Looking to scratch your audio itch this weekend?
Here’s what you may have missed from Ayo Akinwolere and The Athletic FC podcast team throughout the penultimate week of the season.
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MONDAY
Real Madrid won their La Liga title last weekend after Barcelona lost to Girona, but their triumph was never really in doubt.
Monday, Athleticism Spanish football correspondent Dermot Corrigan and Spanish editor Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero joined Ayo to discuss what makes them so inevitable and Carlo Ancelotti’s place in the pantheon of football’s greatest managers.
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Joselu, Real Madrid’s new Champions League comeback hero – and his long road to destiny
The spectacle became even more prescient given Real’s remarkable late antics to break Bayern Munich’s hearts in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
TUESDAY
West Ham United announced earlier this week that David Moyes would leave at the end of the season, opening the door to a new chapter in east London.
The man who will lead this new era appears to be former Spain, Real Madrid and Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui.
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AC Milan, Julen Lopetegui and the dilemma of finding a new coach
But given Lopetegui has been linked with Bayern Munich and AC Milan in recent weeks, why has he indicated he wants the West Ham job?
David Ornstein and Tim Spiers joined Ayo to explain Lopetegui’s decision-making and what West Ham fans can expect if the deal goes through.
WEDNESDAY
Speaking of Bayern Munich, their managerial recruitment process has been a rollercoaster.
With failed approaches for Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Unai Emery and Ralf Rangnick, whoever replaces Thomas Tuchel will know he was far from the club’s first choice.
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Why Bayern missed out on Rangnick and Emery – and what comes next
So why can’t they find a manager?
AthleticismSeb Stafford-Bloor’s German correspondent and broadcaster Jan Aage Fjortoft joined Ayo to discuss their next destination.
THURSDAY
Mauricio Pochettino’s future is an ongoing hot topic and during Friday’s press conference he indicated that he and the Chelsea board have started discussing plans for next season.
Blues owner Todd Boehly believes they have turned a corner, especially in the last two and a half matches where the goals have started to flow, but will it be enough for Pochettino to stay?
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Pochettino suggests he might decide to leave Chelsea: ‘Maybe we’re not happy’
Our Chelsea experts, Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson, assess the current mood and the chaos that could be on the horizon for the club this summer.
FRIDAY
Arsenal have not won at Old Trafford with fans in attendance since 2006, but all the data and modeling suggests that is set to change on Sunday.
We all know that football games aren’t won on spreadsheets, and wouldn’t that just be so Manchester United pull a performance out of the hat after their season reached a new nadir at Crystal Palace on Monday night?
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The main contenders for the Europa League in the Premier League
Whatever happens, Sunday’s late game is set to hit the box office and Tim Spiers, Jon Mackenzie and Adam Leventhal have discussed their predictions for the Premier League weekend.
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