Euro Leagues: The return of the Ukrainian Premier League

Steve Crossman is joined by Guillem Balague, Kristof Terreur and Miguel Delaney – chief football writer for The Independent – to reflect on the return of the Ukrainian Premier League. Journalist Andrew Todos joins us from Kyiv where he’s 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’s 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. TOPICS: 3’30” – Journalist Andrew Todos on being in Kyiv for the re-start of the Ukrainian Premier League 11’30” – Interview with Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin on the re-start of the Ukrainian Premier League and his wartime experiences in Ukraine 28’14” – The Champions League draw 31’00” – Has the Champions League group stages become too predictable? 40’00” – Alexander Isak’s move to Newcastle United