The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

It’s been a week unlike any other with Man City ruled to have sham commercial contracts that aided their ascension to the top of English football.

Jimbo is joined by Tom Williams, Tim Spiers, Liam Twomey and Matt Slater to delve deeper.

The Premier League pulled no punches in their official statement of what’s been happening at Manchester City in the last decade. What are the next steps for them, for the owners and for other clubs in the Premier League?

England are on their way to Croatia after two wins out of two in the Nations League. A fixture that brings back fond memories of their World Cup opener in Dallas.

Cristiano Ronaldo is on his way home after leaving the Portugal camp following Jorge Jesus’s decision not to use him against Norway. Could this be the end of CR7’s international career?

Plus France take on in-form Italy in Zidane’s first home game in charge.

Producers: Charlie Jones and Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 More Manchester City with Matt Slater
27:23 England head to Croatia after Czechia victory
35:52 Spain as great as the great Spain team?
38:55 Ronaldo leaves Portugal camp
45:02 Bernardo beef with Odegaard
47:58 Wales, Greece and more
50:17 France v Italy preview
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Jimbo is joined by Liam Twomey, Michael Cox and Adrian Clarke to celebrate Cesc Fabregas.

Born and raised in Catalonia, he came through the famous La Masia, but at just 16 decided to head to Arsene Wenger's Arsenal.

It wasn't long before he was in the first team, eventually replacing the great Patrick Vieira and becoming the complete midfielder.

Was it a case of right player wrong time for Cesc though? He narrowly missed both Arsenal and Barcelona's peak years, before eventually finding sustained sucess at Chelsea.

And having been famous for his vision and assists, what next for his promising coaching career?

Plus a Cesc themed quiz question.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.

•Part 1a - Fabregas - What made him special? (00.40)
•Part 1b - Producer Charlie’s Fabregas themed quiz question (03.35)
•Part 1c - The Totally Extra Almanac (04.42)
•Part 2a - Cesc, the assist king (11.00)
•Part 2b - Leaving La Masia at 16 (22.30)
•Part 2c - Struggles to win with Arsenal (26.50)
•Part 2d - The forced move to Barca (29.30)
•Part 3a - Cesc’s Spain career (32.25)
•Part 3b - His move back to Barca (36.35)
•Part 4a - The Chelsea years (42.10)
•Part 4b - Mourinho’s missing piece (44.30)
•Part 4c - The Conte years (50.00)
•Part 4d - An early end to his peak? (53.20)
•Part 5a - Como and becoming a coach (56.20)
•Part 5b - The answer to the quiz question (01.06.10)
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Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Daniel Storey and Julien Laurens are live after an enthralling encounter between England and Spain.

Thomas Tuchel’s side had the chance to go 3-1 up from the penalty spot, but it’s the world champions who extend their record unbeaten run to 39 matches.

Friday brought the huge news that Manchester City have been found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges relating to breaches of the Premier League’s financial regulations. What does this mean for the past and present of our league?

Elsewhere internationally, it’s a winning start for Zidane at France but he loses Kylian Mbappe to injury.

Plus misery for Mancini on his return to the Azzurri. And Bowie and Ure fail to produce a hit for Scotland.

Producers: Charlie Jones

RUNNING ORDER:

00:00 What a weekend
03:52 Results
05:19 England 2-3 Spain
23:11 Man City found guilty of breaching Premier League's financial regulations
43:59 Zidane gets off to winning start
46:00 Italy 0-2 Belgium
47:52 Netherlands 1-1 Germany
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Jimbo is joined by Julien Laurens, Tom Williams and Michael Cox to celebrate Zinedine Zidane ahead of his first match as France manager.

From the banlieue of Marseille to world champion, Zizou won it all as player and a manager and yet managed to remain enigmatic and mysterious.

Famed for his languid style and otherworldly first touch, he won league titles with Juventus and Real Madrid and helped France to win the World Cup and the Euros back to back.

But was he consistent enough to be considered one of the all time greats? And as one of you asked 'was he all that'?

Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.

•Part 1a - Zizou - is he all that? (00.40)
•Part 1b - What made him special? (03.00)
•Part 1c - The forgotten striker? (05.20)
•Part 1d - The Totally Extra Almanac (07.35)
•Part 2a - Totally Extra - Zinedine Zidane (10.35)
•Part 2b - His beginnings in Marseille (11.35)
•Part 2c - Nearly signing for Blackburn (15.40)
•Part 2d - The Juve years (16.45)
•Part 3 - France 98’ (21.25)
•Part 4a - Euro 2000, the best France team ever? (35.25)
•Part 4b - Did Zidane frustrate strikers? (39.40)
•Part 4c - The Madrid years (46.45)
•Part 4d - Bowing out with a butt (51.30)
•Part 5 - Zidane the manager (59.10)
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It’s the return of the Nations League and the debut for lots of big name managers in international dugouts.

Jimbo, Duncan Alexander, Jack Lang and Tom Williams are in the studio with their eye across all the global action.

England host Spain at Wembley on Saturday in a fixture that could have been the World Cup final. How will Thomas Tuchel react to that Argentina failure? Do England have it in them to get the level of La Roja?

Elsewhere it’s Xavi v Klopp as Netherlands take on Germany. Zinedine Zidane makes his bow as France manager, Mancini is back with the Azzurri and WTF is Pocognoli doing at Scotland?

The microscope is on Ancelotti and Brazil as the Seleçao travel to Australia and India.

And Felipe Cardenas joins us to discuss the USA’s 16-year-old wonderkid - and future Man City player - Cavan Sullivan.

Producers: Charlie Jones and Jake Liascos

RUNNING ORDER:
00:00 Jack's back from Mexico
08:23 England v Spain preview
15:57 Xavi and Klopp in international dug-outs
20:29 Jesus and Bellamy go head to head
24:47 Turkey v France and Italy v Belgium
27:55 Pocognoli takes charge of Scotland
31:52 Felipe Cardenas on USA's next cycle
39:15 Brazil go to Australia and India
46:14 What's happened to Kendry Paez?
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