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FC Red Bull Salzburg are Austrian champions once again and their conveyor belt of young talent, facilitated by unmatched global scouting, continues to churn out players with huge potential. Joe speaks to Lee Wingate from the tremendous 'The Other Bundesliga' podcast, recapping a season which has seen points deductions affect the title race, Dominik Szoboszlai's free-kick-taking specialty and a team whose shirt sponsor is a cartoon sperm qualify for Europe. Listen now; rate, subscribe, leave us a review!

Following the conclusion of Portugal's Primeira Liga and FC Porto's 29th league title, we speak with journalist and expert on Portuguese football Tom Kundert (@PortuGoal1). From young strikers at the champions, to Rúben Amorim's fledgling crop of teenagers at Sporting Clube de Portugal and even an Englishman in between, it's all there.  This is Scouted Football's review of the 2019-20 Primeira Liga campaign.

Jadon Sancho, Noni Madueke, Marcus Edwards, Jamal Musiala and a whole host of other under-23 English players currently play their club football overseas. We speak with Cam Melling - owner of @EnglishAbroad1 and https://englishplayersabroad.com/ to discuss some of the young players plying their trade at various continental European clubs. For expert insight, tune in.

The Bundesliga season has drawn to a close with FC Bayern München claiming their eighth consecutive title. Joe is joined by Jonathan Harding; football journalist and author of Mensch: Beyond the Cones to discuss the personalities, philosophies, methodologies and backgrounds of Hansi Flick, Marco Rose, Julian Nagelsmann.

David Webb joins us on the Scouted Football Podcast to discuss his career in which he has headed the academy setups at various clubs, worked with Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, spent time in Sweden with FK Östersunds and been Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield Town. David's insight into working with some of English football's biggest clubs is hugely valuable and interesting, particularly from a recruitment perspective. Listen now.

The Scouted Football Podcast welcomes hugely-respected European football journalist Julien Laurens to discuss the successes and failures of Paris Saint-Germain's academy setup. Julien draws on his experiences dealing with players, agents and representatives to decipher why PSG's fruitful academy continues to produce supremely talented players, and why only a handful go on to play in the first-team. Contains: Aouchiche, Kouassi, Soumaré, Mbe Soh and co.

This week, we're fortunate enough to be joined by Guardian Sport deputy editor Ed Aarons, an expert on African football. Ed has penned a brand-new book 'Made in Africa' charting the history of African players in the English Premier League. We discuss the various academies, pathways and players to have made the leap from the African subcontinent to become idolised in the Premier League.

A deep dive into the data and analytics side of under-23 football with the fount of knowledge that is Recruitment Data Analyst Jay Socik, better known as @Blades_Analytic. Jay works with Peterborough United in a recruitment capacity, as well as with the team at Market Insights. He has plenty to say about how data is used rightly and wrongly in football, as well as speaking to us about his dearly beloved Blades.

We are joined by Bundesliga journalist Ronan Murphy (@swearimnotpaul) for a preview of the under-23 names to keep an eye on in Germany's top flight ahead of its return to action. Haaland, Sancho, Havertz, Rashica, Uduokhai and more. Get to know the minerals that make up the mannschafts.

Manchester City player and England's U-17 World Cup-winning captain Joel Latibeaudiere joins Joe to discuss his career so far, including a loan in the Netherlands, and his goals for the future in our latest episode. Frank, insightful and hugely interesting; tune in to the Scouted Football Podcast now.

Joe is joined by Olympique de Marseille supporter and freelance football journalist Mo Ali (@MohammedAli_93) to discuss the various players and youth setups at OM, OGC Nice and AS Monaco. If Ligue 1, Boubacar Kamara and Aurélien Tchouaméni are your French fancies, this podcast is for you.

Joe's guest on this week's episode is Norwegian football journalist Ben Wells (@FRfotballBen). Ben is the authority on Norwegian football, having watched the likes of Erling Haaland, Martin Ødegaard and Kristoffer Ajer in the Eliteserien. He discusses his best stories on the big players, the future of the national team and some of the Eliteserien's best talents.

We're taking you on a trip down memory lane, recounting some of our favourite under-23 stars of seasons, games and tournaments past. Joe is joined by Jake Entwistle, Stephen Ganavas, Justin Sousa and Phil Costa who have each selected one player to reminisce over. #StayAtHome External Audio: BT Sport, UEFA.tv, Sky Sports

There may be a global pandemic and no live football but that isn't stopping us over at Scouted HQ. This week's instalment features Spanish football expert David Cartlidge who joins Joe Donnohue to chart the fortunes of Athletic Club and Real Sociedad's key under-23 players. From Simón and Sancet in Bilbao to Mikel and Martin in San Sebastián, don't miss it. External Audio: NUFC TV

With the release of the Football Manager 2020 Winter Update, we've immortalised our FM thread in podcast form. Joe is joined by Scouted's Llew Davies who talks us through his picks for this season's Football Manager squad, made up entirely of under-23 players. Old names, new names and household names. Tune in, check it out. Find the full thread here: https://twitter.com/ScoutedFtbl/status/1234818846512549888

It's the most wonderful time of the year; Scouted Football Handbook season. Volume V dropped this week and it's looking better than ever, so we caught up with Scouted commander-in-chief Stephen Ganavas to discuss what's new in 2020 and some of the Volume V inductees.

The Scouted Football Podcast speaks to Irish football journalist Ronan Murphy (@swearimnotpaul) about the current crop of young Irish players making their names at youth international level. Joe and Ronan explore the future of the Irish national team; the key players, the coaching setup and how the side will want to play over the coming years. Subscribe now.

Part Two of the January Transfers Special discusses some of the month's lower-profile deals. Joe and Justin (@JustinSousa99) chat about some of the window's most interesting moves - from a handful of Ecuadorians in LA to Portuguese players heading for pastures new.

Erling Haaland, Dani Olmo, Dejan Kulusevski and co - the January transfer window produced some blockbuster under-23 moves throughout the footballing world. Joe is joined in Part One of a transfers special by Scouted veteran Phil Costa (@_PhilCosta) in which the two delve into the headline-making movers.

Morelos, McBurnie, Mikey Johnston and more; it's a Scouted Football Scottish Special. We are joined by Pure Fitbaw co-host Owen Brown (@OwenJamesBrown) as we cover the star men for Celtic, Rangers, the Scottish National Team as well as a handful of other names north of the border coming to the fore.