Football Daily - Champions League Debrief: Bodo/Glimt claim another scalp and Newcastle reach the last 16
Episode Date: February 24, 2026Bodo/Glimt claimed another big Champions League scalp, beating Inter Milan 5-2 on aggregate to reach the last 16, with Newcastle also through after a 9-3 win over Qarabag. Julien Laurens and Dwight Ga...yle are with Kelly Cates for reaction to all the night’s action. We’re at St James’ Park where John Muray and Chris Sutton watched Eddie Howe’s side secure their passage to the knockout stage, and Norwegian Journalist Marius Guttormsen joins us from the San Siro on another famous night for Bodo.We ask what this means for Italian football as well with the very real possibility there will be no Italian team in the last 16 after Inter Milan’s exit and with Juventus and Atalanta trailing going in the second legs of their respective ties. Plus, there’s reaction to Middlesbrough missing the chance to go level on points with Coventry at the top of the Championship, and Snoop Dogg stealing the show at Swansea.TIMECODES: 00:40 – A famous night for Bodo/Glimt 08:38 – What does Inter’s exit mean for Italian football? 16:09 – Newcastle wrap up their place in the last 16 23:12 – Eddie Howe reaction 24:40 – Can defending champions PSG progress? 27:40 – Championship reaction
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On the Football Daily podcast, Champions League debrief with Kelly Kate.
It was a big night in the Champions League.
Newcastle, Bia Leva-Cousin and Atlatico Madrid all booked their spots in the last 16.
But the story of the night, and maybe the story of the season, came at the San Ciro.
Pouda glimped, beat Seria our leaders, three-time European champions into Milan,
2-1 on the night, and they are through 5-2 on aggregate.
We'll have plenty of reaction from St James's Park very shortly to Newcastle's game with John Murray and Chris Sutton.
Julian Laurent and Dwight Gale are also here, but we are going to start in the San Ciro.
John Acres was watching history unfold for Bodo Glimt.
How did they do it, John?
What an extraordinary night.
Well, by being supremely well-organised for a starter and then taking their chances, second of all,
it was a brilliant backs against the wall performance.
They did have to weather a storm in the first half against Into.
He did throw everything at them, DeMarco, Esposito, Turam, Bistoni, Fratezi.
They all went close in the first half.
But once they've seen that off and seen off the fact that Akangi hit the post in the second half,
it was Akangu who made a mistake trying to play out from the back.
They pounced on it.
And then Hauger, the former A.C. Milan player, sixth goal in the Champions League,
just helped it into the back of the net to make it 1-0.
And that gave them a real belief then,
and Inter the crowd and the players seemed to take a bit of a dip.
They went 2-0 up on the break, a brilliant goal from Evian on his right foot.
You need to see the goal.
It's a brilliant first touch and right-foot finish across the goalkeeper.
Inter got one back late, but the game was already gone.
An extraordinary night for Bodeglimp.
While through, they will play either Manchester City or sporting in the next round.
And of course, they've already beaten Manchester City in this competition this year.
Let's bring in Norwegian journalist Marius Kutomson, who's been watching from the San Sero.
Marius, the fairy tale continues.
It absolutely does.
And, yeah, many people wouldn't really believe that this was possible, given a team, which was relegated in 2016.
And I got promoted again in 2017.
And now they're here beating this ginormous team from Milan.
The fairy tale certainly continues.
Marius, there have been games where Bouda Glympt have absolutely deserved their victory.
I'm just looking at the match stats from this match against Inter.
70% possession to Inter Milan, 30 shots compared to 7 for Bordeauxglimp,
61 touches inside the opponent's box compared to six,
and yet Borde A Glympt come away with that 2-1 victory.
Did it feel a lot more tense than 5-2 aggregate?
over both legs would suggest?
Oh yeah, absolutely, especially in this second game here.
It was back against the wall game for quite some time.
It seemed like they got pretty much taken by the occasion in the first half
and in the start of the second half.
And then this one-nil goal just released something in the players.
They started to believe, they started to take more risk.
And it started to put on an.
roulette here and there and just show confidence.
And I think that was pretty much the thing that carried them all the way through.
And when they scored the second goal, yeah, it was pretty much too far for Inter to get back
to it and too little time left.
That confidence that they do play with is extraordinary.
And that belief that they will go on and they will be able to score is extraordinary.
