Arsenal hijack Eze deal; Newcastle’s Isak saga deepens

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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As Arsenal swoop in to hijack Eze deal from Spurs - we break down how Mikel Arteta’s side sealed a £67.5m move for the Crystal Palace star. Plus, the latest on the Alexander Isak saga at Newcastle: will the striker force a move before the transfer window closes? We also bring you reaction to Leeds’ 1–0 win over Everton on Monday night, and take a closer look at the brazen ownership style of Nottingham Forest boss Evangelos Marinakis. Tony Cascarino and Martin Samuel join Gregor Robertson and Tom Clarke.

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0:37.5	Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Times.
0:43.4	The crazy summer of transfers continues with Ebericche as a set to join Arsenal instead of Tottenham,
0:49.7	Alexander Isaac speaking about his frustrations at Newcastle, and we're sure there's many more twists and turns to come.
1:10.8	On today's show, we'll also discuss Everton's dismal defeat at Leeds and look ahead to a cracking weekend of action to come, including the clash between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest. I'm Tom Clark, and joining me today, we have the Chief Correspondent for the Times and Sunday Times, Martin Samuel, the former footballer turned columnist Tony Cascarino and the former footballer turned football writer Grego Robertson. Here we are team.
1:11.4	Tony, nice to see you.
1:12.7	To see you? Yeah, nice. Very good. You miss me, aren't you on holiday? You've just been giving me loads of abuse for not being here. No, you were late today for the podcast. And it was all on you. It was all me. I was the only one late, was I? Yeah, just me. You brought a couple of lands on.
1:07.6	We were waiting for you.
1:08.4	Yo, I see.
1:09.6	Yeah, really.
1:10.0	They all stick together.
1:11.1	Some of us have been here like she's so small. only one late was I yeah, just me you brought a couple of lenses for you oh I see
1:27.8	yeah
1:28.1	they all stick together some of us have been here like since small hours but you'll be the first to have a gut players who don't turn up and training them players well I would be I would be would you say it's a joke it's like that is it honestly I'm one week off.
1:24.7	It's been a coup.
1:25.4	One week off.
1:26.0	There's been a coup.
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