Is Arsenal's squad deep enough to match Man City?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
After victory in the North London derby, is Arsenal's leaner squad capable of keeping pace with Manchester City across both the Premier League and the Champions League?
Also, David Ornstein will bring us all the details of manager Mikel Arteta’s new contractÂ
And what does defeat to Arsenal say about how far Ange Postecoglou are behind their local rivals.
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic’s football correspondent David Ornstein and newsletter lead writer, Phil Hay
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: David Ornstein & Phil Hay
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Nick Thomson
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| 1:14.1 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Iyo Akim Walere. |
| 1:17.8 | Coming up today, after victory in the North London Derby, |
| 1:21.3 | is Arsenal's leaner squad capable of keeping pace with Manchester City |
| 1:25.4 | across both the Premier League and the Champions League. |
| 1:28.8 | Also, David Ornstein will bring us all the details of manager Mikhail Arteeta's new contract. |
| 1:37.6 | So I'm joined by the Athletics Football Correspondent, David Ornstein, and newsletter lead writer |
| 1:42.2 | Phil Hay as well. Good to have you with us, Jets. |
| 1:44.8 | David, let's start with you, North London Derby. Arsenal leave that victorious. But given the fact |
| 1:50.1 | that Manchester City have started so strongly, it was an important win, wasn't it? |
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