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Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

Mikel Merino, Brighton preview, will Arsenal sign a forward?

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6650 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

With Stoney on the bench in need of a rest, Adrian steps into the role of host with versatility Mikel Arteta would be proud of.

Clarkey's joined by James McNicholas and Art de Roché to talk Mikel Merino's arrival, Fabio Vieira's departure, and what to expect from Fabian Hürzeler's side this weekend.

Plus, will Arsenal sign a forward before the window shuts on Friday and which former Gunner would the panel love to see back at the Emirates?

Produced by Jay Beale.


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0:00.0

The Athletic FC Podcast Network.

0:07.0

The only way to score is, of course, to play with a handbreak-off.

0:15.1

Hello, I'm Adrian Clark, and this is Hand-Break-Off,

0:18.2

the Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic.

0:21.2

After three weeks at the fringe, Stoney was in desperate need of a breather.

0:25.8

So he's been rotated out this week.

0:27.9

But look, just like Mikhail Arteta's players, we've got to be able to play in two positions, haven't we?

0:33.1

So I'll host today as part of the reshuffle.

0:36.1

We'll be talking all things Arsenal, including

0:37.6

Mikhail Marino, deadline day and looking ahead to Brighton's visit on Saturday. And I'm

0:43.1

delighted to be joined by James McNicholas and Art de Roche. Morning, boys. Morning. Good morning.

0:49.0

Morning. Great to see you. Look, after we spoke last week, didn't we about, or early in the week, about Oasis announcing their return.

0:58.0

After 15 years, well, look, on the very same day, Vojek-Schesny announced his retirement from football after a 15-year career.

1:07.7

Is it a coincidence?

1:08.7

Well, it's kind of spooky when you realise that Chesney's kids are called Liam and Nuelia, which means you can't be a little ways as far as surely. I'm just thinking, like, the thought of another preseason ruining his chances of going to one of the gigs was maybe too much too much to bear for

1:28.8

voechecks so i'll no doubt see him on ticket master at the weekend um so anyway we're going to

1:34.5

kick things off by asking um which former player would you like to see make a long-awaited return

1:41.0

to the emmrette's one last time in light of this Oasis reunion.

1:45.1

Let's kick off for you, James.

1:47.3

Who would you like to see back at the Emirates?

1:50.2

Well, yeah, great question.

1:53.3

By the way, that Oasis News was big for me.

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