S4 E1 - Nagelsmann's post-Lewandowski reworking, Valencia's fall from iconic grace, and PSG's pragmatic role of the dice

The Road to Nowhere European Football Podcast

Alasdair, Barlow, and Michael are joined by Patrick Caskie (tactical expert of Scouted Football and Breaking the Lines fame) and Byron Hutchinson (Recruitment Analyst at Viking FC, and Social Media Lead at the Bundesliga) to discuss and analyse the latest European football news. The boys look at the striking similarities between Valencia's current direction of travel and Deportivo de La Coruña's well-documented decline, Juve's rather evocative approach to recruitment, the impact of Robert Lewandowski's departure on Bayern Munich's style of play and European aspirations, and the wider significance of PSG's seemingly trend-reversing appointments of Christophe Galtier and Luis Campos. 2:48 - Having reached consecutive Champions League finals and won the league under Rafa Benítez shortly after the turn of the century, why do Valencia now find themselves in such an alarming state of flux? / 20:06 - Do the summer personnel changes at Paris Saint Germain represent merely a temporary deviation from their typically lavish approach to hoovering up trophies, or are we seeing a genuine shift towards a more permanent culture change for the ten-times champions of France? / 34:44 - Tactically and more generally speaking, what can we expect from Julien Nagelsmann's Bayern Munich in the post- Lewandowski era? / 46:23 - Focusing in particular on the recent signings of Ángel Di María and the returning Paul Pogba, in what sense can Juventus perhaps look back to look forward?