 We came back to the touch line here on Y254 and Robert Osoro. I did the funds on considering that it has been a week where we have seen Bayan Munich win a treble for the second time in their history and become the first team in the history of football to have a second time treble. Joining me here in the funds on to discuss matters international football is the one and only Joe Saino and we've got also Eric Aganya who is here. I think second time now it's been third time, it's been long since you came on to this funds on show. So how have you been Eric? I've been good thank you, I've been fine, I'm good for that. Well well well Joe, welcome back again for another edition of the funds on big week. Where did your bet was it Bayan Munich or Paris Saint-Germain? My bet was a high scoring game but I knew Bayan was going to win but now I knew that the scores would at least exceed more than three goals, four goals. So I didn't expect PSG to be laksa in terms of the way they were finishing, in terms of being complacent. There are some goals you look back as Naima, there are some goals that you missed if you look back as Mbappe, there are some goals Di Maria creating the chances and not missing to capitalise on them and you wonder Mbappe has a couple of more years. He still has ten years he can play active football. Naima has another maybe four, five years, maybe he can retire at 34, 35. So you look at that score then you're like how many more chances would they get to go to the final of the Champions League, let alone win it. Do you enjoy that game? Because as Saina says we're expecting a lot of goals, I don't know what happened to PSG and it may take them a long time before they come back to the finals because this was their best shot. This is what happened to Joe, a team of individuals versus a team, is my analysis right? Your analysis is a sport one but I thought after the semifinal that now individualism was over which was more of the team. You understand? You have the attack in three up front, Di Maria, Naima and Mbappe. If you put on paper in any game whatsoever they should work in cohesion, they should be giving you the goals. If you look at the defence it's sad that Tiago Silva had to leave PSG not winning the Champions League, not because he did not play well, he actually organised that defence brilliantly. He is linked up with Makiunos who was just in front of him, the defensive midfield was brilliant. Look at Herrera, some say he was a flop at Manchester United but look at the strides he has made in PSG. But like you said the cohesion in the final was missing, I think everyone was looking towards the stars. I'm going to make the Ballon d'Or this year even if it was cancelled. I'm going to be known as the best footballer in the world because of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo now are heading out. That to me was a loss but for Bayern it was a well oiled machine. I mean the grinds, the gears they were going through. Yes they didn't have the chances in the first half but you could see sooner or later they were going to score. And many people in the way you said it thought that PSG was going to win because of the attacking line that they had. But Eric when you look at Bayern Munich their teamwork was on another level. They do not get the chances because I think they are one of the teams that won all their matches up to the final. They are scoring 3 plus goals against any opponent that they meet. Against PSG they did not do that but their teamwork really showed on that game. Yes the teamwork was there and I believe the coach prepared for the final. The coach prepared is that they have to be patient. They are not going to get very many chances but they have to be ruthless should they get a chance. Because you look at Bayern as you said the previous games they have been scoring very many goals. And they knew one way or another PSG is going to shut them down. They knew one way or another Alfonso Davies will not come up because PSG has speed wingers who may take advantage. So the coach really prepared for this final. And as my friend just says this was a team effort. Bayern were ready for the final and they were ready to carry it as a team not individual colleagues as a team. So I believe for PSG they showed themselves in the food. Very much. Yes. Attaf were there for us. Now we were watching that game. I think it was an international feed and the commentator said the only team that could have played Bayern Milk on this final could have been Liverpool. But a big loss that we did not see the best of the best of them coming on to the final. The likes of Liverpool, the likes of Barcelona, the likes of Atletico Madrid. Big knocked out island competition. I think for me my downside of this and where I was really sad was Leipzig. Yes. You understand Leipzig. It doesn't have the fantastic of players that you'd put them in the calibers of the Liverpools, of the Chelsea's, of the Man City's, of the Barcelona's and of the Real Madrid's. But they put the best foot forward. It would have been amazing to see that final Leipzig with Bayern Munich. Why? Jaman, jaman, mekanism. Yes. You look at the way they would attack. Yes, the lack of Timo Wana up front providing that pace maybe. You can't say it could have caused a loss because already the coach had already arranged this team beyond that signing that was taken by Chelsea. So it's just that Bayern Munich will dominate international football till the end of next season. Why? Because Leipzig is going to come up. The likes of Leipzig, Liverpool if they handle the transfer market very well is going to come back. Manchester City has made the intentions known that exit to the Champions League was not right. Hard biting for them. Barcelona have gone one ahead and cleared everyone so that they start afresh. So the hunger to go back to the top is something that Bayern Munich has to watch out