About this episode

The episode discusses Arsenal's injury concerns and the impact of World Cup burnout on players.

Arsenal haven’t played for nearly a month and yet injuries are still the main concern for the Handbrake Off team. Ian Stone is joined by Adrian Clarke and Nnamdi Onyeagwara as all of Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, William Saliba and Martin Odegaard struggle with injury problems over the World Cup. Is this sort of thing inevitable with the number of games players are expected to play nowadays? How much of a challenge might it cause Mikel Arteta going into next season? The team also discuss the fixture schedule for the new campaign and “Up Your Arsenal” is back, with a special message from Brian in Perth, Australia. Produced by Xavi Bird. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ian Stone

Guests: Adrian Clarke, Nnamdi Onyeagwara

Topics covered

• World Cup
• injuries
• Arsenal
• Mikel Arteta
• fixture schedule
• football
• player burnout

Keywords

• Arsenal
• injuries
• World Cup
• Mikel Arteta
• Bukayo Saka
• Declan Rice
• William Saliba
• Martin Odegaard
• football
• fixture schedule

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arsenal, Handbrake Off, The Athletic

Places: Perth, Australia

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