financial advantages - Europe's secondary competition…

12. Libero 013: Barca's Bloated Mess

    2 May 2025 · 56 min · Episode 13

    In the interest of debunking beauty, the first part of the latest episode of Libero starts with Jonathan Wilson, Miguel Delaney and Tariq Panja discussing why Barcelona's thrilling 3-3 draw with Inter Milan should…

13. Libero 012: Marathon Wolf Hall Sessions

    30 Apr 2025 · 48 min · Episode 12

    Today’s episode starts with a look to the Arctic circle, where Bodø/Glimt have become one of the best stories in European football this decade. The small club from northern Norway have won four of the last five league…

14. Libero 011: Steve Parish Saint-Germain

    25 Apr 2025 · 58 min · Episode 11

    On today’s episode, Rory Smith, John Brewin and Jack Pitt-Brooke start off with a look at Paris Saint-Germain, who, for the first time, might well be the best team to watch in Europe. Have they finally moved on from…

15. Libero 010: It’s Really More Of A Helix

    23 Apr 2025 · 57 min · Episode 10

    What is it about the early 2000s that football finds so fascinating? Why is the game still so captivated by the career paths and podcast empires of the principal characters from an era that is now a generation past? On…

16. Libero 009: The Bountiful South

    16 Apr 2025 · 1 h 01 min · Episode 9

    On Libero today, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Wilson, John Brewin and Miguel Delaney consider the Tottenham Hotspur odyssey as Ange Postecoglou faces down his near-certain fate. Can any Spurs manager succeed under the…

17. Libero 008: Prime Barclays Extended Universe

    11 Apr 2025 · 1 h 02 min · Episode 8 · Explicit

    On Libero today, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rory Smith, John Brewin and Tariq Panja ask whatever happened to the lost generation of footballers born in the second half of the 1990s? They should be at their peak now, dominating…

18. Libero 007: Slapping Brest With a 57 Percent Tariff

    9 Apr 2025 · 52 min · Episode 7

    On Libero today, Jonathan Wilson, James Horncastle, Miguel Delaney and Tariq Panja discuss the new Champions League format. Is it better than what came before? Were there really more surprises? And what tweaks would…

19. Libero 006: Defund the PGMOL

    4 Apr 2025 · 57 min · Episode 6

    On Libero today, Jack Pitt-Brooke, James Horncastle, John Brewin and Jonathan Wilson discuss whether or not the 2024-25 season has been good or not. What do we mean when we talk about a good season? How do we find the…

20. Libero 005: Andrea Berta Fan Fiction

    2 Apr 2025 · 54 min · Episode 5

    On Libero today, Jonathan Liew, Miguel Delaney, Rory Smith and Jonathan Wilson discuss whether elite football is trying to do away with fans, whether it is OK that Chelsea sold their own women's team to themselves, and…

21. Libero 004 - Trent, Transfers and Traitors

    28 Mar 2025 · 53 min · Episode 4

    Libero 4 with Jack Pitt-Brooke, James Horncastle, Jonathan Wilson and John Brewin covers Trent's 'defection', some reflections on classic transfer market shenanigans and the FA Cup - has Wembley really lost it's…

22. Libero 003 - The MAGA World Cup

    26 Mar 2025 · 59 min · Episode 3

    How should journalists report Trump's World Cup? Are expectations for Slot's Liverpool unfair?.. and the weird world of the Sports Journalism awards. Today's Liberi are Tariq Panja, Miguel Delaney and Barney Ronay.…

23. Libero 002 - Give us the jam now, Thomas

    20 Mar 2025 · 52 min · Episode 2

    Episode two of Libero discusses Thomas Tuchel's chances as the German England football manager (02:00) and the rise of the 'middle class' of well run Premier League clubs (18:42) The Liberi: Jonathan Wilson, Rory…

24. Libero 001 - Has this podcast officially begun?

    18 Mar 2025 · 1 h 08 min · Episode 1

    Welcome to Libero. The first episode includes a segment on the Geordie Nation and Saudi sportwashing (06:15) and Sir Jim Ratcliffe's grand vision (41:01) Today's Liberi are Miguel Delaney, Jonathan Liew, Barney Ronay…