One point separates the top five teams in Serie A. But who is best placed to challenge Inter for the Scudetto? Andy gets David Cartlidge and Nicky Bandini to revealed their thoughts on who might be in the title race come the end of the season.

Elsewhere, it’s been an explosive week for Roberto De Zerbi, Nicky explains how he could be feeling the pressure of life at Marseille. Plus, Kylian Mbappé misses international duty again, but could Didier Deschamps have handled things a bit better?

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More midweek action for us to get stuck into, as Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of his former employers. Where has their form from last season gone?! Plus, Sporting move on from Rúben Amorim, so who’s next?

Plus, why Girona have struggled to maintain last season’s form, who’s the best defensive midfielder in Europe, and the role that Spanish clubs have played in helping Valencia recover from its catastrophic flooding.

Dotun, Andy, and Lars Sivertsen are here to discuss it all!

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Has Paulo Fonseca turned a corner at Milan? Lars Sivertsen tells Dotun and Andy that the underlying numbers are looking good for the Rossoneri. The underlying numbers for Real Madrid, however, are less pretty…

Elsewhere, Atlético stole the three points off PSG but Andy fears Diego Simeone’s men still have plenty of flaws they need to address. Plus, Roma have been linked with Frank Lampard. How did things get this bad?

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