in the future. Yes. Where? Mike Swim left. You've got Joe Sainah here and Eric Aganya and we are dissecting everything international football here on the funds on here on Y254. The touch line and Robert Rossollo at Y254 channel is where you can find us in all social media platforms. And then as the football is coming to an end 34 days after the Champions League final we are going to see the assumption of the English Premier League and all some of the other leagues all around the world. And one team that has been very active in this transfer window at the moment they are still not done has got to be Chelsea football club. So far they have confirmed four signings. Are they the team to watch next season? I put that to your job. I mean the challenge here was and if you were given Chelsea last season if you were given Chelsea last season if you were given Chelsea last season and you're telling me I have not transferred budget okay I have not transferred but I've been banned to do any transfers. Secondly I have an aging squad and I have a brilliant youth system that youth team that has not played in the Premier League. Gel these teams together and we expect you as the manager to qualify for the Champions League next season. I in December have thrown already my hands up but that's why I'm not lampad because what lampad has done is a case of giving the youth an opportunity okay. Some pundits even way back in the day used to say that you cannot win any cups of young players but what Chelsea have done have shown faith in the youth and where necessary have put the measures to equip the squad if you are attacking you're putting not putting an established strike you're not putting an experienced striker you're putting a young hungry striker if you're going to go to an attacking midfielder who also can play as a whole player or also as a roaming flank you look at Ziatek if you're looking at a solid defence that is going to encompass it experience and youth someone to lead the charge and tell the guys it's okay I know you guys are hot bloods you need to cool down this is a game that we can handle experience in Tiago Silva I finally start the Champions League they have already signed his name is Saar who is also coming in 12 Maleng Saar I heard that name and I was like Chelsea has signed a player from South Sudan when we are Maleng, Malaga ah these are Australia's South Sudan so if you look not only is he creating a winning mentality squad creating depth and that is something the big teams need we saw what happened at Barcelona Barcelona did not have depth if you substitute Messi what are you going to put in? and the other thing was if you're not going to play your star players like the likes of Grisman so for Lampard has a very good look at the starting three you have Ziatek you have Boana you have Pulisic you have Kante who will hold to that midfield very well go to the defense I mean the defense now it's more of Rhys William Rhys James sorry you have Tiago Silva you have Saar who has just come in and then you look at the goalkeeping he has also got a new goalkeeper Chelsea is a rebuilding squad but more importantly they have shown the intent we have to walk away with at least a title whether it's the FA Cup whether it's the primarily we have to walk away with one we have to go with that trophy since Jose Mourinho joined Chelsea in 2004-2005 they won the trophy after a very long time after around 50 years and after every three seasons they have proved to lift a major trophy is this a season where a team should be scared with the engine I think when we look at on paper everybody should be scared because if you look at the names that are being put on paper these are big names these are people who have proved themselves and others are quite interesting talents coming in my only problem will be the players who are coming from other leagues being able to adopt the premier league and if Timo Wana can adopt then they are good to go the problem comes in when you have very many players coming from outside they may not be able to really adopt the premier league and that becomes you find that those players become flops and then Frank Lampada has done something interesting he's been able to blend youth and experience if we look at even last season when he did not sign he let Luis go he maintained William now he's let William go he's easing them slowly by slowly as he gets new leaders from these young people actually the rumours that Thiago Silva might be confirmed as the next captain of Chelsea that's a very good leader Thiago Silva has what it takes to be the captain he's been there, he's seen everything his leadership qualities he's able to marshal his colleagues and them being able to perform and I believe that this will be the season that will either make or break Frank Lampada because if he doesn't perform then what will he tell people Joe had forgotten Chilwell from last season Ben Chilwell sorry I didn't even finish the defense sorry Ben Chilwell so you have Chilwell, Sa you have Thiago Silva and James are the right back you still have Zuma are you seeing the depth what I'm talking about it's unprecedented what Lampada can do this season but again accortion to the Chelsea fans is that also you have to be patient because gelling in all these new players doesn't mean you'll get instant results Morino will tell you otherwise that he brought in 3-4 players and he got a title but in the modern age sort of football whereby there's a lot happening but what Lampada will do officially is maybe start with this normal first 11 that he finished the season with then obviously now putting these pieces together slowly by slowly but either way they have to be patient with the manager well Frank Lampada and Chelsea football club making moves in this transfer window but it is also a transfer window that we are getting reports confirmed and confirmed we do not know where