Football Daily BBC Podcasts

Aaron Paul, Jobi McAnuff and Colchester United manager Danny Cowley look ahead to the final day of the Championship season. Conor Coady joins the pod to reflect on his title victory with Leicester City, whilst Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan also makes an appearance, speaking about the club's upturn in form, and their survival chances heading into Saturday. The team discuss the state of the clubs in and around the Championship playoff places, whilst also previewing the League 1 and 2 playoffs.

Former Barcelona, Manchester United and Spain defender Gerard Pique chats in depth with Steve Crossman and Guillem Balague about his sensational, trophy-laden career and the Kings League that he has launched.
TIME CODES
1 min – Pique discusses the first time he met Guillem and Spain’s 2010 World Cup win.
3 mins – Pique discusses what he thinks Pique is like as a person.
5 mins – Pique discusses his earliest memories of football.
6 mins – Why Pique choose to leave La Masia for Manchester United, how he found life at Old Trafford and the reasons behind his decision to leave.
16 mins – The reasons why Pique returned to Barcelona – and why the club were so successful.
25 mins – Who Pique thinks would win a match between the current Man City side and the best Barca team he played in
27 mins – The Kings League – what it is, why Pique created it and what he thinks it can go on to achieve.

Kelly Cates has reaction to Real Madrid’s draw at Bayern Munich in their UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg. She’s joined by Paul Robinson, Pat Nevin, correspondent John Murray and Statman Dave. Would Thomas Tuchel be a good fit at Manchester United? What does the future hold for Marcus Rashford? And Ipswich Town are on the verge of promotion to the Premier League after winning at Coventry City.
00:30 Vinícius’ double earns Real draw with Bayern
07:35 Thomas Tuchel linked with move to Man Utd
15:20 Stick or twist with Marcus Rashford?
25:25 Ipswich Town on the verge of promotion

Ben Haines and England Women's record goal scorer Ellen White are joined by England and Manchester City’s Esme Morgan. The team reflect on the Champions League drama as Chelsea lost out to Barcelona in the semi-final and a look at the promotions and relegations.
Plus Esme and Ellen share their thoughts on a new three-year project researching ACL injury prevention.
Timecodes:
0:10 Intro
04:30 Chelsea out of Champions League
16:10 Esme on Man City & title race
20:30 Promotion and relegation
25:10 New ACL project

After a week away Mark Chapman is back to keep Rory and Chris in check - as Leon Osman joins to discuss this weekend’s football and the breaking news that Premier League clubs have agreed to introduce a spending cap. Kieran Maguire from the Price of Football podcast gives his expert opinion on what this could mean.
The guys also discuss the importance of set-pieces for Arsenal this season - but do Spurs need to follow suit?
They also chat the touchline spat between Mo Salah and Jürgen Klopp. While the manager is on his way out, will the striker still be at Liverpool next season?
And it’s been a very different few weeks for Bournemouth and Brighton. Should Andoni Iraola be in the discussion for manager of the season? Whereas, has Roberto De Zerbi’s stock taken a hit if he wanted to look for a job elsewhere?
TOPICS:
00'15 Chappers is back
04'20 Spending caps with Kieran Maguire
17'30 The importance of set-pieces
33'30 Mo Salah and Jürgen Klopp have a sideline spat
40'35 The rise of Bournemouth
46'00 Has Roberto De Zerbi's managerial stock been damaged?

Ben Haines has Premier League reaction as Arsenal & Man City keep up the pace at the top. He’s joined by former Tottenham defender Stephen Kelly, QPR captain Asmir Begović and The Telegraph’s Luke Edwards. Also hear from Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Ange Postecoglou, Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo and Man City’s ‘exhausted’ defender Joško Gvardiol.
02:40 Are Liverpool out of the title race?
04:40 Mikel Arteta & Ange Postecoglou after Arsenal beat Spurs
06:15 Do Tottenham need a set piece coach?
12:20 Arsenal showing the title credentials?
16:40 Man City overcome tiredness to beat Forest
21:40 Joško Gvardiol: “I’m exhausted to be honest”
26:00 Pep Guardiola fires back at keyboard warriors
29:15 Nuno Espírito Santo on Forest’s ‘good performance’
33:35 Relegation fears ‘take years off your life’
36:10 Bournemouth break club top flight points record