Particularly when they're up against Inter, who've made two finals in the last three years.
They're 10 points clear in Seria.
For Boda to have that self-belief is extraordinary.
Where does that come from?
Is it just from the way that they've been playing
and from the fact that results have been going their way?
Well, their manager has repeatedly imprinted into the players
that you should look past the result and you look at the performance.
And I think that's giving them sort of a belief in their foundation
that they can play their own style, they can play their own football,
and then you look at the result afterwards.
And obviously, beating these teams along the way,
they've taken some big scabs along the road.
They've just gained them a lot of confidence.
And this is, yeah, the pinnacle of it,
beating Inter Milan in the knockout stages.
They have taken some big scalps,
including John Murray, that of Manchester City along the way.
And they could face them in the next.
next round. Yeah, I'm just wondering, Marius, do you think they would, do you think they would
want another crack at Manchester City or would they prefer sporting? I think I probably know the
answer to that. I think they actually would prefer to face Man City again just because they want
the opportunity to rise to the occasion. And yeah, they seem to like it last time. So, yeah, I think
they want a dream comeback for them, especially at Asmira, which is just so unique.
And Manchester City were not comfortable at all worthy on the artificial pit.
It has been a big factor, hasn't it, for Buda?
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
I haven't seen many teams that actually are comfortable at this artificial pitch,
especially when it's cold and it's windy.
And, you know, the atmosphere is also so quiet compared to the massive stance of the likes of San Ciro.
So it's a completely different game.
It's sort of like watching a League 2 game with the Champions League trophy at stake.
So it's kind of bizarre, really.
And I think that's taken many teams back.
Dwight, when you look at the progress that the team has made,
and Marius was saying, it was a team that was relegated not that long ago
and then have made this journey to the top.
They're now in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
I'm thinking about your journey from non-league through to playing in the Premier League,
I just wonder if you can sort of relate to, and you know, not to say the bird of players,
themselves have made that journey.
But I just wonder if you can relate to that progress that they've made.
Yeah, obviously I think one of the biggest things is they must have such a good team spirit,
such good morale in terms of everyone pulling in the same direction.
Being able to take failures, but then being able to come back from it,
I think is one of the biggest things that I'd probably experienced in non-league,
but then also taking it as a pleasure as well in terms of being able to go and dig in when needed.
Obviously, non-league wasn't always the best football played.
And then when they were obviously on the astroturf, they are able to deal with it a lot more.
Whereas sometimes when these higher-level players that are used to playing in front of 60,000 on lovely pitches turn up,
I think it almost plays into their hands and it makes them roll their sleeves up even more.
And I think I used that in my career sort of thing in terms of knowing about obviously the tough situations.
I'm sure they're using it at the moment and I think they'll be really excited about the next leg,
especially their way fixture because they know what it's about and what it takes to perform on that pitch.
And I'm sure they'll be well up for it and they'll be excited to.
either option to be fair.
And Marius, you told us before the game
how excited the whole of Norway were
about this fixture, about the potential
progression to the last 16 of the Champions League.
It's going to be a lot of excitement
around tonight and into tomorrow.
Yeah, it was about
3,000 and a half thousand fans
traveling for this away game on pretty much
on short notice. So you've got to
give it to the fans. And yeah, this is going to be
talked about for years to come.
It's a massive result for such a small club from the country from the north.
Marius, I know you've got to get to the press conferences.
So thank you very much for joining us.
You're welcome.
Take care.
Thank you very much, Marius.
Look, it's a great story for Bodoglint this season.
The story now of the Champions League.
Jules, though, what about Inter?
What's gone on?
Yeah, disaster, Cal's.
You mentioned the starts earlier.
I mean, let's not forget as well for Bodoglint.
they hadn't won any of their first six games
in the Champions League in the league phase.
They only be a city in Game Week 7
and then Athletical Madrid away in Game Week 8
to qualify. And now they'll be
into Milan back to back, the finalist of last year,
as we said at the start of the show,
it's not a good thing for Italian football to start
with. And as we know, tomorrow, Atalanta
have a two-gold deficit to try to overturn.
Juventus have a three-gold deficit.
So we could have no Italian teams
in the last 16 of the Champions League,
while their national team, by the way,
hasn't qualified yet for the World Cup
and we'll have to go through the playoffs,
very tricky playoffs next month in March.