Lionel Messi has been for the last 16 years is in Tamil and confirmed reports are saying that Lionel Messi gave in his transfer request by Fox and is determined to leave Barcelona the question is is it true if it's true what will happen to Barcelona did you see it even coming that at the end of the day Lionel Messi is going to leave Barcelona and now Lionel Messi leaves Barcelona the question I posed to you Joe did you see this coming first of all I mean if we look at history every every certain team or every certain legend has to agree to what's happening there are no invincible a change has to happen the Galacticos of Real Madrid a change has to happen the class of 1992-1993 of Manchester United that played all the way close to 2009 Barcelona itself had to change from the era of Ronaldinho passing their touch to Messi so now for Messi you're looking at the achievements he has made in Barcelona in its inception of I think Barcelona is about 125 years if you look at the 125 trophies that have won if you look at the most trophies that they have won with Messi it's close to about 50 trophies with Messi so now Messi reached to a point whereby he has not seen the team pulling its own weight and you know it's not only him Aturo Vidal you're looking at Tumtiti you're looking at Suarez you're looking at Pike who openly said you know if I have to be transferred I am okay because the team holds a better a better position in the world than what the players offered now you ask me is it the right time for Messi to move or is it the right time because he needs a different challenge at 33 years you need a different challenge you have 2 to 3 more years in your playing status before now you start dwindling away unless now you have the physique of Cristiano Ronaldo that can push to 40 so what are your options do I go for a fast paced league like the Premier League do I stick in Spain and look for maybe a secondary team that I am used to should I go to Italy in Tamilan and play as an attacking midfielder because then you play as a winger you play as a roaming flank should I go to Germany Germany is too technical so if you look at his options you have Man City you have PSG where he can play his games Man City and PSG now if he goes to Man City you tell me now Mahrez will be on the bench because he has to play on that right side so these are tough decisions that these teams have to make and also for Messi to realise maybe just maybe I can't start every other game maybe just maybe I have to be an impactful substitute sometimes and maybe just maybe I can't win all the titles that I wanted to but now I can challenge myself so in my opinion he should move and get a new challenge Eric you are a Manchester United fan and you have been hurt when your legends move think you are rude vanesloy coming up to the peak of his career with Real Madrid David Beckham Real Madrid goes with him Cristiano Ronaldo peak of his career with Manchester United Real Madrid knocks on the door and he is gone what advice can you give Barcelona fans because now they are coming to the reality that Lionel Messi is gone and we do not have another Lionel Messi I think what I will tell the Barcelona fans is to accept that Messi's time is up because if you look at the mess that Barcelona is in right now largely as much as Messi has really contributed to winning those trophies here in the last one or two seasons he has also contributed to them not doing really well because he wants to be the most powerful person and at no given time can a player be more powerful than maybe the coach and when you give the player so much power then you find that it becomes a problem it disrupts the structure of the club because the problem that Barcelona is in is self-inflicted look at their squad 8 of their starting 11 above 30 years you will not be able to compete in modern football they should have eased in they took long to change that they took long and I think to some point they abandoned their culture of bringing in young players from the youth academy and they started buying big remember Barcelona has not been a club that has been buying big if you look at the likes of Niesta when Javi was retiring when Niesta is going to take that place whom did they groom to take over after Messi because right now what I will say and in quotes Messi has maybe become a spoiled brat he feels that he can do whatever he feels like he's become a power player and make demands and what Roland Kuman is doing I really applaud that that's what I've been told that Roland Kuman said that your privileges as a player now are done you remember there was a time when Rumi and Fagason had a problem and Fagason sat him down listen here the most important person in Manchester is me as Fagason because I am the coach I manage all of you and you see you need a coach who comes in and puts his foot down and if it takes Messi to go let Messi go because you look at what has happened to big players like Anton Gruzman in Atlético look at now him coming to Barcelona against Bayern Gruzman 140 million on the bench Osman Dembele on the bench then why were you buying these players why were you buying these players and if you bought them and they came in why are they not playing because maybe one player is dictating who plays and who doesn't play then he should resign and become the coach so I feel Messi should go and the only place that Messi can do something is Manchester City before we talk about Messi performing outside there let's look at the problem now in Barcelona I think this season before the COVID-19 pandemic and it coming to an end the start that came out was the English Premier League the traditional club of Manchester United Chelsea Arsenal were playing their youngest squads ever in the history of football those teams were playing their youngest squads ever now you close the tide and go to Barcelona they have over 6 players over the age of 