A 17-year-old Emmanuel Petit lost his brother after a freak accident on the football field. Following an incredible professional career including scoring in the final of - and lifting - the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the Monaco, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona legend has shifted his focus to concussion awareness as an issue more widespread in football than some might realise.

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

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Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai joins Adamo De Nigris to talk about the Reds' imminent league title, his hopes for the future and playing with absolute megastars Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland.

Do NOT miss this chat as Liverpool sit on the precipice of an historic league title!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

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A Newcastle legend remains a Newcastle fan, deep down.

This is MUST-LISTEN stuff as Newcastle United and Premier League great Alan Shearer joins Adam De Nigris to detail:

• Exactly how his League Cup victory celebrations played out
• What he said to Harry Kane when he left England for Germany and Bayern Munich
• His iconic goal celebration that was seen by football fans no less than 260 times in the Premier League!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

World Cup and Premier League winner Robert Pires joins Adamo De Nigris to look back on his illustrious career and offers his opinion on Mikel Arteta's Arsenal squad.

Join this fascinating chat to find out why he likens current captain Martin Odegaard to Premier League Hall of Famer and Arsenal icon, Dennis Bergkamp.

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Socceroos and Albirex Niigata defender Jason Geria joins Adamo De Nigris for a fun Takes from the Terrace to discuss:

• His national team career
• The love he holds for vintage jerseys
• Who he considers to be worthy of receiving the keys to Canberra!
• Why World Cup 2026 is in his sights and whose jersey he is after

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series: Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches:

Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2AzBek8ub2oEsWLYHWetg7

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/football-belongs-australias-football-identity-by-optus/id1543067162

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keeping the theme of recent weeks, this time around Adamo is joined by Manchester United and Denmark all-timer Peter Schmeichel to chat about all the big (and some lesser-known!) stories from his career, including:

• Working under Sir Alex Ferguson and why United was all the better for it
• How Eric Cantona was given the freedom to be himself and the impact it had on the Red Devils
• How the great Manchester club can move forward successfully
• And, his unlikely choice to play him in a movie (for the second time... there has already been one forgettable effort!)

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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This week, Adamo is joined by former United States men's national soccer team goalkeeper and 399-Premier League match veteran Tim Howard to discuss his illustrious career and touch on big topics including:

• Getting the hair dryer treatment from Sir Alex!
• Meeting Barack Obama
• How Pep Guardiola 'has ruined football'!
• Why his myth debunking will likely upset Mark Schwarzer!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

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This week, Adamo is joined by former Socceroos forward and now Perth Glory coach David Zdrilic, to learn more about the Aussie great's career!

Listen as Zdrilla opens up on his rise as a player and coach:

• Ralf Rangnick and the influence he had on him as a player and his fledgling coaching career
• How the football 'professor' was not the problem at Manchester United
• That Perth glory need a rebuild, and how he is the man to do it!

From Premier League champions to Socceroos greats, as well as topics that really get you thinking (who EXACTLY makes the Premier League Mount Rushmore?!), join these incredible conversations with world football identities that go further than the results on the pitch.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.