The first bundesliga fixtures have been set, so time for a new thread. Let's get to the main leagues:
La Liga:
Despite losing Neymar to the Fr0g oilbucks, Barca did what they do and cruised to another La Liga title, wrapping it up before Christmas. The literal GÖAT ÖAT (pictured on the left) scored the most, assisted the most and was generally so dominant that his wannabe competitor CR7 fled the league with his tail between his legs. Now Barca will have to adjust to life without Iniesta, Paulinho completed his money laundering transfer back to China, and Messi/Suarez are a year older. Still, they remain the favourites. Last year, CL spots went to Atletico, Real and Valencia (welcome back!). Down went La Coruna, Las Palmas and Malaga, in their place we'll welcome Rayo, Huesca and Valladolid.
Title odds:
Barca 1.72
Real 2.37
Atletico 15.00
Bundesliga
Bayern had a bit of a scare early in the 17/18 season, as Dortmund got off to a flying start, won their first seven games and was declared the title favourite by many, but the longest Bayern's title odds ever got was 1.4 in mid october. Ancelotti got got, Heynckes righted the ship and Dortmund duly crashed and burned, making a coaching change of their own from Bosz to the himself freshly fired Stöger. It didn't help much, but BVB somehow barely got themselves a CL spot. Now, noted xG overperformer Lucien Favre takes the job, and wether he'll get the team back into championship form or resign in september is anyone's guess. The other CL qualifiers are Schalke and Hoffenheim, while Leverkusen, probably the best non-bayern footballing team of last season, somehow missed out. Hamburg finally got relegated, stopping the clock,
down with them go 1. Effzeh LÖLn, to be replaced by Nürnberg and Düsseldorf.
title odds:
Bayern 1.14
Dortmund 8.00
Leipzig 34.00
Schalke 34.00
Seria A
The most exciting and close league campaign in Europe's big leagues happened in LÖL Italy, as Napoli made a title challenge not seen since Maradona. In the end though, Juve captured their seventh straight Scudetto. Maybe with their Ronaldo signing now they'll focus more on the Champions League, but they'll still be massive favourites in the league. It was a good year for italian football, as Roma knocked Barca out of the CL in memorable fashion and Inter will make their CL comeback next season. Crotone, Hellas Verona and Benevento went down, Frosinone, Empoli and Parma will replace them.
Title odds:
Juve 1.57
Napoli 8.00
Roma 11.00
Inter 11.00
Milan 21.00
Ligue 1
P$G spent a trillion bucks last summer on the likes of Neymar and Mbappé, and thus won the league easily, nothing to see here. It sure seems like next season will be the same story. Troyes and Metz will be replaced by Nimes et Stade Reims.
Title odds
PSG 1.12
Monaco 13.00
Lyon 13.00
Marseille 13.00
Other leagues
In the Netherlands, PSV Eindhoven beat Ajax to the title. In other big club news, Twente got relegated for the first time in 34 years.
Porto won the league in Portugal, but the main story were third place Sporting, whose club president apparently called hired goons to beat up players at the training ground. It seems quite chaotic, maybe portugese pösters can shed a light.
I Lolscotland, Celtic won the league. Exciting times.
Turkey had probably the most exciting title race outside of Italy last season, with four teams having a real shot right to the end. Galatasaray ended up winning the lot, three points ahead of Fenerbache and Basaksehir.
That's all from me. Let's euro football together!