30 you add players who are over the age of 28 you get to 8 or 9 players in Barcelona how will they come out of that if Messi leaves and we get the likes of Suarez who have been told that also your time here is done you get the likes of Gerard Pique Saigipuskets who even if the club wants you you are stamina cannot maintain in that level how will they get out of that hold that they have dug themselves in so I think that's an answer that I'll give you now and also pose to the funds on funds just comment about it because what I think is a club restructuring that goes straight to the youth so now if I was Ronald Kuman and look at the squad that I have I would start in the attacking in the attacking I have Dembele I have Kotiniu who's coming back I come to the midfield I have Arthur Ator I have Diyong and I have Busket's younger brother who has been on loan same pedigree come up through the system the youth system and now he should come in and play go to the defense Semedo was embarrassed but Semedo is still he is still at 27 so you give him the ride back Semedo you have Legget and you have Umtiti both of them still at 27 and you have Junior Frame Pro on the left so if you look at the combined age it comes to 27 combined age the only 3 guys will be all in that team is Kotiniu is Grisman and the keeper but the rest now build your squad around and get the likes of Atufatu get the likes of new signings not only academy signings but young signings that can come in and mold that team it's not a crisis really it's more of how do you manage those guys who have remained you have a first 11 but not a first 11 that will win you the La Liga not a first 11 that will win you the Champions League but a first 11 that can build to the next two seasons now the biggest thing I learnt during the week was former players pushing for Savi to come back to Barcelona to be a coach of Barcelona because they see after Pep Gudiola our next light was Savi but Savi himself wrote to Barcelona and most of the people and told them yes having the Barcelona coach is a dream for me but I am not ready to be a Barcelona coach yes I think that is the best thing that Javi did because the mess that is there right now doesn't need a coach who is not experienced it needs an experienced coach who will be able to balance the outgoing generation and then coming generation as Jio says Barcelona already have players who can play who can maybe win them the league so they need somebody who has the experience and maybe Kuman may be a transitional coach in preparation for Savi to come in because if Savi comes in right now he will be embarrassed because he will not know how to manage the crisis that Barcelona is is in because if you look at Barcelona I saw the teams that went to the champions league the later stages the highest average age of 29 when the other teams were having 26 and 25 so you see it does not mean that they had 29 and they didn't have players who could have brought that average age down but the coach at that time was not playing those players was playing the old players and that is what really happened so you need to bring in the young blood and also you need somebody who is experienced Javi doesn't have that experience so to me I think it was the best decision at this particular moment until that signature is put in place, that's when we believe that Lionel Messi is officially living in Barcelona and where is he headed the biggest place is Manchester City Paris Saint-Germain Inter Milan and Man United so the teams that have been fronted out there they can acquire the services of Lionel Messi but they are likely contender to get that signature is Manchester City under Pep and Joe when you look at Lionel Messi his successful performance was under Pep they had 14 major trophies under Pep in the span that Pep was the coach of Barcelona it could be a good pair up if Messi comes to Man City it would because Pep understands how Messi would want to play actually molding him but now the bigger challenge is will he adapt into the Manchester City system will he adapt into the Premier League system Premier League system it's a fast paced game you have to be rough you cannot be there he's quick fit Messi it's like watching the late Bruce Lee but now of football he's quick fit his movement but now you get someone like Van Dyke who clunks into you you get someone angry like Rudiger who clunks into you you get those proper hardened defenders will he handle it will he have the favours that he used to have at Barcelona and like you said player power is important but you come into a Manchester City that already has player power but he has managed to take the likes of Sergio Ramos in Madrid that's a one defender if you get a proper stock defender or you get a proper West Brom defender I will slash you till tomorrow it's a hardened game but my idea is this if he's going to fit in and that's why I think PSG is a good fit for him I'm not saying that league is a farmer's league because many people have been saying league one is a farmer's league but it produced the team that got to the finals no all I'm saying is the style of play and if you look pound for pound the competition that you will get in league one as compared to the Premier League Premier League is tough Premier League the top ten teams are already tough you meet up with Wolves Wolves will do something you meet up with Everton, Sheffield United you understand these teams and then these leads coming up purposes on teams so he will go there for the adventure he will go there and get a couple of goals he will contribute to the overall performance of Manchester City but if he is looking for individualistic keyword, individualistic trophies or mentions good PSG you are driving to my next point because Eric now Jami Karaga wrote on sky and said yeah Messi can come to Manchester City but he will not make them unbeatable yes he will not make