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Hello, I'm Ian Stone.

This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic.

We'll cover Saturday's win over Leicester. We'll chat about the implications of the excellent news that Bacayasaka is about to sign a new contract.

I'm here with Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. Morning.

Hello. Hello. Hello. Did you hear that round of applause for Bacaya? Was that just really annoying?

That just grew up your intro. No, no, no, no. I think Baccai deserves any amount of applause.

I mean, while we rejoice on this podcast in Bukaiusakas' imminent signing of his contract, as reported by the

athletics, very own David Ornstein, he hasn't signed yet. Now, we know how fragile all of it is, and how things can change very quickly.

We saw what happened with Moodrick in January.

So I'm asking, if all of a sudden someone with a huge amount of ill-gotten gains

were to offer him a million pounds a week to sign for someone else,

what would you say to him to persuade him to stay?

Adrian, what would you say to him?

I think it's quite a simple answer, really, in terms of I would just sit,

sit by Coyo down and I say, look, you are brilliant.

You are going to achieve success anywhere you go in your career.

You will be a success because you're a fantastic

player. But it won't ever feel as good or as special if you achieve it somewhere else

compared to achieving it here at Arsenal. Because this is where you're from. This is

your home. This is your family. Winning things with the Arsenal will feel sweeter than winning things anywhere else.

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