This is The Guardian.

This World Cup will see more people conscientiously not watching it,

whether it's ethical reasons or simply because the tournament's too big or for time zone

reasons.

To be an Arsenal fan is to kind of exist at the locus of all these identities, personalities. You feel besieged, but you also feel this sense of pride and also a huge amount of relief, obviously, at doing it after 22 years.

So I think that's why you see these huge outpourings of mass celebration.

A number of big names have been dropped from England's World Cup squad ahead of this summer's tournament,

capping off the historic week in British football,

which saw Arsenal win the Premier League for the first time in 22 years.

From The Guardian's Today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hove.

Well, joining me is Johnny Liu, Guardian sports columnist.

Thanks for joining us, Johnny, in such a massive week for football,

particularly if you're an Arsenal or an Aston Villa fan who've won big trophies,

but also because we've had the World Cup squad announced this morning.

Can I ask for a bit of a sort of idiot's guide here as someone

who's interest in football peaks during these big summer tournaments every couple of years,

but then wanes in the interim periods?

A couple of surprises.

I mean, I think the major omissions,

you might say, are Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Trent Alexander Arnold, Harry Maguire,

all kind of mainstays of previous squads, all big names, and all dropped by Thomas Tuchel.

I mean, not hugely surprising in the sense that

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