them unbeatable because age has come in he will not play every weekend or two games in a week but him coming to Manchester City I think that's a perfect match because even pep the last Champions League he won he won with Messi he can convince him that he has given me two years he can come in and put in two seasons and pep Godula having worked with Messi he will be in a better position to manage him but what I can't wait I can't wait to see Messi on a rainy stock night stock city those tacos are coming and the tacos are flying I can't wait but him coming to Manchester City there's also one advantage Silver has left so he may come and feel the void that has been left by Silver but I'm sorry pound for pound the gameplay at Silver generated in Man City has compared to what Messi would generate in Man City at two different two different scenarios Silver was in a different class I'm not saying that you can't compare them pound to pound because they played two different positions but what Silver was doing in terms of creating the goals in terms of driving the team forward with these passes I don't think Messi would do the same Silver was in a different level well that has been the biggest story of the week Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona the touchline here on Y254 I'm Robert Osolo I've got Eric Aganya here and also Joe Saina here for the fans and now we move on to the next story Jamifadu will be finishing his career at Leicester City he has actually added a new contract to stay at the club until 2023 2024 season good one for Jamifadu one of the success stories of the English Premier League and Leicester Football Club yes good one and I think Leicester should be the master for what he has done for them he won them the league and he's been loyal and he fits their game and you look at his age he's above 30 and the things he's doing the runs he's making are weird you expect those runs from a 24-year-old or 22-year-old and he's got players who understand him who know that this way I place the ball for him he's been a good servant and that's a good thing for him Joe, talk about this journey from a non-league player to a Premier League winner I think such stories are seen in movies such stories are even folklore to be honest because non-league to winning the Premier League there is non-league to playing in the Premier League there is non-league to playing in the World Cup's good and not winning the World Cup but there is non-league to win the Premier League and not with a top three or top four team that came out of nowhere promoted and they were promoted and towards the end they actually rescued themselves before they were before they were relegating they were not relegated they rescued themselves and then now Ranieri comes in and begins a system that we had already forgotten about 4-4-2 so you have a quick striker and you have a striker in the likes of Ojoa in the likes of Okazaki who would create the goals so that gameplay until now is not being played with the new players because they understand the input that Vadi can put in that team you can put Vadi in Manchester right now and he will be a flop according to the prices he will be a flop there because he doesn't understand the sort of gameplay you put him in England he hasn't been very successful I think Harry Kane has been the one who has been mentioning that position but the fact that he understands his Leicester squad his Leicester gameplay I am really happy as a pandit as a fan that he can finish his career in a team that he almost it's almost molded around him you have that safe cushion and you still play professional football now Leicester as we are still seeking with them Jamivadi adding another season that they have lost to Chelsea but they still have the spine of their team from the season they won the league with up to the moment they are still a team to beat next season they have a good coach they have a good coach and Leicester has one gift of an adding gems and them losing Chivel I am not particularly worried because somebody will come up and take that position they do that all the time look at they lost Marez they lost Kante somebody comes in and takes over and with the good coach being there next season they will give the top teams a run for their money but they have to work on their defences and some of their players are being linked we had Madison being linked to Manchester United and there is Soyunku Madison assigned another contract a new contract so he may not be leaving this season if Barcelona are coming for Soyunku that means there has to be some worry in the Leicester ranks because when some teams come for years a player you really have to think you really have to sit down and ask yourself my career wise what has Soyunku won with Leicester City what are the possibilities of him winning something with Barcelona the prestige of playing in Barcelona and that's why I said they have to work on their defences because if Soyunku goes to the veterans John Evans and Wes Mogam who has been a dedicated captain and a pillar of that team but he is catching up so that's something they need to look at in that defence a big one there then we have got the case that is happening of Harry Maguire having problems in Greece there was assault for him there about one for Harry Maguire also making a miss the UF Nations Leic School about one that have come to affect him but he should be able to live with the consequences because I think he got excited no one knows and it has really some point has dinted his image because him not just being a football player but when he is out there he is a captain of Manchester United that's a big responsibility he is a brand ambassador of Manchester United bad one for Manchester and Maguire I think it's just bad management I'm sorry we have had bad boys before Anelka apparently walked out in the France but he still went back to Chelsea and