It's a difficult time for Italian football
and I think this shows it.
Inter Milan at top of Syria, as we said earlier,
10 points clear of Eastern Milan
and yet they struggle in those two games
and yet today they put pressure
and Boduglian rode their luck a little bit at times,
let's be honest.
But still, it was just not enough, again,
not good enough from Italian team,
for the best team in Italy,
for the last three or four years easily.
And let's not even talk about Napoli,
who didn't even make it to the top 24 of the league phase.
By the way, we're beaten by Carabag and Bodo glimped ahead of them in that ranking.
So absolutely terrible for Italian football, really.
Terrible for Italian football.
And John Murray, what does it mean to the Champions League?
If there are no Italian teams in the last 16, six English teams,
is that kind of the weighting of that?
Is that a good thing for the competition?
Is it a bad thing?
Is it neither?
Well, what they wanted to do was give more clubs and more countries
the opportunity to make strides and make waves in the Champions League.
Now, whether it was part of UEFers thinking
that Italian clubs would crash out in the way that they have,
probably not.
But, you know, I mean, we've heard both sides of the story there, haven't we?
Italian clubs flop, but you have.
a brilliant story with Buda Glimt
and the team we've watched tonight
Carabag getting further in the competition
than they ever have done before
so it's a bit of a yin and yang isn't it?
I've got to say Kelly
I think it's such a brilliant story
you know I do a lot of work in Scotland
and people you know up there are talking about
well can Celtic and Rangers ever compete
with the huge financial golf
which there is now at the top of European competitions
Bodha Glint have proved that you
absolutely can so I think that's a sense
sensational story.
Do you know, Chris, that's making me think, will or making me wonder if there will be clubs
who'll be looking at the Bodo Glimpse set up, looking at the manager, looking at their
culture coach.
We talked about Prematch, whose job is a morale booster, really, which is doing him a disservice.
You can listen to that episode of Euroleagues where Jules and the guys talk to him.
I wouldn't mind getting his number.
Yeah, I mean, you could use him in any situation.
But I just wonder if other clubs who come from leagues similar to the Norwegian League
will be looking at that setup and thinking that they can learn from it.
Absolutely.
And, you know, box clever, a great manager and a great organizer of a team.
I mean, the amazing thing, John's talking about their home record,
and he's right.
advantage of having the plastic pitch.
And I get all that.
And, you know, they're very good at that.
But to actually go away and beat Athletico Madrid when they really needed to.
And then to go away, you know, to Inter and beat them in their own backyard in the
Sancerra.
That's absolutely sensational.
And you read out the stats and, you know, maybe they rode their luck a little bit.
But, you know, they obviously have a structure and they defend well and they have that threat
on the counter.
It can be done.
And that's, you know, it's really important that a club like Boda have actually reached the last 16.
You see, I think clubs might look at that and think, we'd like a bit of this.
We'd like to do exactly what they have done.
I think what they've got is unique.
I don't think.
So others can't do it then.
No, I don't.
I think specifically what they've got is something very, very special.
They do, but look at sporting.
Sporting is another great story, top eight finish.
Look at Club Bruges too now.
Okay, Athletico in the end,
were too strong over the two legs.
But Club Bruges gave it a really good goal.
And it's a team that doesn't have that much money.
A bit like Bodoglim, they have, in a way,
for their domestic league,
because the money they get from the Champions League
domestically makes a difference, sure.
But in Europe, sporting...
They didn't even win their domestic league, did they?
No, you're right, they didn't.
Union St. Gil was, did, yeah.
But they're good...
good.
Yeah.
Now they did Buda Glimb this year.
No, true.
You're right.
Yeah, yeah, you're right.
But the scouting is great.
They spend their money wisely.
The academy usually performs well.
So they produce players who, okay,
might not be all world class and all incredible and outstanding, blah,
but enough to play at this level.
And those three teams, sporting club, Bruges and Bodo,
probably more than Carabaguer,
another different story.
But the other three have similarities.
in the success this season, for example,
that I think Italian clubs, especially,
without going too much into detail,
but academies right now in Italy are not producing enough.
Suddenly, when they're producing good players,
they're not being played in the first team.
That's just not part of their culture.
That's not what they do.
That's the problem.
The way they spend their money,
Syria was the second most spending league
in Europe behind the Premier League
in the last transfer window.
