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Euro Leagues: The return of the Ukrainian Premier League

Steve Crossman reflects on the return of top flight football in Ukraine amidst war

Steve Crossman is joined by Guillem Balague, Kristof Terreur and Miguel Delaney 鈥 chief football writer for The Independent 鈥 to reflect on the return of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Journalist Andrew Todos joins us from Kyiv where he鈥檚 been covering the first top flight football matches to be held in Ukraine since the war with Russia began in February.

Steve and Guillem speak at length to Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin in a powerful interview on the Ukrainian Premier League鈥檚 re-start and his own experiences of the war.

As the Champions League draw has taken place, the panel debate whether the group stages of the competition have become too predictable.

And as Newcastle United are set to sign Real Sociedad striker Alexander Isak for a club record fee, the team discuss whether they think the club have overpaid for their new target man.

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3鈥30鈥 鈥 Journalist Andrew Todos on being in Kyiv for the re-start of the Ukrainian Premier League

11鈥30鈥 鈥 Interview with Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin on the re-start of the Ukrainian Premier League and his wartime experiences in Ukraine

28鈥14鈥 鈥 The Champions League draw

31鈥00鈥 鈥 Has the Champions League group stages become too predictable?

40鈥00鈥 鈥 Alexander Isak鈥檚 move to Newcastle United

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