won a title we have had before Beckham having his raw outside there but he still comes back and plays for Manchester United we have these players we have the likes of Aturo Vidal Boston Veron did he make a mistake when he was in his holiday whatever happened yes but omitting him from the national squad does not in any way help the England setup because his skill is the one that you take into the pitch this regard the idea that he has made things outside there he has done wrongful things outside there we still need him Manchester United still need him as a defender England still need him as a defender Rio Ferdinand he also had issues but he did not make it to the England squad and to the Manchester United squad so I just think it's bad management from the England football association he should have been in the squad to go ahead and play now Manchester United have not been vocal in this transfer window they gave Dean Henderson a new six-year deal that would be good for them but do they really need people in this transfer window their team is already made for next season no we really need people what I believe we don't need the big names that have been mentioned outside there but we need three or four players because the premier league is starting and what we need is depth if we look at the game that we lost in the second half we played very well but the calls were not coming when the coach looks at the bench he doesn't see anybody who can come in and effect change on that game and that's why he let the game go for a very long time before making that substitution we need that person on the bench who can come in and change the dimensions of the game what I'm disagreeing with is that you see we are taking so much time as Manchester United chasing after Sancho rather than we should be chasing for targets maybe a natural number nine he was being sold for 29 million pounds that's because he has 29 years experience he has proved himself in the premier league and he is a good finisher and he is coming in chip so we could have gone for that one so that should the dynamics of the game change you can push Michelle to the wing and push Rashford to the wing and have him as number nine crosses coming in and you see that will confuse the opponent because you are playing the same system what is also amusing me I'm not comprehending is the structure in Manchester United are they not seeing this I think what we also need is a football director who can now assist the coach in handling football matters in navigating the transfer window because we should be having targets and we need another midfielder Pogba should Bruno be 48 do we have those kind of people we have Mata on the bench with edging he may not be the same Mata who was there four or five seasons ago so we need to bring him another person Joe, who will you want to come in? if all the coach out ready into Barcelona I get you teamity players Aturo Vidal comes in perfectly in slips in where Pogba if he is injured you have a solid midfielder who is a box-box midfielder who can also go forward you have Ivan Raketich if Bruno Fernandez has a problem maybe we need a squad team to play a certain FA game in the first stages bring in Raketich if you are looking at the attacking I know this will sound funny to Manchester United supporters but actually go for Luis Suarez as a utility striker don't take away the positions of the team that finished the Premier League so well just add utility players give them a one-year contract on a rolling basis only 33 years old so you understand if you put in those utility players give them a one-year rolling contract they will be so motivated that they will play very well to even extend their contract and the idea of playing for Manchester United from the likes of Barcelona from PSG these players will give it to you so you guys are really annoyed that Manchester is not making noise in this transfer window it's not even about noise maybe it's about substituting it's about going for the wrong target because you're going to spend 120 million pounds or dollars on one player you could have used the same you have the talent that player will not come and bench Rashford you have that 120 million you could have used it to get 4 players look at Nathaniel Ake before you went to Man City wanted Manchester United you bring him into the defence he's a left side defender he can be played side by side with Maguire and in case he's not there you have Lindelof get to the midfield get those cheap targets get the numbers in they will come in so many look at the lepsic defender what the hell is he still doing in lepsic umbe mekano and you can get a good deal of 45 to 50 million on that defender so the idea is this and what he said is true the director of football the hierarchy above needs a restructuring so that they can see the vision that the coach has the vision is we go forward we win the premier league we get into the champions league we get into the latter stages but you need a squad you cannot just win it to the first eleven you need a squad to go for the game there and finally the season is back very fast actually considering that no one expected this but it is the times we are living in and now the English Premier League is back on KBC Channel 1 the FA Community Shield will be live Liverpool vs Arsenal that will be the opening of the season a big game there everyone will be watching from 6.30pm Kenyan time and that is how the season kicks off Liverpool winning the premier league then Arsenal coming on and winning the FA Cup is it a good time to start the season with these two sides starting where they left it is an interesting game although I am sure the players would have wanted to rest more because they have just been through the regress premier league but the game is here with us and it is a good game to start with and I personally believe Liverpool have an edge of Arsenal because