⚽ Next Liverpool manager latest and Premier League's difficult week in Europe

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And that's still with the second legs. That it comes on the back of so many complaints over a stale season makes it all the more a vindication, to go with apparent proof that the abolition of the away goal works. It's certainly arguable that we wouldn't have seen so many goals if the old rule was in effect. This fostered an openness. As to the point about the entertainment, well it remains true that the same reason the competition was previously so stale is also precisely why it is now so entertaining. The concentration of wealth the Champions League has been such a direct driver in has created a strand of super clubs - all of whom were invited to the Super League - way above everyone else. They are finally meeting, creating these raucously entertaining games where super squads crash together. It doesn't mean there isn't still a problem. There was otherwise satisfaction around Europe that the Premier League had a relatively difficult week. The likelihood of the English competition getting that extra Champions League place have considerably dropped from 83% before these rounds. La Liga enjoys a new excitement On the other side of such debates, there is now a growing feeling that La Liga's financial measures are beginning to bear fruit. This actually most seen in Spain's Copa Del Rey, which has lately enjoyed an exhilarating diversity of winners. Athletic Bilbao's joyous victory made them the sixth different winners in six seasons. That it ended a 40-year wait for the Basque club only adds to the sense of more clubs having a chance. Even better, although Real Madrid and Barcelona were of course two of those six winners, they have generally been missing from the final. The only other appearance by the Clasico two in that six-year period was Barcelona's defeat to Valencia in 2019. So that's just three appearances out of 12, from two clubs that had previously dominated Spain. The contrast could be seen in how no one outside Barcelona, Madrid and Atletico Madrid won the competition between 2010 and 2018, and Atletico only won it once. This is all a direct consequence from La Liga's long-term decision to increase financial distribution so as to balance out the game. It has corresponded with La Liga's drop-off from a position of global supremacy, to fall well behind the Premier League. The issue with that, though, is that less money leads to more innovation and youth. Spanish clubs are suddenly playing more academy graduates, who are really coming through. There were then those glorious scenes in Bilbao. Athletic are famously one of Spain's four fan-owned clubs - along with Barcelona, Madrid and Osasuna - but is a spirit the league is seeking to lean further into. A view is that if you can't compete with the glamour of the Premier League, you can offer a more grounded experience. That is what Bilbao certainly offer, as they touched the sky last week. Musiala and Tosin the potential early movers We're at that point when clubs are beginning to ratchet up summer business, and Manchester City expected to go in heavily for Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala. The German playmaker is generally seen in the market as buyable this window, as he reflects on his future. Since City also plan to go for West Ham United's Lucas Paqueta, it may lead to a sale elsewhere. Musiala is the one they most want, although it could be a battle with Bayern. The Germans are intent on keeping him. West Ham meanwhile plan an incoming of their own. 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Both Harry Kane and Oleksandr Zinchenko were speaking, although the English striker was surrounded by media whereas Zinchenko was speaking to just one journalist. He looked around with laughter. There were obvious reasons for this contrast given Kane's return but the England captain had his own interpretation. "The difference with being a striker," Kane quipped. It was certainly different to the scene in the press conference room, as Thomas Tuchel castigated the referee. It all sets up Wednesday's return. On that, the fact both English ties are on the same debate has caused a lot of debate in sports departments over what is the bigger game... I personally find myself going to Bayern-Arsenal.   QUOTE OF THE WEEK     “Before they scored we just lost the plot. 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