James Richardson's European football papers review

Tired of the Fabio Capello furore? Then probably best not to read the Italian papers ... James Richardson with all the latest from the Continent

This week's perusal of the papers reveals Raúl's drug scandal, Lothar Matthäus's reality television show, a manager back in Serie A less than a year after a 5kg tumour was removed from his stomach

José Mourinho is back in the papers, with no respite despite a draw at Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, and a great Portugese legend turned 70 this week. Elsewhere it's golden oldies week in Serie A with Francesco Totti and Alessandro del Piero. Cake ahoy!

James is back, refreshed for another year of the highs and lows of the continental football press

With a festive flourish, James Richardson rounds off the year with a look at the back pages around the continent

Never mind the euro, here's the footballing news from the continent in crisis

James Richardson is back to make sense of the continental reaction to another momentous week in the Champions League as both Manchester clubs are dumped out and Napoli surge on

James Richardson's continental romp features French letters, a Ruhr end problem José Mourinho saying nothing

James Richardson rounds up the continental reaction to the week's Champions League fixtures as Manchester City stumble at Napoli and Benfica hold Manchester United

James Richardson's Euro paper review takes in the Euro 2012 play-offs, Juventus in a mad old lady shocker, Spain for hire and a musical response to those Sepp Blatter comments

James Richardson's European paper review covers the Italian reaction to Luciano Moggi jail sentence, and trouble in Portugal ahead of the Euro 2012 play-off

James Richardson is back, rounding up the pick of the footballing action on the continent. This week, Apoel Nicosia keep up their unlikely Champions League run by beating Porto; hooligan trouble continues to brew in Germany; the Spanish get smug about the Ballon d'Or; and rain is forecast in Belgium

This week James skirts around embarrassing results for a certain Premier League team to concentrate on the continuing Spanish fairytale of Levante and the dark clouds of hooliganism re-appearing at Dortmund

James is back, casting an eye over the Greek newspapers' tactful reaction to the Olympiakos-Dortmund game and a surprise appearance of Anthony Pilkington in France's L'EquipeDon't forget - you can now subscribe to the paper review via iTunes here

With deliverance for France, no miracles for Belgium and Portugal in the play-offs, James Richardson rounds up the continental reaction to the week's Euro qualifiers