Former Aussie skipper heads groundbreaking coverage

Stan Sport has announced UK vigor and tv shot presenter Max Rushden and erstwhile Socceroos skipper and multi-Logie award-winning broadcast seasoned Craig Foster volition articulation its exclusive sum of the UEFA Champions League, Conference League and Europa League.

Rushden volition bring an unthinkable wealthiness of European shot cognition and acquisition from his assorted roles astatine the BBC and Sky Sports, and astir precocious his enactment astatine Talksport and arsenic big of the Guardian's Football Weekly, 1 of the biggest multi-award winning shot podcasts successful the world.

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These matches volition people the commencement of a caller epoch for shot broadcasting successful Australia with Stan precocious announcing a multi-year concern statement with the Union of European Football Associations, securing exclusive broadcast rights to each lucifer of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League and UEFA Youth League, alongside rights to the UEFA Super Cup, for the adjacent 3 seasons.

Craig Foster and Max Rushden volition caput Stan Sport's sum of the UEFA Champions League, Conference League and Europa League. (Stan Sport)

"The UEFA Champions League is the benchmark shot contention globally with the top players, tacticians, histories and nine rivalries," Foster said.

"Since the mid-1950s, erstwhile Real Madrid made their sanction arsenic five-time champions of Europe, done the assorted iterations to Chelsea's 2nd triumph past year, it's the contention each nine wants to beryllium in, and each instrumentality wants to experience.

"I'm delighted to beryllium capable to bring the world's finest shot to Australian audiences with Stan - the caller location of the UEFA Champions League."

Rushden added: "I americium thrilled to beryllium joining Stan to big their breathtaking caller UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League coverage.

"From the aboriginal stages of our discussions, it was wide we were precise aligned connected however shot should beryllium covered - successful a relaxed, intelligent, and hopefully entertaining way.

"We're putting together a brilliant team of experts successful Australia and astir Europe, and I can't hold to arrive with my Aussie wife, get edifice quarantine retired of the way, and get stuck successful for our first group signifier matches."

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