Arsenal can’t retain Ramsey as Solskjaer pumps up Pogba
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The Times
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🗓️ 10 January 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Gab Marcotti and Natalie Sawyer are joined by James Gheerbrant and Oli Kay ahead of a big Premier League weekend and following a footballing week that provided plenty of talking points on and off the pitch.
Tottenham host Manchester United on Sunday. With the Red Devils rampant under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the panel discuss how the Norwegian has built his team around Paul Pogba. And with a further delay on their new stadium, should Spurs be allowed to stay at Wembley for the rest of the season?
A couple of Welshmen are on the move – Nathan Jones has left Luton to become the new Stoke manager. Is he the real deal and are we seeing a trend in clubs steering clear of the tried and tested names?
Plus Aaron Ramsey moves closer to a summer move to Juventus, which the panel deem a gamble for the Old Lady. Are Arsenal counting the cost of their decision to spend big on Mesut Ozil’s new contract a year ago?
Also up for discussion, the Carabao Cup semi-finals. Did VAR get it right at Wembley and was Manchester City’s 9-0 win over Burton an act of disrespect?
Charlie Scott and Paddy von Behr provide their advice ahead of the fantasy football weekend. For free Fantasy Premier League tips from The Sweeper, visit thetimes.co.uk/fantasyfootball
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game podcast from The Times. I'm Natalie Sawyer. |
| 0:13.4 | And I'm Gabriel Marcopty and we thank you for joining us on this Thursday and |
| 0:17.3 | alongside us in the studio. We welcome the very excellent only gearbrandt in captivity. It's James and down the line from |
| 0:26.2 | Rip didn't by the way do feel free to stop by and say hello. He's at 18 mill lane. |
| 0:32.2 | It's O 18 mil lane. |
| 0:33.0 | It's Ollie Kay. |
| 0:35.0 | Later on, we'll be looking at a pair of Welshmen who are on the move. |
| 0:38.0 | But we start with the game of the weekend at Wembley. |
| 0:42.0 | Tottenham hosts Manchester United on Sunday. |
| 0:44.3 | Olegunus social has won five out of five in charge of United but it goes without |
| 0:49.2 | saying Ollie that this this is going to be the real acid test for him? |
| 0:52.8 | Oh it will be. It's, um, it's, um, it, no, but I think everybody could see the |
| 0:59.2 | the uplift at Manchester United, the way the players are playing with more freedom with smiles on the faces and they |
| 1:04.6 | ticked every box so far but the fixtures will get tougher now and we'll get more of a sense of |
| 1:11.3 | how much the uplift is and also get a sense of how much the uplift it is and also got a sense of how good these players are because there |
| 1:16.8 | are players there who are an awful lot better than was being shown in the final months under Murillo. |
| 1:24.8 | I mean, I'd say Pogber is a better football |
| 1:27.0 | than he ever showed under Murillo. |
| 1:30.0 | I would be hesitant in saying just how brilliant he looks now because I think he's always capable of playing well in those smaller games but it's but he is clearly a better player than than he was showing or felt able to show previously. So is |
| 1:46.2 | Marcel, so as Rastford. Lingard looks like he's got a springier step again. |
| 1:51.0 | Sanchez has been awful for first year, but he looked a bit sharper, so did |
| 1:56.0 | Lukaku against Redding. |
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