Not bitter, little bit disappointed

Published: Aug. 10, 2021, 3:23 p.m.

The European edition returns with your preferred pod posse of Jimbo, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens, Raphael Honigstein and Alvaro Romeo.\n\nLionel Messi becomes a PSG player and will be starring in Ligue 1. Why all the cynicism? Could Messi have made a more romantic move?\n\nFeeling the absence of Messi are not just Barcelona but La Liga as a whole. No longer the league of stars.\n\nSpeaking of financial crisis, Italian champions Inter are minus Conte and Lukaku. Can anyone see past Juventus returning to the top under Max Allegri? Will Mourinho keep inspiring mass brawls at Roma?\n\nNew gaffers galore in Germany. Can Marco Rose\u2019s Dortmund topple Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s Bayern? Or what about Jesse Marsch\u2019s Leipzig, the best squad in the Bundesliga?\n\n\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\xa0\n\u2022 PART 1a: Can anyone stop PSG and Man City? (02m 30s)\n\u2022 PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (13m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 2: Ligue 1 latest \u2013 more on the Messi move (17m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 3: Suffering in Serie A with Inter in financial crisis (35m 00s)\n\u2022 PART 4: La Liga latest \u2013 the state of Barca (47m 30s)\n\u2022 PART 5: Bundesliga preview \u2013 new gaffers galore (60m 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