Kane on target, Barcelona stay perfect and Ballon d’Or debate | Football Weekly – video Max Rushden is joined by Philippe Auclair, Sid Lowe, Nicky Bandini and Mark Langdon to discuss the weekend’s action around Europe **Subscribe to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson, a weekly newsletter from one of the world’s top soccer journalists.** I’m lucky enough to have been able to turn a childhood soccer obsession into a 25-year career that has included 13 books, regular columns in the best publications in the world and regular namechecks on Ted Lasso. Now, I’m writing a weekly newsletter about European football aimed at a US audience, and I hope you consider signing up for it. Each week, alongside my regular column on Saturdays, I’ll be looking at the biggest stories from the weekend’s action, along with issues affecting the global game.
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