Jimbo’s got James Horncastle, Seb Stafford-Bloor, Pol Ballús and Julien Laurens alongside him for a whole lot of European football chit-chat after an eventful transfer deadline day.
We begin over in Italy, where Jamie Vardy’s now having a party in Cremona after his late move to newly-promoted Cremonense. Speaking of strikers - will the arrival of Rasmus Hojlund cement Napoli’s status as favourites for the Serie A title?
Next stop - Ligue 1 - where it was goals galore on Saturday, as Lille put seven past Lorient in an extraordinary second half showing and Toulouse v PSG finished 3-6 with a Joao Neves masterclass… where he scored a hat-trick featuring two overhead kicks!
Over in the Bundesliga, Erik ten Hag’s short and fraught spell as Bayer Leverkusen manager was brought to a swift end following their collapse against 10 men in Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Bremen. So where did it all go so wrong? And where do they turn next?
And in La Liga, Barcelona felt the benefit of VAR going awry - but they could only draw with Rayo Vallecano as Real Madrid took advantage as they continued their perfect start to the campaign under Xavi Alonso.
All that - plus the curse of being a former Manchester United manager, unsavoury scenes at the Leagues Cup final in Seattle - and the Sound of Music!
Produced by Lucy Oliva.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: A deep dive into Salzburg - and some moments of the week! (00.45)
• PART 2: Serie A review: Vardy's latest party and are we sleeping on Juve? (09.15)
• PART 3: Ligue 1 review: Neves' perfect performance (24.20)
• PART 4: Who'd be an ex-Man United boss? Plus chaos in Seattle (36.00)
• PART 5: Bundesliga review: ten Hag's Leverkusen nightmare (41.20)
• PART 6: La Liga review: Barca blink first as Antony returns a hero (59.50)
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