‘I’m sorry if you feel your child was eaten by a shark’

French football nearly went bust after its TV deal collapsed in 2020. How did it survive? And why could Ligue 1’s new model soon be copied across Europe? Find out on this week's podcast with @mattspiro.bsky.social, @andpscott.bsky.social & Jonathan Johnson. 🎧 shorturl.at/4T00g

🇪🇺EURO POD!🇪🇺 Never fear - @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social , @sebsb.bsky.social & @polballus.bsky.social are here: 🇫🇷Dembele's brilliance 🇮🇹Dimarco's comeback 🇩🇪Diaz's treble for Bayern 🇪🇸Diego's Atleti stunned by Antony pod.fo/e/38c91a

PSG 5-0 up against Marseille with 15 minutes remaining and absolutely tearing them to shreds. No team has ever won Le Classique by more than a four-goal margin.

'It’s David against Goliath' I went behind the scenes at RC Lens last week, who are trying to do the unthinkable and pip Paris Saint-Germain to the Ligue 1 title Includes interviews with their owner, head coach and captain #FiersDEtreLensois #RCL www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...

Marseille are on the brink of crisis again; lose in the cup tonight and it could be time for a full meltdown. @mattspiro.bsky.social @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @andpscott.bsky.social on whether De Zerbi is the man to lead Europe's most volatile club & the latest from Ligue 1. 🎧 shorturl.at/OXcwg

Piece for @thetimes.com on what Liverpool can expect from Jeremy Jacquet www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

🇪🇺EURO POD!🇪🇺 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social take a deep dive into... 🇩🇪 Bayern's lead cut to six 🇫🇷 More misery for Marseille 🇮🇹 Napoli's injury crisis 🇪🇸 Unconvincing Real keep touch with Barca pod.fo/e/386cab

🚨CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW POD!🚨 Hear @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @polballus.bsky.social on those knockout play-offs 🇪🇺 🔁Real v Benfica - do you want some more? ✈️The Toon Army head to Baku 🏆Who's going all the way? pod.fo/e/3846ca

🚨THURSDAY POD!🚨 Digesting a smorgasbord of UCL action, it's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @oilysailor.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @liamtwomey.bsky.social 🥪 🧤Benfica goalie goal w/@NickMiller79 😬Man City head to Spurs ♥️Don't worry, be happy Arsenal ❓What next for Sterling pod.fo/e/383641

Confirmation, then, that Tottenham Hotspur are the fourth best team in the whole of Europe. Just as we all thought.

The good news for PSG is that they're really starting to look like the PSG of last season. The bad news for PSG is that it's the PSG from the first half of last season, when they dominated all their matches but struggled to score any goals.

The Euro Pod! On YouTube! 📺 Get ready for Wednesday's MD8 Champions League mayhem in the company of @acjimbo.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social 🏆🇪🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf4t...

🇪🇺 EURO POD!🇪🇺 18 games? All at once? That's child's play 🏆🍿 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social & @jameshorncastle.bsky.social look ahead MD8 in the Champions League. Plus a whistle stop around the weekend's action in 🇫🇷,🇩🇪,🇪🇸&🇮🇹! pod.fo/e/3815e3

🚨WEDNESDAY POD!🚨 An incredible night deserves an incredible pod with @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jacklang.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & JJ Bull 🇳🇴Bodø batter Man City with Martin Sleipnes 🏠Spurs win at home! 💪Arsenal power past Inter 🙃PSG lose again with @tomwfootball.bsky.social pod.fo/e/37d710

Liverpool's trip to Marseille has put Mason Greenwood back in the spotlight. Journalists and fans can't avoid talking about him, but how *should* we talk about him? Felt like an appropriate time for a serious and sensitive discussion about him on the latest @frenchfootballshow.bsky.social.

Think of Kylian Mbappe at Monaco and you invariably picture him tearing through opposition defences and announcing himself to the world. But there were also moments of extreme tension. Ahead of tonight’s reunion, here’s my piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...

🇪🇺 EURO POD! 🇪🇺 The Champions League is back, don't you know? 🏆 Let @acjimbo.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @sebsb.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social get you in the mood for MD7 - plus all the domestic action from across the continent! pod.fo/e/37c5fd

PSG lie second in Ligue 1, have been knocked out of the Coupe de France earlier than at any point since 2014 and their top scorer has scored only 10 goals. So are they in trouble? Or might they be just hitting their stride? My piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...

So close!

🚨SATURDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & special guest @okwonga.bsky.social convene to discuss a true trailblazer - Mr George Weah: 🏆African Ballon d'Or winner 🇱🇷President of Liberia 🥵Scorer of that goal against Verona pod.fo/e/37a999

Absolutely exquisite left-foot chip by Ousmane Dembele – his second goal of the game – puts PSG 2-0 up against Lille. One of the best he's ever scored.

Eric Dier making a compelling case for a 1/10 from L'Equipe against Lorient tonight.

