Why Xavi reached breaking point at Barcelona, plus Inter Juve looms large
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo is back with the colossal continental crew of James Horncastle, Julien Laurens, Alvaro Romeo and Raphael Honigstein.
Xavi announces he will be leaving Barcelona at the end of the season, just 4 months after signing a contract extension as manager. What led to the Barca legend calling it quits and where do the Catalan club go from here?
Where does Jurgen Klopp go from here? Is it straight to the German national job? His heir apparent Xabi Alonso saw his Leverkusen side lose ground in the title race this weekend.
The top two meet on Sunday with Inter going into their clash with Juventus back on top of the table. Elsewhere in Serie A, is Ruben Loftus-Cheek making a strong bid for the Euros?
Plus PSG throw away a 2-0 lead to an increasingly impressive Brest, while we also witness the youngest player to be sent off in Ligue 1 history.
Produced by Charlie Jones.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Moment of the weekend (02.30)
• PART 2: Xavi leaving Barcelona at the end of the season (09.00)
• PART 3: Inter and Juve get ready for the Derby d’Italia (30.00)
• PART 4: PSG pegged back by Brest (44.00)
• PART 5: Leverkusen drop points and what next for Klopp? (53.00)
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| 0:50.1 | Toby Football Show, European edition. |
| 0:52.0 | Today, Javi quits. |
| 0:53.7 | We talk the crisis in Catalonia and who basketball choose for their after shavi. Also, Klop stop, theavi quits. We talk the crisis in Catalonia and who Barcelona will choose |
| 0:55.1 | for their after shavi. |
| 0:56.8 | Also, Klop stop, |
| 0:58.0 | the Deutsche Reaction, |
| 0:59.8 | by and back in title race, |
| 1:01.3 | Countdown 2, |
| 1:02.1 | Il Derby di Italia, |
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