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Inter Milan are closing in on the signing of Israel international Anan Khalaily in a transfer that is causing huge controversy. Some fans and human rights activists believe that Inter are whitewashing both Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people and their apartheid state by buying an Israel international. Nima Tavallaey conducted three important interviews with Dr. Thair Abu Ras of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Andrew Feinstein who is a former member of the South African parliament for ANC under the leadership of Nelson Mandela, and Palestinian football journalist Bassil Mikdadi from Football Palestine to discuss all aspects of this issue.Timestamps00:00 - Intro: Background - Why We Did This Episode02:24 - Dr Thair Abu Ras Interview - Who Are The '1948 Palestinians'?04:38 - "Systemic Discrimination In All Walks Of Life Of Palestinians Who Are Citizens Of Israel"07:26 - Apartheid In Israel In Practice - The South Africa Comparison09:54 - Relationship Between Palestinian Citizens Of Israel & The State - "Parallel Worlds"14:47 - How Big Of A Propaganda Win Anan Khalaily Joining Inter Milan Is For Israel16:34 - The Anan Khalaily Conundrum - The Complexity Involved22:00 - The Only Way For Israel To Change Its Ways Is Via "External International Pressure"26:06 - "Inter Milan Fans Should Show Their Disapproval To Anan Khalaily"29:30 - The Different Forms Of Apartheid In Israel32:08 - Andrew Feinstein Interview - Why Apartheid South Africa Was Boycotted In Sports38:06 - "No Normal Sport In An Abnormal Society"48:40 - How Apartheid South Africa Were Excluded From FIFA & The IOC52:00 - "FIFA & UEFA Moral Turpitude As Well As Being Materially Corrupt"55:30 - Bassel Mikdadi Interview - Currently 4-5 Players In Palestine National Team With Israeli Citizenship59:44 - The Ataa Jaber Situation - From Captaining Israel U21 To Switching To Palestine01:03:33 - The Lobbying Process Behind Getting Palestinians To Play For Israel01:07:35 - Israel Interior Minister Called For Ataa Jabeer To Lose Citizenship01:11:45 - Harassment Of Palestinian Footballers With Israeli Citizenship By Israel01:14:18 - Why Palestinians 'Choose' To Play For Israel?01:16:28 - "Mindboggling" How Anan Khalaily Still Plays For Israel01:18:30 - "Inter Milan Fans Can Support Their Club Without Spending A Red Cent On Them" If you want to support The Italian Football Podcast, be able to send in questions AND get every episode with NO ads, simply become a member on Patreon.com/TIFP OR Spotify OR YouTube Memberships. Your support makes The Italian Football Podcast possible.Follow us: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTokLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Is Italy missing the most corrupt FIFA World Cup in history actually a good thing?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Is this the most corrupt World Cup ever? If not which one was?
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Is Sandro Tonali's top level career over after signing for Tottenham Hotspur?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Is his career over at the highest level? Will this impact the Azzurri in a negative manner?
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Former England, Sampdoria and Nottingham Forest defender Des Walker joins Nima Tavallaey to talk about almost signing for Juventus and Roma, Roberto Mancini returning as coach of Italy, playing in the Serie A, how Italia 90 changed football and much more.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro - Welcome Des Walker
00:09 How Italia 90 Fundamentally Changed Football Forever
03:37 Close To Joining Both Roma & Juventus Who Turned To Roberto Baggio
05:08 Pride In Playing For England Vs Some Of The Best Players Ever
06:44 The Gary Lineker Toilet Accident Against Ireland
08:24 Backstory Of Signing For Sven-Göran Eriksson's Sampdoria
09:32 Roberto Mancini Was "The Manager At Sampdoria"
10:24 Asprilla & Papin Were Tough But Van Basten The Toughest Opponent
12:28 Roberto Mancini "The Most Talented Teammate" & Return As Italy Coach
14:45 How England Stop Norway's Erling Haaland & Who Wins The 2026 FIFA World Cup
19:51 England Centre Back GOAT - Who Stays On?
21:18 England 1990 Vs England 2026 - Strongest Lineup?
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In the fourth club deep dive of the summer, Nima Tavallaey is joined by Radio Romanista and IlRomanista.eu journalist and Roma insider Andrea Di Carlo for the low down on the Giallorossi's summer transfer window.
Timestamps
00:00 - Welcome Andrea Di Carlo
01:01 - Backstory Claudio Ranieri Vs Gian Piero Gasperini: What Happened?
