Jimbo’s joined by Seb Stafford-Bloor, Pol Ballús & James Horncastle for a deep-dive into all the latest action and headlines from across the continent.

There’s only one place to start - and the news that broke late on Monday afternoon that Xabi Alonso has been sacked as Real Madrid head coach - and replaced by the club’s reserve team coach Alvaro Arbeloa. The Athletic’s Guillermo Rai joins us for the immediate reaction to the news which followed the 3-2 defeat by dear friends Barcelona in the Supercopa on Sunday evening.

There’s drama of a title race variety in Italy - where the hunt for the Scudetto was reignited once again as Inter, Milan and Napoli all dropped points to open the door for chasers Roma and Juventus.

And in Germany - the Bundesliga returned from the Winterpause in style with goals galore across the weekend including Bayern putting EIGHT past Wolfsburg, while Frankfurt and Dortmund played out a 3-3 thriller on Friday night. Vincent Kompany’s side couldn’t win the title by a record-breaking points margin, could they?

All that plus the latest from the Coupe de France as Endrick marks his debut for Lyon with a winning goal, reminiscing on the ‘Mohawk Trident’ - and dramatic snowscapes in Hamburg.

Produced by Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Moments of the weekend - pencils, dodgy banners and fairytale ascents (00.45)

• PART 2: La Liga review - Alonso out! Arbeloa in! With Guillermo Rai (12.45)

• PART 3: Serie A review - Yet another title race turn (27.30)

• PART 4: Ligue 1 review - Endrick’s goal on debut and tapestries… (45.05)

• PART 5: Bundesliga review - Bayern’s total dominance and intriguing Kovac (48.15)

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