In a special episode, Gab Marcotti welcomes back Rory Smith to The Game podcast, as they pore through some of the biggest issues in football today.

While Manchester United look to be filling their managerial vacancy with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, are they in danger of neglecting their structural failings as a club?

VAR will be in the Premier League next season but is it battling against a narrative of heroes and villains, the laws of the game and an attitude towards officials that is too demanding?

Is the European Super League an inevitability? Or will smaller cross-border leagues from around the continent become a reality sooner?

And with Raheem Sterling again on the receiving end in Montenegro, what measures are appropriate to combat racist behaviour in the stands?

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