All the Messis

Published: Aug. 31, 2021, 1:07 a.m.

With the transfer window creaking shut, Jimbo, Julien Laurens, James Horncastle, Raphael Honigstein and Alvaro Romeo review the last weekend of club football across Europe before the international break.\n\nLionel Messi makes his debut for PSG but will Kylian Mbappe stay on as his team-mate? Will Real Madrid make a dramatic move on deadline day?\n\nIt\u2019s a nightmare beginning to life after Ronaldo for Juventus but Roma fans are all aboard on the Mou train.\n\nVan Bommel\u2019s boys top the Bundesliga. A bad week for Leipzig who lose the match and lose Marcel Sabitzer to Bayern.\n\nIn Spain, Barca are victorious but unimpressive, while Bordalas is electrifying Valencia.\n\nPlus Pique the entrepreneur and Balotelli blasts off again.\n\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\xa0\n\u2022 PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02m 30s)\n\u2022 PART 2: Messi makes his PSG debut but will Mbappe stay? (07m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 3: Juve start life without Ronaldo with defeat (17m 30s)\n\u2022 PART 4a: Wolfsburg top the Bundesliga (24m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 4b: Champions League & Europa League draws (34m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 5: La Liga \u2013 Barca victorious but unimpressive (40m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 6: Ligue 1 \u2013 Lyon win at last (47m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 7: Serie A \u2013 Roma and Lazio on fire (53m 00s)\n\n\nSIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR 33% OFF THE PRICE OF AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION\n\u2022\xa0theathletic.com/totally\n\xa0\nGET IN TOUCH:\n\u2022\xa0follow us on\xa0Instagram\n\u2022\xa0find us on\xa0Facebook\n\u2022 send us a\xa0tweet: @TheTotallyShow\n\xa0\nPARISH NOTICES:\n\u2022\xa0we\u2019re sponsored by\xa0Paddy Power\xa0- home of the Money Back Special\n\xa0\nREAD STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE:\n\u2022\xa0check out\xa0thetotallyfootballshow.com.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices