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A very warm welcome once again to On The Continent, your one stop shop for all things European football. We start this week with an excited look ahead to Der Klassiker, a game that takes place with both sides locked together at the top of the Bundesliga. After that it's Philippe Coutinho and his trials and tribulations at Barcelona, Zizou giving his son the nod at Real Madrid, Strasbourg getting their hands on some silverware, and, sadly, the ugly spectre of racism surfacing again, this time in Italy. To get in touch with us, hit us: show@otcpod.com on email and @otcpod on Twitter. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen! It’s the Mailbag, and what a show we have for you! Andy Brassell and James Horncastle answer your European football questions, with a Scottish accent or two thrown in along the way. Just for good measure. This week, minimum fee release clauses in player contracts are discussed, with differing opinions coming from both Andy and James. After that, Man City’s rumoured interest in Saul Niguez is mulled over with a glowing review of the player’s qualities. Also, James explains what’s going on with Daniele Rugani and how a move away from Juventus might do him good. All this and more on today's Mailbag, so subscribe, listen and then tell all your friends. We'll thank you for it later. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It's Wednesday, so that must mean it's time for another episode of On The Continent! This time around, the team wrap up the international break by poring over the latest news on Euro 2020 qualification from France, Italy, Portugal, Germany and Netherlands. In addition to all of that, the ugly spectre of racism rears its head again, both here and overseas, and so the team discuss what the likely sanctions will be and how the issue should be tackled in the future. To have a question considered for our Mailbag show on Saturday, drop us a line here: show@otcpod.com, and we're @otcpod on Twitter. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It’s off to Paris as the world champions begin their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign against Iceland in a re-run of their 2016 quarter-final. Paris-based journalist Jonathan Johnson talks to Andy about the growth of star trio Paul Pogba, Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappé, and how a previously tense relationship between Les Bleus and the Stade de France fans has thawed. N’Golo Kanté shares his appreciation of the supporters' efforts with us, while Iceland’s Kari Arnason and Gylfi Sigurdsson tell us about the difficulties of keeping up with the world’s best - and how they still aim to reach the 2020 finals. At The Match episodes work on a standalone basis, but to catch up on Series 1, please search 'At The Match' in your podcast app. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

It's that time of the weekend again! Strap your headphones on and take in this week's Mailbag, in which Luke, Andy and James discuss your burning questions about European football. This time around, why do players continually get away with disrespecting match officials? A concerned American listener wants answers... Elsewhere, what's Sampdoria's Dennis Praet good at? And while you're at it, how is FIFA's new rule around loans going to affect those pesky clubs that collect players like kooky brooches from a covered market? There's all this and more on today's show, so subscribe, listen and then tell all your friends. We'll thank you for it later. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Hello everyone, and a very warm welcome to this week's On The Continent. There's big news in Seville as the world's most famous Director of Football goes back to the city that made his name, and elsewhere in Spain, Real Madrid announce the signing of defensive colossus Eder Militao for a paltry 50 million Euros. Also on today's episode, we belatedly discuss the Champions League draw, we take a look at Napoli under Carlo Ancelotti, and of course there's the now-regular Games of the Weekend. To have a question considered for our Mailbag show, released every Saturday, drop us a line: show@otcpod.com. We're also @otcpod on Twitter! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Plenty of goalkeeper chat on this week’s Mailbag with Karius’ latest woes in Turkey being discussed, which are in stark contrast with Wojciech Szczesny’s impressive performances in Italy.  We also take a look at Jogi Loew’s controversial decision to cut Boateng, Muller and Hummels from the Germany international set up and James talks up Gian Piero Gasperini and Marco Giampaolo’s chances of landing big jobs. To have a question considered, show@otcpod.com and @otcpod on Twitter. