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Tottenham legend Steffen Freund, Hollywood star Stephen Graham and funny man Mark Watson!

It's been another great week in the beautiful world of football so what better way to start your weekend than with the only show in the land that brings you goals, goals and, yes you've guessed it, more goals! Up first on the orange sofas this Saturday morning will be Tottenham legend Steffen Freund! The former Germany midfielder revelled in his cult status at White Hart Lane, where despite never scoring a goal for the club he was adored by the fans. So much so that in 2009 he was inducted into the Spurs hall of fame alongside Darren Anderton. His all-action style may not have been appreciated by everyone, but his work rate and attitude reaped rewards wherever he went and none more so than with Borussia Dortmund. His six-year spell with the Bundesliga outfit saw him win two league titles and collect a much-coveted Champions League winners medal in 1997 when Dortmund defeated Italian giants Juventus. Capped 21 times by his country, Freund was also successful on the international scene as Germany were crowned Euro '96 winners after defeating Czech Republic in the final at Wembley, where he would return to lift the League Cup with Tottenham three years later. The 41-year-old brought down the curtain on a successful career in 2004, and he will be looking back at all the good times with Helen and Max and telling us about his current role as the coach of Germany's U16 side.

Hollywood

Taking a seat next to Steffen will be a British actor who seems to spend most of his working days rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's finest... Stephen Graham! Having already starred in Snatch, Gangs of New York, and Public Enemies alongside star names such as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale, Graham was this week seen in legendary director Martin Scorsese's Sky Atlantic series, 'Boardwalk Empire'. The Liverpool fan, who plays Al Capone in the series, had only filmed one episode the last time he was on the show and we'll be finding out how excited he is to be part of something that is being billed as 'the new Sopranos'. Plus, we'll be getting his take on an incredible week at Anfield with the departure of Fernando Torres and finding out what he makes of Liverpool's new-look forward line of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez.

Funny man

Steffen and Stephen will be hard acts to follow, but we think we've got the perfect man for the job, because Mark Watson is quite simply one of the funniest men around! The stand-up has been a regular at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning the first ever Panel Prize at the if.comeddies in 2006 and being nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2005 Perrier Comedy Awards. When he's not touring around the country, the 30-year-old, who is a regular on comedy panel shows such as Mock The Week and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, can be seen on the terraces at Bristol City and he will be reflecting on the Robins' season so far and telling us what possessed him to team up with Neil 'Razor' Ruddock for a new FA initiative! That wraps up this week's guests, but as ever we've got all your favourites too including, News with Pat, Showboat, Unbelievable Tekkers, Celtic's Crossbar Challenge, Ant and Dec and Skill Skool with more freestylers! Plus, NFL cheerleaders will be in the studio ahead of the Super Bowl, we'll show you the 10 contenders for the Mitre Goal of the Year, Tubes Takes One for the Team, and Chris Kamara takes on weightlifter Zoe Smith in Kammy Do It! So be sure to tune in to Soccer AM, Saturday, 10am, on Sky Sports 2 & Sky One!