Villa and Palace both reach European finals | Is Carrick nailed for the Man Utd job full-time? | What is going on at Real Madrid?

About this episode

The episode discusses Aston Villa and Crystal Palace reaching European finals, the Manchester United managerial situation, and recent events at Real Madrid.

Teddy Draper is joined by Miguel Delaney of The Independent and Martyn Ziegler from The Times as they discuss Aston Villa beating Nottingham Forest to progress to the Europa League and Crystal Palace reaching the Conference League final. They also, analyse Manchester United latest as they look to appoint permanent boss and if Michael Carrick is favourite for the role and all the drama that has gone on at Real Madrid in recent days with training ground bust-ups and fans demanding Kylian Mbappe out of the club. •You can watch the sports action live on Sky Sports. If you're not already a Sky customer, you can stream Sky Sports on your terms with a NOW membership. Sign up to NOW here: www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_podcastlink • Back Pages is a Sky Sports podcast. Listen to every episode here: https://www.skysports.com/podcasts/36578/12868489/back-pages-podcast-national-newspaper-sports-headlines-review-from-sky-sports •You can listen to Back Pages on your smart speaker by asking it to "play Back Pages". •For all the latest sport news, head to www.skysports.com •For advertising opportunities email: [email protected]

People in this episode

Host: Teddy Draper

Guests: Miguel Delaney, Martyn Ziegler

Topics covered

• European finals
• Manchester United
• Real Madrid
• Aston Villa
• Crystal Palace
• football news

Keywords

• Aston Villa
• Crystal Palace
• Manchester United
• Michael Carrick
• Real Madrid
• Kylian Mbappe
• Europa League
• Conference League

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, Manchester United, Real Madrid

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