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This week At The Match takes you to Turin, where they’re used to mountains - and who else but Cristiano Ronaldo helps them to climb a particularly steep one to keep his, and Juventus’ Champions League dream alive. Locally-based journalists Lorenzo Bettoni, Romeo Agresti and commentator Sheridan Bird talk us through the Ronaldo effect, a white-hot atmosphere in the Allianz Stadium - and why it hasn’t always been like that this season - and just how big a deal finally cracking it in Europe would be for the Bianconeri. At The Match episodes work on a standalone basis, but to catch up on Series 1, please search 'At The Match' in your podcast app. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We begin with that incredible win for Juventus over Atletico Madrid and give much praise to Massimiliano Allegri and his tactics. Staying in Italy James explains why Claudio Ranieri fits in nicely at Roma despite his recent sacking at Fulham. Elsewhere, there’s the small matter of Zinedine Zidane returning to Real Madrid and all that may ensue at the Bernabeu plus Andy gives us a Mario Balotelli update. Make sure you subscribe and don’t forget about the Mailbag this Saturday too! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

A bit of a special on young players this weekend - we start with a look at former Barcelona wonderkid Sergi Samper as he announces his move to Vissel Kobe in Japan, before assessing one of Serie B's brightest talents, Sandro 'The Next Pirlo' Tonali. After that we attempt to shine a light on what top level scouts are looking for when they watch young players, and then of course turn our attention to your Twitter questions. To have a question considered, show@otcpod.com and @otcpod on Twitter. We got ya back. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We kick off proceedings in Spain by poring over Real Madrid's Champions League capitulation at the hands of a vibrant and exciting Ajax side, before heading to Serie A to focus on Lazio's victory over Roma (much to James' chagrin). After that there's plenty more to get stuck into - Fabio Quagliarella and Ronaldo Vieira at Sampdoria, Bayern's relentless pursuit of Dortmund, the trials and tribulations of Schalke, and the latest events in Portugal. Don't delay, subscribe today! And we'll also see you Saturday for the Mailbag! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Happy Saturday everyone! What better way to enjoy this beautiful weekend than by listening to an all-new episode of On The Continent's Mailbag? This time around, Andy and James both defend Gareth Bale against a perceived media campaign against him in Spain, Andalusian football is next on the agenda as Andy discusses the merits and potential of Malaga and Granada, and James helps a father and son get over an argument about Reggiana. To have a question considered for this show, hit us up: show@otcpod.com, and @otcpod ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Welcome back to your all-new episode of On The Continent with Marcus Speller, Luke Moore, James Horncastle and Andy Brassell. This time around, there's Rennes postponing a league game to prepare for the Europa League, Kylian Mbappe breaking another record, and Fenerbahce inching their way out of the relegation picture in Turkey as snow falls in Istanbul. Elsewhere, Getafe find themselves in fourth amid a spate of low scoring in La Liga, and James fills us in on how the Maurizio Sarri saga is being covered in Italy, while Serie A find themselves in the middle of a VAR fiasco. To get in touch, it's show@otcpod.com on them ol' emails, and @otcpod on Twitter. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We land in Leipzig for some Monday night football - which isn’t exactly German football fans’ preferred scheduling - as RB Leipzig welcome future coach Julian Nagelsmann’s Hoffenheim. Fans Nico, Ronny and Gert tell us about how the new club has captured the imagination of a city full of football history despite the hostility of some of their Bundesliga rivals, while journalist Guido Schäfer - a former teammate of Jürgen Klopp at Mainz, no less! - details RBL’s template for success, and how it has changed his working life. At The Match episodes work on a standalone basis, but to catch up on Series 1, please search 'At The Match' in your podcast app. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Greetings one and all, welcome to the Mailbag where Andy Brassell and James Horncastle answer your European football questions. This time round Andy and James gives their thoughts on the away goals debate. In Serie C James explains why there was recently a 20-0 score line and how problems run deep in the lower leagues of Italian football. Elsewhere, Andy talks up Thorgan Hazard’s chances of a big move and suggests that if Braga win the league it’ll be bigger than when Leicester City won the Premier League. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy