12/12/23: Turkish referee assaulted, US Soccer POTY nominees, French cup draw joy

This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers Media Network, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today's episode: Turkish football has been suspended after a leading referee was punched by a Superlig club owner, the nominees for US Soccer player of the year have been announced, Greek fans have been banned from stadia for two months, Victor Osimhen wins men’s African player of the year, a preview of Tuesday’s Champions League matches and hear the moment that a tiny French football team were drawn against one of the biggest teams in the world in the Coupe de France.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

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Host: Betty Glover

Editor: Sammy James

Researcher: Jack Collins

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