James Richardson’s Kings of Europe

To celebrate 30 years of the Champions League, James Richardson speaks to big-name winners about their memories of lifting European club football’s ultimate prize.

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15 episodes
Updated May 22, 2023

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May 22, 2023 · 58 min
15: EP. 15 - MARSEILLE 1993 / AC MILAN 1994... with Marcel Desailly
Marcel Desailly joins James Richardson to talk about successive Champions League wins with Marseille & AC Milan. The former Chelsea defender discusses the battle to persuade his family not to go to University and how Fabio Capello transformed him.
May 15, 2023 · 57 min
14: EP. 14 - MANCHESTER UNITED 2008... with Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand reveals how the prospect of taking a Champions League Final penalty left him feeling legless and so too the celebrations after captaining Manchester United to victory against Chelsea in the Final that went into the early hours in Moscow.
May 8, 2023 · 50 min
13: EP. 13 - REAL MADRID 2014... with Paul Clement
How do you keep a changing room of Galácticos happy? What is it like for a former PE teacher from England to coach alongside Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane? Paul Clement discusses how Real Madrid came back to win a dramatic first ‘One City’ Champions League final against Atletico Madrid in 2014.
May 1, 2023 · 46 min
12: EP. 12 - LIVERPOOL 2019... with Jordan Henderson
Jordan Henderson looks back on the 2019 final with Tottenham where he finally got to lift the Champions League and share an emotional embrace with his dad. Liverpool’s captain reminisces about the road to Madrid after an epic Semi-Final comeback.
Apr 24, 2023 · 58 min
11: EP. 11 - BARCELONA 2009... with Yaya Toure
An integral member of Pep Guardiola’s iconic Barcelona team of the late Noughties, Yaya Toure talks through the dressing room dynamic, the making of Lionel Messi, playing centre half in the final against Manchester United and his own journey from the Ivory Coast to multiple trophy winner.
Apr 17, 2023 · 56 min
10: EP. 10 - BAYERN MUNICH 2001... with Owen Hargreaves
Owen Hargreaves looks back at his unusual path from working in McDonalds to winning the Champions League with Bayern Munich as a little known 20-year-old. The ex-Manchester United midfielder also reveals the impact of injuries on life after football.
Apr 10, 2023 · 45 min
9: EP. 9 - CHELSEA 2021... with Cesar Azpilicueta
Cesar Azpilicueta joins James to talk about his path to lifting the Champions League, 9 years after joining the club after they’d last won it. Chelsea’s captain gives a fascinating insight into the tactics and preparations to overcome Manchester City.
Apr 3, 2023 · 51 min
8: EP. 8 - BARCELONA 2006... with Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson looks back on his key role in Barcelona’s 2006 Champions League triumph and how he celebrated beating Arsenal in style! The Celtic legend also looks back on his glorious spell at Parkhead with some intriguing behind the scenes stories.
Mar 27, 2023 · 44 min
7: EP. 7 - AJAX 1995... with Patrick Kluivert
Patrick Kluivert joins us to discuss his fairytale story as a teenage Champions League final match winner for Ajax – after his mum told Luis van Gaal he had to play him! The 1995 winner also looks back on his time with AC Milan, Barcelona, Newcastle.
Mar 20, 2023 · 45 min
6: EP. 6 - JUVENTUS 1996... with Fabrizio Ravanelli
‘The White Feather’ Fabrizio Ravanelli was an iconic 1990’s striker, scoring in the Champions League final before leaving Juventus for Middlesbrough! He talks James through his journey and one of the most surprising transfers in football history.
Mar 13, 2023 · 47 min
5: EP. 5 - REAL MADRID 2000... with Steve McManaman
Steve McManaman scored in the 2000 Champions League final for Real Madrid, becoming the first Englishman to win the trophy with a foreign club. He tells us how he embraced the politics and culture at the Bernabéu yet still often felt like an outsider.
Mar 6, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
4: EP. 4 - CHELSEA 2012... with Roberto Di Matteo
How did Roberto Di Matteo lift a team languishing midway through the season to Champions League glory as caretaker manager? James speaks to the club legend who led Chelsea’s comebacks and eventual triumph over Bayern Munich in their own backyard.
Feb 27, 2023 · 1 hr
3: EP. 3 - BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1997... with Paul Lambert
From walking out on Motherwell to marking Zinedine Zidane of Juventus in the Champions League final. Paul Lambert joins James Richardson to tell us about his remarkable move to Borussia Dortmund, where he won the Champions League in his debut season.
Feb 20, 2023 · 56 min
2: EP. 2 - LIVERPOOL 2005... with John Arne Riise
Liverpool favourite John Arne Riise offers a dressing room insight into arguably the greatest Champions League final comeback and the moment that prompted the turnaround. He also reveals how being bullied drove him to become a Premier League star.
Feb 13, 2023 · 50 min
1: EP. 1 - MANCHESTER UNITED 1999... with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer talks us through one of the most iconic Champions League finals. Manchester United’s super sub charts his journey from Norwegian football, his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson and his late winner against Bayern Munich in 1999.