About this episode

The episode discusses Arsenal's verbal offer for Bruno Guimaraes and the implications for their midfield strategy, alongside World Cup updates and Academy Manager talks.

Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta’s quest to raise the ceiling begins in central midfield. Ian Stone is joined by Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche as Newcastle reject Arsenal’s verbal offer for central midfielder Bruno Guimaraes. It’s believed to be under £60m, well under Newcastle’s valuation. Will the Gunners come in for round two? And what kind of qualities does this mean they're looking for in that position of the pitch? There’s also World Cup chat with Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka continuing to be injury doubts for England.  And the team discuss who the next Academy Manager might be, after the club hold talks with Strasbourg’s Pascal De Maesschalck. Produced by Xavi Bird Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ian Stone

Guests: Adrian Clarke, Art de Roche

Topics covered

• Arsenal transfer news
• Bruno Guimaraes
• central midfield
• World Cup discussion
• injury updates
• Academy Manager

Keywords

• Arsenal
• Bruno Guimaraes
• transfer
• midfield
• World Cup
• injuries
• Academy Manager

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Newcastle, Arsenal, Strasbourg

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