Socceroos' costly slip-up | Mane and Salah "frenemies" goes next level | Mendy v Kepa as Premier League returns | Rangnick's struggles leading Manchester United | Player welfare in modern football

The international break closes and a bumper weekend of Premier League is on the horizon in this week's jam-packed edition of the GegenPod! Join Socceroos legend Mark Schwarzer, former Premier League star Thomas Sorensen and host Claudio Fabiano for all the big talking points in football:The Socceroos slip-up against Oman could cost them a World Cup spot. How would Mark Schwarzer's 'golden generation' of 2006 have fared in current-day qualifying?Senegal win the Africa Cup of Nations but has Kepa's good form for Chelsea created a new challenge for Edouard Mendy?The Premier League returns with Brendan Rodgers in the hottest seat of all after Leicester City's FA Cup flopRalf Rangnick's struggles handling the media and selling his message about the future of Manchester UnitedModern player welfare and the lads talking about some of the personal rivalries they faced in their playing days!Listen to more from the GegenPod team: https://play.acast.com/s/the-gegenpod/Optus Sport's Football Belongs was named the Best Sports Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Award - listen here: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.