Summary: In a week when the transfer market resumed and Premier League football entered another key phase out of festive football with so many intriguing shorelines including Steven Gerrard leaving Liverpool, the top 16 in the AFC came together in Australia to start the biggest tournament in Asia with new and emerging powers set to make their mark. Two football correspondents from the One World Sports website join this episode to explore each area of the world game. In segment one, Graham Ruthven helps us unpack the surprise clubs in the English top flight, what the challengers and favorites may have to do in this transfer window, and whether the departure of Steven Gerrard from Liverpool this summer may signal something deeper at Anfield in terms of a future for Brendan Rodgers and what clubs like Arsenal and Everton must solve now if they wish to achieve their objectives. In segment two John Duerden joins from Malaysia to explore the 2015 Asian Cup to give us a view of the favorites, the challengers and some of the key players and fixtures who will shape this tournament. From title defenders Japan to host nation Australia and dark horses South Korea and Iran, we examine how West Asia will have an important role to play in this tournament, where the Samurai Blue are in terms of their campaign and if this competition has turned an important corner into the mainstream.