For what?
Even look at the Inter Milan squad and team
today. It was just not what we
used to from Italian clubs, for example.
Juventus the same. Atalanta
again is a little bit different. But those
issues, the success stories
of those clubs and what makes them a bit
special this season, Italian clubs don't have
it anymore. I think there's going to be much more
on that on Wednesday night as well in the
Football Daily and of course on the Euroleaks podcast.
Another thing, Kelly,
as well. We're talking about Italian clubs.
Which Italian club would say, right,
this manager is our man
and he's going to be in charge for the next 10 years.
Yeah, very true.
Not many.
No, but then also that's not often an indicator for success.
Either is sticking with a manager.
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We mentioned Carabag as one of those sides who've overperformed this season.
It was a step too far against Newcastle, a 6-1 win in the first leg.
And Newcastle United will play either Chelsea or Barcelona in the round of 16 after a 9-3 aggregate victory over Carabag.
It was four goals for Anthony Gordon in the first leg in Azerbaijan.
Eddie House side followed it up with a three-two win at St James's Park tonight.
just to remind you former Newcastle striker Dwight Gail is here,
not former current French football journalist.
I've just ended your career, Jules.
Julien LaRone is still with us.
John Murray and Chris Sartner at St. James's Park as well.
John, this was always going to be Newcastle progressing
to the last 16 of the Champions League.
But how did they do it this evening?
Yeah, well, it clearly wasn't a cliffhanger.
But I would say this will be a tie that we won't forget.
And it is history for Newcastle,
first time in a Champions League knockout round of 16 tie. In the opening minutes, I thought it was
going to be a case of think of a number, because Tenali and Joelinton both scored within two
minutes of each other in the first six minutes of the match. And, you know, it looked like we might
have another router on our hands. But Carabag did settle, and they did show some of those
attacking skills that have got them this far. So Duran scored early in the second half to make it
to one on the night. And
was applauded by many of the Newcastle fans.
That was quite remarkable.
And even though Botman headed Newcastle's third from a corner straight after that,
they narrowed the deficit again, Carabag.
When Tefaguliaf scored to make it 3-2 on the night
after Ramsdale saved a Yankevich penalty onto a post.
So it was an entertaining night,
even though the eventual outcome was never in doubt,
which we knew at the outset.
Chris, what did you make of the game?
I enjoyed it. I did enjoy it. I mean, at the start, Newcastle going a couple of goals up,
you're thinking, blind me, this is going to be a cricket score is going to be embarrassing for Carabag.
But in fairness to Carabag they stuck at it and they actually played some good stuff
and they caused the Newcastle backline many, many problems.
You know, the goal, John described really well-taken goal.
It would be interesting to see whether Premier League clubs are having a look at Juran
who's had a really good Champions League.
I think five goals in total.
But Newcastle got the job done.
It was a difficult one because there's no doubt the players wouldn't have played with the same intensity
because they know the job's already done.
So it was just about attitude and commitment and getting over the line.
Eddie Howe went strong and, you know, another win for Newcastle on the home patch.
And I think they can draw.
Who do they draw next?
Chelsea or Barcelona?
and Newcastle would be at home first.
And that's from 11 o'clock on Friday morning, by the way, UK time.
That's when the draw will unfold in neon.
And we'll find out, you know, the line up for the round of 16.
But also there will then be a very clear path through quarterfinal,
semi-final, all the way to Budapest.
And Dwight, it's just a sign of the progress that Newcastle United have made.
It's a sign of the progress that they've made under Eddie Howe.
that they are in the Champions League knockout stages
for the first time in their history?
Yeah, I mean, it's been absolutely amazing
just like Bodo in terms of manager.
I think Newcastle looked at it with the takeover
and look for someone who's, they could keep for 10 years
who could bring the club forward
and obviously in terms of bringing the club together,
the players around and the fans,
they almost feel like one.
So I'm sure they'll,
they'll be very happy at that decision and he's taken them to the next stage in terms of winning trophies for them and then being in the last 16 is such an amazing feat and
I'm so pleased for obviously all the boys that have been there throughout all of this as well so to see them being successful is amazing and I'm sure they'll be really confident going into the next rounds and I think like I said before they've got a lot of players that they've come back from injury
and they look really strong now.
So I think they'll be full of confidence going into the next round.