🚨THURSDAY POD!🚨 It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @benjilanyado.bsky.social & Art De Roché in the studio with plenty to get off their chest: 🏆Carabao Cup semi's! 🔴Carrick's Manchester derby debut! 🇲🇦#AFCON final preview w/@mahermezahi.bsky.social pod.fo/e/379653

The @frenchfootballshow.bsky.social is LIVE ⚽🎙️😍 Thanks to @jacklang.bsky.social for joining @tomwfootball.bsky.social and me to talk Endrick & Lyon 🔥 We also dissect Paris FC's stunning cup win over PSG, and pay our respects to the late Rolland Courbis 🙏 Podcast link: shorturl.at/dur21

🚨FRIDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social are back with another Extra! 😬Nervousness at the Emirates? 😷The Gyökeres debate 🇲🇦#AFCON2025 QF preview with @jaydmharris.bsky.social 📜Rafa's facts 17 years on pod.fo/e/3753ee

We've relaunched the @frenchfootballshow.bsky.social with a new name and a new format: a deep dive each week into the biggest story affecting French football plus a speedy round-up of the all the Ligue 1 news. Available in audio and video formats, depending on your content consumption preferences.

PSG have just scored an absolutely *insane* team goal in the 95th minute to make it 2-2 against Marseille in the Trophee des Champions.

Punchy cartoon about the Chelsea/Strasbourg situation in today’s L’Equipe. “You’ve even got a little steering wheel to drive with, did you see?”

Surely you can’t wear an “I Belong to Jesus” vest when your actual name is Jesus.

🚨LAST POD OF 2025!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @sebsb.bsky.social bring you a packed Totally: 😍Arsenal v Villa again 🪄Cherki's effect on Pep 🍒Crisis time for Iraola? 🏆 #AFCON2025 with @jaydmharris.bsky.social 🗓️Hopes for 2026 pod.fo/e/36f04b

𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺? @acjimbo.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @sebsb.bsky.social will be convening tomorrow morning for the last Totally of 2025! 🎇 What are your hot takes / things you want to see for 2026? 🔮

🚨WEDNESDAY POD!🚨 It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, @zonal-marking.bsky.social, @cdeccleshare.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social for a midweek edition: 😎Slot's on top in San Siro 🥊Who saw the Salah situation coming? 🐺Who saw the Wolves disaster coming? 📉Chelsea's momentum gone pod.fo/e/3638dc

Paul Pogba has won the World Cup, multiple club trophies and is one of the world’s most famous footballers, but there was one thing he’d never done: play club football in his home country. Piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social on a homecoming 16 years in the making www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...

🚨MONDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @danielstorey85.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @adrianjclarke.bsky.social devour a massive Premier League weekend: 🍰Cakewalk for Arsenal in the title race? 🐺Wolves already down? 🔧Can Liverpool be fixed? pod.fo/e/3587d7

We've got a lovely @routeonepod.bsky.social today. JJ Bull is still reeling from Scotland's performance, @tomwfootball.bsky.social l can't believe how good Wales were, and Produce Helena has done a fine job on the montage. Listen here: pod.fo/e/355d0c

Reminder that there are people who walk among us who think that international football is boring.

7-1. One of Wales’ best ever performances. Harry Wilson, David Brooks and Brennan Johnson brilliant. And all without Ben Davies, Ethan Ampadu, Jordan James and Kieffer Moore. The perfect encapsulation of Craig Bellamy’s football. Whisper it quietly but we are literally going to win the World Cup.

Wales 4-1 up against a North Macedonia team who hadn’t conceded a single goal away from home in this qualifying campaign. A lovely David Brooks goal, a beauty from Brennan Johnson and one of the best team goals Wales have ever scored. Absolute dreamland territory (pls don’t fuck it up).

Dan James has just applied the finishing touch to one of the best Wales goals I have ever seen.

Twenty-six minutes gone in Wales v North Macedonia and I am already absolutely exhausted.

The new ROUTE ONE is here ahead of a very exciting evening for Scotland (JJ Bull) and Wales (@tomwfootball.bsky.social), plus we've identified the new Bryan Robson in Serie A. Warning: This episode contains traces of B*Witched. pod.fo/e/3551da

🚨MONDAY POD!🚨 It's @acjimbo.bsky.social, Natalie Gedra, @danielstorey85.bsky.social & @tomwfootball.bsky.social plus: 🇮🇪Troy story with @gcooney93.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿90 minutes from glory with Laura Brannan 🇧🇷Can Brazil win the World Cup? 🏆Can England/France/Norway win the World Cup? pod.fo/e/3544b7

Kylian Mbappe has scored 400 career goals at a younger age than Thierry Henry, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Might he be heading for a career even more remarkable than we all thought? My piece from Paris for @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

At the Parc des Princes tonight for France v Ukraine. Cherki, Olise, Barcola and Mbappe all starting for France

Nobody who was at the Stade de France on 13 November 2015 will ever be able to forget it. Ten years on from the terror attacks that traumatised a nation, here’s an account of what happened for @theathleticfc.bsky.social seen through the eyes of those who were there www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

Waiting for Serhiy Rebrov’s pre-game press conference at the Parc des Princes. Thought I’d look through some pictures from Euro 2012 to see if it helped me remember any of the (absolutely minuscule amount of) Ukrainian I picked up and came across this all-timer of a menu translation

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

🚨WEDNESDAY POD!🚨 @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jacklang.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social & @dankp.bsky.social in the studio after a jam-packed Champions League Tuesday🎙️ 💪Liverpool back to their best? 🏆Are Bayern THE best? ⚡️Best centre-back goals? 👶2009-born Max Dowman podfollow.com/totallyfootb...

Looking up an old Germany game on Transfermarkt and the German-English auto-translate has not been kind to everyone