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The Athletic FC Podcast

Mesut Ozil exclusive & why Raul Sanllehi left Arsenal

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Host Mark Chapman is joined by David Ornstein who details his exclusive interview with Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil that was published on The Athletic last week. Ozil sat down with David to discuss his future at Arsenal, why he refused to take a pay cut and his relationship with Mikel Arteta. James McNicholas joins the pod to reveal why Raul Sanllehi left his role as head of football at Arsenal and what it means for the club. Adam Crafton reveals that whilst Pep Guardiola's position as Manchester City boss is safe, some players are questioning his tactics. And The Athletic's Laurie Whitwell takes us inside Manchester United plans to go the extra step and become winners next season.. Right now The Athletic is free for 30 days, bringing you the very best football writing around, including David’s Ozil exclusive - just go to www.theathletic.com/ornsteinandchapman to sign up! And don’t forget about David’s weekly YouTube Q&A show - Ask Ornstein - answering the very best questions provided by subscribers to The Athletic. Head over to the Tifo Podcast YouTube channel to watch the latest video and don’t forget to subscribe to the channel for more superb podcast content… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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responsibly. Hello, welcome to the Onstein and Chapman podcast on the Athletic as usual.

1:00.3

We bring you exclusive insight and stories from David and our team of writers

1:05.1

I'm Mark Chapman and of course I'm joined by David Ornstein coming up today why

1:09.2

Rous San Lehi left his role as head of football at Arsenal and what it means for Mikhail Artetto.

1:14.8

David you're also going to tell us a little bit more about your chat with Mezert Urzle last

1:18.7

week.

1:19.7

Yeah, definitely.

1:20.7

He's one of the most polarizing figures in football so I've got to tread very carefully

1:24.7

it's like walking on eggshells when you talk about Erzil but he is a fascinating character

1:28.8

and we'll get stuck into that a little bit later.

1:31.2

Also after another Champions League disappointment

1:34.4

our Manchester City players still as convinced by Pep Guadiola and across the

1:39.2

city the athletics Laurie Whitwell takes us inside Manchester United plans to go the extra step

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