And the Hello and welcome to a brand new arseplog arse cast right here on Arseplog.

How are you?

Hope you're well. Thank you very much indeed as always for being here.

I know it's another Thursday Arseast but there's a good reason for

that. It's because we have a big game this weekend and I don't want to start thinking

about it just yet. There is so much at stake, so much on the line that I feel better

where it's kind of a little bit there in the distance. Touching distance, it's nearly

there, but I don't have to pay too much attention to it yet. We will of course, but not now.

So that's why I thought I would get this out today because as a kind of distraction from what's coming

up on Sunday, the Champions League was pretty entertaining this week.

Two semi-finals, Broucheredormand against PSG and Bienic against Rael Madrid.

I have my preferences for each game.

They went, more or less, the way that I would have liked them to go. There was of course some late hilarity and some pain for a couple of former spurs players, one in particular where the trophylessness that exists within the fiber of his being probably deep down within his very soul. It followed him from London all the way to Munich.

No Bundis leagga, no German cup, and now no Champions League for Harry Kane.

And if this was a sitcom, there will be canned laughter all over the place right now.

Not only that, though, it's been a very, very quiet week from an arsel perspective in terms of arsenal news and we don't hear from Michael Artetta until tomorrow.

So talk of Manchester United, thoughts of Manchester United,

thoughts of what Manchester City are doing this weekend as they play Fulham,

all of that can wait until tomorrow. For now, I think we should talk a bit of Champions League, talk a bit of

Arsenal of course and I'm delighted to welcome back to the show to do that.

Philippe,

Filippo Claire, good morning Philippe.

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