Arsenal is a team in transition they beat Chelsea because Chelsea was also a team in transition but Liverpool is a team that has already completed that transition the coach knows his quads knows his players so much he knows how to change the game and he has an edge over Tata because you look at the real time decisions that club makes very fast that a substitution that will change the game and then you look at the players Arsenal relying on a boomer should he not perform in trouble but Liverpool have varied options if man is not on top of this game Salah will come in and do the trick Femino will come in and do the trick so they are more of a complete squad and I believe today the final is for Liverpool to lose big game that one will be we do not deny that but the question Joe is I think man city of late time is the team that has defended that trophy when it then come back and win it again now Liverpool 30 years later you have won it that jinx is broken now you have this trophy do they have what it takes to defend this trophy considering every team in England has been strengthening do they have what it takes to defend this trophy so I would like to read to you the line up for the last two friendlies Liverpool have played what springs out of this you will tell me Vandaik Robertson as a defense Geni Wanadrum Femino Keita midfield Salah Femino Mane how many seasons of that team played 4-5 seasons together so it screams to you consistency they are on the lucky side that this guys still have 2-3 years to play before they get to the age in Barcelona sort of age mark so when you tell me are they still hungry they want to reach that 20 mark in the Premier League and overtake Manchester United I believe that's their goal I also believe that they want to have another crack at the Champions League and make sure that they become one of the few teams that have won it after one season sometimes you look if you remember any team any English team that has won the Champions League then missed out on the second part then won it the third part if you think about it I appeal to Manchester for them when they were top of their game they lost to the best in the world I think they won 2008 lost in 9 and 11 2 consecutive finals against Messi and Gudiola that was a tough one then if you look at the transfer policy that Liverpool are doing right now look at the people that they have signed in no big names utilities code members they brought into the Liverpool setup in a slow pace the likes of Brewster Brewster is from the academy he's coming in to fill Fominio shoes one day but he's been brought in like he played in the two friendlies against Salzburg he played there and then Fominio came in so they're gelling these teams together these players together into this team and that's something that Arsenal need to look to also the problem with the fans I'm going to say this right now I have too much expectations but on paper they believe they have the best code that's the problem the expectations over away their abilities in the field I mean a teta needs time with the signing of William he's shown his intent that I can go for the big boys I can go for the established players who can play in a certain way we can do a new and a fake up now don't pressure him to give you the Premier League pressure him to get into the Champions League same thing as Manchester United come back to the top level establish yourself as the top level then the sky is open to you because I'll give you one last example AC Milan AC Milan was at the top of the game 2009 then all of a sudden he brought the club down lost players lost the coaching team now look it's been 11 years and AC Milan is still trying to get back to where it was now Eric your final word on this game today and do you think the rumours going around will make it through that Thiago Alcantara will leave Champions League winning team Bayern to live up I think he should live because he wanted to live and then I don't know if it's a club or him who is trying to change his mind but I think him coming to Liverpool is an interesting addition to Liverpool I would wonder why Klopp wouldn't want him Klopp wants him because he's also coming in cheap he's also coming in cheap and they look at Liverpool signings they do those cheap signings that will be eased in handason Thiago Alcantara could easily replace handason handason in the Liverpool team he would replace so him coming to Liverpool will be a good move for him and to the final today personal I give it to Liverpool I would give it to Arsenal Arsenal defeated Liverpool last season I would give it to Arsenal because of one thing the hunger that Arsenal had towards the final of the fake up towards the scrutiny of so many fans that they can't make it is going to be their food today I'm telling you this it will be a surprise many people will say out there that Liverpool would win I believe Arsenal has something in this game and I believe Arsenal on the right day can beat Liverpool for the community shield goals to one Liverpool wow that's tricky I would go with 3-2 Arsenal that's where we live it here on the touch there's been a very good fans on segment here we've been talking to Joe Saina who is the host Joe's Darkout, is it out yet? yes we're doing the podcasts now so in the next couple of weeks I'll be releasing them the fans can also chip in whereby we'll be having fun interaction because I really want to get Arsenal fans on the show they really have a lot to say and Erika Ghazia who is a football analyst here on Y254 I'm Robert Osoro, Max Olasiki had a bit of a family emergency we'll be getting to know what has happened to him and we'll be learning more about that but for everyone who has managed to make this broadcast a success we say good afternoon to the rest of your viewing and tune in to Channel 1 for the Community Shared Curtain Race and Opener Liverpool vs Arsenal good afternoon