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Josep Maria Bartomeu finally bowed to the inevitable by resigning as president of Barcelona, ahead of a no-confidence vote he was almost certain to lose. Sid Lowe joins the podcast to explain what effect it will have on the future of Lionel Messi, and to discuss Bartomeu’s parting gift – the revelation that the board had agreed in principle to join a “European Premier League”.
In the Champions League there were comfortable wins for Manchester City and Liverpool, but as the Premier League champions lost Fabinho to injury, who will they now turn to at the back with Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip already on the sidelines?
And Barry comes off his long run as the latest murmurings in the Premier League’s pay-per-view fiasco suggest a price cut may be on the way.
Back tomorrow.
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