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The Sweeper - A World Football Podcast

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First up on Sweeper Xtra this week are two little-known football competitions taking place in Europe at the moment. There is the UEFA Regions Cup, a biennial tournament for amateur teams across Europe including the likes of Galicia, Jersey & San Marino. And then there's the Europeada, a football tournament for indigenous and national minorities in Europe that is dominated by the northern Italian region of South Tyrol.

After the break, we take an alternative look at the transfer window. Rosario Central have offered Angel Di María an armoured car as part of a transfer proposal to return to his boyhood club, while fifth-tier Spanish side Illueca have signed Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo - but not those ones. Finally, 57-year-old Kazu Miura is on the move again, returning home to Japan with fourth-tier Atletico Suzuka - but he's not the oldest currently active pro in the world...