Who do you think they would prefer if they had the choice?
Chelsea or Barcelona?
I think knowing a lot of them, I think they'll want Barcelona, to be honest.
Obviously, it's a lovely tie to think about.
But then also I think that Barcelona will be less maybe equipped to the counter-attacks
as well as obviously their high line.
Obviously, we spoke about the players at Newcastle have got up front for them
that are going to cause anyone problems,
but I think especially with Barcelona's high line.
So I think Eddie will be absolutely buzzing to get to grips with all the tactical sides of it.
And I'm sure it would be coming out of a cunning plan to try and look after,
obviously, the attacking threat that Barcelona will have as well.
well. So I think that will be a tie that I'm sure the boys will be buzzing to get to grips with,
really. It's a different ask though, Chris, isn't it, for Newcastle to go from, you know,
a 93 aggregate winner of a carabag to trying to get past Chelsea or Barcelona in the last 16?
Yes, but I think that Newcastle on their day under Eddie Howard are capable of beating absolutely
anyone. And, you know, everybody talks about the strength of the Premier League and look, could Newcastle have
perform better this season.
Yeah, I think Eddie Howe is aware of that.
But on any given day, when it does click,
then Newcastle are a massive threat.
I think Barcelona beat them.
Did they beat them here, John?
First, I think, first.
Two one.
Yeah.
Maybe there'll be a bit of revenge in that.
But, no, the important thing was Newcastle getting here.
And, you know, in the playoffs against Caravag,
everybody fancied Newcastle over two legs,
but they still have to go and be professional and get the job done.
that they've got the job done.
And if you're a Newcastle fan,
I mean, exciting times to see your club in the last 16
and hoping that they can progress again.
And there's no reason why not.
I was just going to say on that Barcelona game,
the first game of the league phase for Newcastle,
they had more shots on target,
higher expected goals than Barcelona.
And yeah, they lost to one.
Rashford's got a brace on that night.
But it was a really good performance from Newcastle
in that very tactical sense of not having much of the ball,
I think 35% of the ball,
but hitting them on a car.
counter over the top every time. It will make a very interesting two legs for sure.
John Murray, Chris Sutton. Thank you very much. But a pleasure listening to you from St.
James's Park. Thank you. Kelly. So Newcastle are through. Let's hear from Eddie Howe.
A massive achievement from us to get to the last 16. I think nothing was given to us at the start of
this Champions League run that we've been on. I think I love the new format. I think it's a really, really good
I think you get to see individual teams
and you then get to move on to another one.
We really enjoyed it
and then coming to the pressure games,
the double header, I think we've navigated that really well
because it's a tough, I don't care who you play at this stage,
it's a tough draw.
And we did the majority of their work in the away game.
We've come through really well.
And today we were able to rotate our squad to a degree
and with mixed success, I think.
I don't think it was a great performance,
but really pleased that we won.
Whoever we get in the next round
will be an amazing tie for us.
I believe that we can raise our game and compete with anybody.
That's what we're going to have to do, whoever we get.
But I just think it's a massive thing for us to give our season an extra boost
to get through this knockout phase and then into the next one.
So we know that Newcastle are going to play either Barcelona or Chelsea,
but Oglimt will play either Manchester City or sporting.
Atlatico Madrid will play either Liverpool or Tottenham.
By a Lavercouzen will play.
either Arsenal or Bayern Munich
and the draw for the last 16
as John Murray was just saying
takes place on Friday morning
and Julianneur on
before we even get to there
a huge night for Paris Saint-Germann
the defending champions tomorrow night
Yeah that's right
Keves at the party Prince against Monaco
they won't three two in the first leg
They won't be with Mandembele
who is still not fully fit
after the injury that
he picked up just before
the first leg
and had to come off after just 10 or 15 minutes
in that first leg.
leg. So it'd be very, very interesting, but you think with that one good advantage really going
into this game at home, they should, they should be able to see it and qualify and then potentially
face, what, not potentially, but we face the other of Chelsea and Barcelona because they're in
the same side of the draw with Newcastle. Jules, is this this sort of not a slow progression,
but a building progression through the season? Is that something that they do deliberately?
I'm not sure if he's deliberate. I think they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they,
there's different reasons and explanations,
probably why it happened when it did last season,
that really the turning point was that game against Citi in January,
towards the end of the league phase of the championship.
