One World Sports: The Future is Now For Mourinho, Mezut, Milan and NY Cosmos




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: A huge supershow is in store as three great guests are armed and loaded to bring some of the top analysis into some of the biggest football clubs seeking silverware or rebirth as the key business end of the season now comes into view, each with Champions League expectations and each defying their own best-case scenarios as key matches and objectives arrive this week. We begin nowhere else but Arsenal where the odd impressions of Mezut Ozil endure and whether Arsene Wenger may need to give his star acquisition some extra time to acclimate to his new surroundings in the Premier League. Ben Lyttleton helps us separate fact from fiction in the matter of the German international playmaker in year one at the Emirates and then we venture into the always larger-than-life world of Jose Mourinho as he takes on his nemesis in the media and turns the tide on a Premier League still open for the taker. Graham Ruthven arrives to extend the talk into Chelsea, whether Mourinho should actually be trusted when he says that the Blues are not the favorite and we examine the revival for John Terry once again as title now comes into view. Also discussed amongst our guests is the impact of Nemanja Matic, the arrival of Eden Hazard as an emerging force in Europe and how the biggest reclamation project yet might just be David Luiz who has begun to develop under The Special One. We also get a preseason look at the New York Cosmos as they seek to build upon their first year success, having secured the services of Marcos Senna while looking to strengthen two key parts of the squad. In the final segment, transfer specialist David Amoyal helps us preview the massive clash at San Siro on Sunday as Clarence Seedorf and AC Milan host eternal rivals Juventus in the big match from Italy. We examine whether a corner has turned for the Rossoneri already under its former star at the helm, what a very important off-season could bring, and what some of the reported moves behind the scenes suggests for a superclub already under transformation. A key juncture in the season deserves a supershow and we have assembled three top guests with great insights and opinions across a number of the football clubs featured by the network.