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Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

Solutions without Havertz & expectations for rest of season

Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

The Athletic

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.6650 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Arsenal have returned from their warm weather training camp in Dubai with the news that Kai Havertz will miss the remainder of the season with a hamstring tear. 

Art de Roché and James McNicholas join Ian Stone to talk potential solutions and reflect on what the news means for Arsenal’s trophy hopes.  

Plus they look ahead to Saturday’s game against Leicester City, and answer more of your questions in the second part of this week’s mailbag. 

Producer: Robby Williams


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0:00.0

The Athletic FC Podcast Network.

0:07.2

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

0:14.7

Hello, I'm Ian Stone. This is Handbreak-Off, the Arsenal podcast brought to you by The Athletic.

0:19.6

Arsenal have returned

0:20.8

from their warm weather training camp in Dubai and are preparing for their Premier League return

0:26.5

against Leicester City on Saturday early afternoon to look at it to that game. I'm joined by

0:32.2

Arda Roche and James McNicholas. Good morning. Good morning. Morning Ian. Now, as most of you would have heard by now,

0:41.1

if you haven't heard, and you're tuning in, we've got some bad news, to be honest with you, that

0:46.6

Kai Havert confirmed out for the rest of the season following a hamstring tear during training

0:53.2

in Dubai.

0:55.3

I did actually do a post on Blue Sky yesterday saying,

0:58.1

I've never hated hamstrings more in my life.

1:00.3

And then I wondered what my non-football followers would think of that.

1:04.2

And go, what is he on about?

1:05.8

Right.

1:06.3

But anyway, my question, who's available?

1:09.0

Who is available?

1:10.3

Who can put a shift in for the Arsenal?

1:11.9

I've done me groin.

1:13.3

I should say that, playing the Jewish football game.

1:16.0

So, you know, I'm a free agent.

1:18.2

I'm pretty certain nobody's after me.

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