And after that, they never looked back
and they went from strength to strength,
and they were obviously outstanding in that second half.
And that's because they had that kind of change of players,
that kind of whole sort of refresh of the squad.
Because the reason I asked the question
is because they've done it again this season.
Yeah, although it's still a little bit up and down at times.
times, but you're right.
It feels like when those games
mattered the most, they kind of
changed again and transformed into
that extra gear that they had
in that second half of last season as well.
So let's see if they can do it again.
I would love, as you know,
for them to go back to back and win it again.
There's a reason why he's very difficult,
and not many teams have done it in the last 50 years or so,
just AC Milan and Real Madrid, really.
So there's a reason for that,
and I think English clubs are so strong this season
that it'd be very difficult for anyone else
to win the Champions League.
But I think that SPSG team know how to go all that way
and can probably do it again,
but they will need to start really performing consistently now
at their best level like they did in the second half of last season.
Yeah, it could be a big night for the defending champions.
They do have that one goal advantage.
They're three-two up against Monaco from the first leg.
And as we've already said on Wednesday night,
and potentially we could have no Italian clubs left in the Champions League
in the round of 16.
Atalanta, a 2-0 down against Brescia Dortmund.
Juventus 5-2 down to Gallatin.
And then another 8 o'clock kickoff,
which is Real Madrid,
who hold that 1-0 advantage against Benfica.
But obviously, the scoreline,
not the story around that game.
And there'll be lots more background to that,
lots more fallout to that,
on Wednesday night, on 5-live sports.
Shillian Laurent, lovely to talk to you.
Thank you very much for your company this evening.
Dwight, you're going to stay with us
because we've got a huge title race
coming up to talk about
in the championship
with Middlesbrough and Coventry
sort of playing it out and it's switching.
It looked like Coventry
may be kind of plummeting
towards the end of the season,
but they've picked up again.
Yeah, I mean, I feel like
in the championship title race,
I think no matter who it is,
I always think that you find
a little blip in the season
obviously we had the same thing when we won it
and I think it's how you sort of react to it
and commentary I've obviously picked up a few results recently
after a little bit of a blip
as well as obviously Ipswich chasing them
and Middlesbrough today obviously dropping points
so it's always going to be a difficult one
and it always comes down to sort of the last 10 games
and it's how you sort of react to moments when you're not so strong
and obviously Lampard with so much experience
has probably been through that with his career
so he'll be no better to be obviously the person in the dressing
when they need some experience
and I hope they do do it because obviously
it's nice to see another club doing well sort of thing
and yeah no I hope they do do it to be honest
and Middlesbrough are going to have to react to a difficult
situation because as we're saying, they've missed the chance to go level on points with Coventry.
Aaron Paul's been at Watford this evening and hosts our 72 plus podcast.
And Aaron, first of all, though, Middlesbram missing out on the chance to go top was a big story.
But the glamour, and obviously was at Watford where you were, but also was at Swansea for the game against Preston.
Snoop Dogg was in the house.
I have, I promise you, Kelly, since he came in, one of my pals works inside Swansea City
and I've been asking her, when's he coming down? He was supposed to be there for the Wrexham game
and he turns up on a Tuesday night and he packs out the Liberty, the Swansea.com stadium.
When was the last time that ground was absolutely rammed to the rafters?
And he's seen the videos on there, he's a showman, he's out there singing the Swansea songs,
he's giving it the big and, and we absolutely love to see it.
But it's, as you said earlier on in the program, it's what you're, you're going to,
you see now. You know, you've got a lot of people from the world of music, from sport, especially
in America, who see the opportunity with the NFL football clubs. And it's kind of like the
Reynolds McElenny effect, isn't it? Everyone's looking at it and going, yeah, they've had a bit of
that. We're going to have some as well. And Snoop Dogg, although his investment isn't major,
alongside Luca Modrich as well, I believe, has gone in there. And he's wild the crowds.
Yeah, and Martha Stewart. I will never forget Martha Stewart. I'll always never forget
Martha Stewart, Kelly, and obviously I'll always follow your lead.
Sloops the most unlikely of friends with Martha Stewart.
Aaron, though, thank you very much for joining us.
Thank you very much to Dwight Gail as well for being part of this.
Thank you so much for listening.
There'll be more from Aaron Paul in 72 plus on your next episode of the Football Daily.
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