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by the Arsenal head coach, Mikhail Arteeta. Not only that, we'll also be speaking to Jolie and

Lescott, Matt Murray, and Millwall

manager Gary Rowett coming up in just a moment. We will be hearing two from Burnley Keeper Nick Pope.

And alongside me for the duration of the show, we have Alan Smith and Andy Hinchcliffe. Good morning

to both of you. Alan, I'll come to you first because we have Mikhail Artetta on and that is a huge guest.

We're very much excited to catch up with him and see how preparations are going for the new season.

Last night, one of their friendly games to get them warmed up and ready was against Brentford.

They lost three to.

But in these kind of situations, Alan, what are these fixtures used for and how important are those results really?

Well, it's disappointing to lose, isn't it?

But I remember in pre-season, if you can relate it to that,

sometimes you're quite pleased if you lost your last game before the big kickoff.

But it's not so much about the result, Laura, as about the performance

and more importantly, the fitness,

the sharpness of your players because we're not far away now,

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