04:20 - Tony D'Amico's Importance For The Roma Project
06:20 - State Of Play In Mason Greenwood Talks
09:57 - How Roma View The Mason Greenwood Controversy
13:29 - Greenwood Backups - From Crysencio Summerville, Alejandro Garnacho To Nicolo Tresoldi
17:40 - Kerim Alejbegovic "Was Close" When Frederic Massara At Club
18:39 - Left Back & Other Positions Roma Want To Strengthen
22:11 - Paulo Dybala Contract Extension "Imminent" + Matias Soulé Situation
24:01 - Manue Koné Future "Uncertain" - Could Stay
25:39 - No Decision Made On Morocco Star Neil El Aynaoui
27:20 - Evan Ndicka, Gianluca Mancini, Mario Hermoso & Mile Svilar Likely To Stay
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Campobasso President, entrepreneur and CEO of Underdog Global Partners, Matt Rizzetta joins Nima Tavallaey to talk about a wide range of issues from appointment of Giovanni Malago as new FIGC president, the bid to buy Napoli from Aurelio De Laurentiis and much more.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro - Welcome Matt Rizzetta
01:46 Giovanni Malagó As New FIGC President
04:02 Why Italian Youngsters Do Well At International Tournaments But Don't Take Final Step
06:46 Underdog Global Partners Vision - Napoli Basketball, Donna Roma & Campobasso
08:50 Globalism Of NBA - From Supporting The New York Knicks To Owning Napoli Basketball
12:33 Campobasso Project - Targeting Serie B Promotion
17:25 Napoli Takeover Talks Backstory - How It Began & State of Play
24:38 Buying Reggina - Family Links Reason Behind Interest
28:25 Vision On Future Of Italian Professional Sports Projects In The Modern Era
33:26 The Global Potential Of Napoli
36:00 Italian Football "Needs A Shot In The Arm"
37:46 Who Will Win The FIFA World Cup: Argentina, Spain, France Or Brazil?
40.25 The Donna Roma Women's Football Project
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Have AC Milan made a huge blunder losing Mattia Liberali to Cesc Fabregas Como?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Is this a mistake? Or will he be another Italian talent who never fulfills his potential?
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Who are the bigger flops at the FIFA World Cup out of Germany and Italy given the Germans exit against Paraguay?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Who is the bigger flop? Is Germany in a better position than Italy?
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In the third club deep dive of the summer, Nima Tavallaey is joined by TuttoJuve.com, Radio Bianconera journalist and Juventus insider Mirko Di Natale for a very revealing interview.
Timestamps
00:00 - Welcome Mirko Di Natale
01:11 - Backstory How Giovanni Carnevali Was Appointed Juventus CEO
05:28 - Financial Fair Play Forced Sales: Nico Gonzalez & Fabio Miretti
08:11 - Futures Of Bremer & Khephren Thuram + Cambiaso - Frattesi/ Carlos Augusto Swap
11:10 - The Dusan Vlahovic Chapter Is Closed
13:15 - Vincenzo Italiano Wants Arthur Melo & Michele Di Gregorio At Besiktas
16:38 - Vasilije Adzic & Lois Openda To Leave
18:58 - Koopmeiners Situation + Douglas Luiz Could Stay As Luciano Spalletti Rates Him
22:21 - Dibu Martinez Tops Juventus List For Goalkeeping Position
24:38 - Randal Kolo Muani Tops Juventus List For Striker Position
27:18 - Fullbacks In: From Matteo Ruggeri To Emil Holm & Óscar Mingueza
29:52 - Brahim Diaz Difficult But Albert Gudmundsson Or Nicolo Zaniolo Are Targets
32:55 - Tarek Muharemovic Wants Juventus Who Want Him Too With Lucumi Also Linked
36:50 - Atmosphere At Juventus "Much More Positive"
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How well would Italy have done had they qualified to the 2026 FIFA World Cup instead of Bosnia?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Would Italy qualify from the group? If so how far would the Azzurri have gone?
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Who are the winners and losers in the Marco Palestra to Chelsea transfer after Inter Milan failed to complete the signing?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Did Marotta mess this up? Or is it because the EPL clubs are too strong financially? Or a combination of both?
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Summer 2006. Italian football was in crisis. Just weeks before the World Cup began, the Calciopoli scandal exploded, threatening to tear Serie A apart.
Juventus would be relegated, titles stripped, and some of Italy’s biggest clubs found themselves at the centre of the biggest scandal in modern Italian football.
Many believed the Azzurri were finished before a ball had even been kicked. But what followed was one of the greatest World Cup campaigns ever seen.
Led by the brilliance of Andrea Pirlo, the leadership of Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon, and a team spirit forged in adversity, Marcello Lippi’s men would navigate controversy, drama, extra-time heartbreaks, a legendary semi-final against Germany, and one of the most infamous moments in football history.
This is the story of Italy’s victory at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Ps. We've had to reschedule our interview with Mirko Di Natale regarding the Juventus deep dive to next Monday due to unforeseen events. So instead we're publishing this historic throwback.
