Eze set for Arsenal not Spurs - will Isak end up at Liverpool?

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo's got Natalie Gedra, Jay Harris and Dom Fifield along for the ride as we look ahead to Matchday 2 in the Premier League - and discuss some rather hefty transfer news that might have caught your eye...

That's right - it looks like Tottenham have been gazumped to the signing of Eberechi Eze by their old friends Arsenal... yikes! So does this mean that the Gunners really do have all the tools to win the Premier League? And where do Thomas Frank's Spurs turn now with a squad that looks ill-equipped to deal with the pressures of a busy schedule?

There's tasty ties everywhere you look this Bank Holiday weekend - no more so than Monday night at St James' Park as Newcastle host Liverpool. What's the latest with Alexander Isak after Tuesday night's statement tête-à-tête?

Elsewhere - there's more beef to be had between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest at Selhurst. Is Graham Potter already in big trouble against former side Chelsea on Friday night? And what sort of Tottenham will turn up at Manchester City - with Pep's side having won just 1 of their last 4 against the visitors at the Etihad?!

All that plus big waterslides, calamitous defending at Ibrox and a potentially sticky start to life at Hill Dickinson Stadium for the Toffees.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Lucy Oliva.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Eze on his way to Arsenal - not Spurs (02.30)

• PART 1b: Newcastle v Liverpool preview - the latest on the Isak and Wissa transfer sagas (12.00)

• PART 2a: Man City v Tottenham preview (21.15)

• PART 2b: Arsenal v Leeds preview (26.00)

• PART 3a: West Ham v Chelsea preview (32.15)

• PART 3b: Sunday's early action - Everton v Brighton, Palace v Forest (37.00)

• PART 4a: Fulham v Man United preview (41.45)

• PART 4a: The rest of the Premier League (45.00)

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