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Will Ruben Amorim succeed at AC Milan? Does he even stand a chance to or is the dysfunctional state of the Rossoneri to much to overcome?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Is Amorim the right man? If not who is your choice?
Or is this another example of RedBird just hoping something works without a plan?
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Is Roberto Mancini the right man to take over the Azzurri? Or is he way past his best?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, debate and analyze the question sent in from an Italian Football Podcast patron and member.
What do you think? Is Mancini the right man? If not who is your choice?
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In the second club deep dive of the summer, Nima Tavallaey is joined by SportItalia journalist and Napoli insider Vincenzo Credendino for a very revealing interview.
From Max Allegri thinking Alex Meret is better than Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, why Aurelio De Laurentiis chose Max Allegri over Vincenzo Italiano, MLS linked Kevin De Bruyne vs Antonio Conte, Romelu Lukaku wanting to stay, and the Napoli takeover bid backstory and much, much more.
Timestamps
00:00 - Welcome Vincenzo Credendino
01:14 - Antonio Conte Departure
12:45 - Kevin De Bruyne Vs Antonio Conte
21:06 - Vincenzo Italiano Snubbed
25:02 - Max Allegri: What To Expect
30:58 - Chicago Fire & NYFC Want Kevin De Bruyne
34:56 - Romelu Lukaku Wants To Stay But Napoli Wants To Sell Him
37:13 - Allegri Prefers Alex Meret Over Vanja Milinkovic-Savic
38:41 - Exit Rumors: From Anguissa, Lucca & Mazzocchi To Vergara & Buongiorno
41:54 - Players In: From Vlahovic To Khalaily, Mario Gila & More
49:53 - Matt Rizzetta Napoli Takeover
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Mason Greenwood is being heavily linked with a move to Roma at the express request of Gian Piero Gasperini.
Guest co-host Sheridan Bird (UEFA Champions Journal & Milan TV commentator) discuss, debate and analyze how well the former Man Utd star would do in the Serie A as well as the broader implications this has.
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Will Max Allegri be able to reignite Kevin De Bruyne at Napoli? Or is Allegri's entire tenure at the Partenopei a disaster waiting to happen?
Guest co-host Sheridan Bird (UEFA Champions Journal & commentator on Milan TV) discusses, debates and analyzed the fates of the Belgian superstar and the Tuscan tactician.
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The FIFA World Cup is supposed to be football’s greatest celebration - a month where politics takes a back seat, nations come together, and the beautiful game takes centre stage.
But as the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off across the United States, Canada and Mexico, many fans are asking a very different question: has this tournament already become the biggest mess in World Cup history?
From visa chaos affecting fans, officials and even FIFA-appointed referees, to entire groups of supporters being unable to attend matches, soaring ticket prices, travel nightmares, geopolitical tensions, and growing concerns over FIFA’s leadership, controversy seems to be following this World Cup everywhere it goes.
Visa denials are affecting officials and referees, while disputes involving Iranian supporters and travel restrictions have cast a shadow over the tournament before many games have even begun.
Nima Tavallaey is invited onto various media platforms (BBC, TalkSport, Al Jazeera, Time Radio etc) to discuss the storm surrounding FIFA 2026: the political battles, the fan backlash, the referee controversies, the travel restrictions, the U.S.–Iran tensions, the questions over fairness and accessibility, and the mounting criticism directed at FIFA President Gianni Infantino and the organization itself.
Whether you believe football and politics can never truly be separated or you think FIFA has completely lost control of its flagship competition, one thing is becoming impossible to ignore: before a ball has even been kicked in anger, the 2026 World Cup is already generating headlines for all the wrong reasons.
So is this simply a difficult tournament facing extraordinary circumstances, or are we witnessing the most chaotic and politically charged World Cup ever staged?
Timestamps:
00:00 Mother Of All Talkshows With George Galloway
17:15 TalkSport With Alan Pardew
24:48 Al Jazeera
25:49 RT India
36:44 Press TV
41:18 Middle East Eye
48:06 Times Radio London (Unedited With Greg Swenson, the Chair of Republicans Overseas)
01:05:54 BBC World Service
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In the first club deep dive of the summer, Nima Tavallaey is joined by SportItalia journalist and AC Milan insider Francesco Letizia for an explosive interview.
From Gerry Cardinale wanting to "Americanize Milan", thinking "Italy is a third world state in the stoneage" to "Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a shareholder at Milan", "Zlatan at war with Allegri and Furlani", "Zlatan never liked Leao", to Oliver Glasner and Ralf Rangnick joining Milan backstory and much, much more.
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Should Como manager Cesc Fabregas try to get former Barcelona and Argentina legend Lionel Messi ahead of their maiden Champions League adventure?
Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese discuss, analyze and debate the possibility of the move as well as if it is a move that should be done.
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