Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show

It’s World Cup semi-final time and there are still eight Arsenal players at the tournament.

Ian Stone is joined by Art de Roche and Nnamdi Onyeagwara to discuss what this all means for Arsenal’s pre-season plans. When will they be back and available? Do Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka need to sit down in a dark room for a couple of months?

Elsewhere, Bruno Guimaraes has told Newcastle that he wants to join Arsenal. Will this mean the Gunners now come in with a formal bid?

And Illan Meslier has become the club’s first new signing of the transfer window. Will he be a Number 2 or Number 3 choice goalkeeper? And what about Ona Batlle arriving at the women’s team?

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After three and a half seasons of clutch moments and goggle celebrations, Leandro Trossard looks like he’s on his way out of Arsenal.

Ian Stone is joined by Art de Roche as the Gunners agree a £17.1m deal to sell the Belgian international to Besiktas.

We ask how he’ll be remembered after playing a huge part in helping the team secure their first league title in 22 years.

There’s bad news on the Jeremy Monga front, with Manchester City set to sign him from Leicester ahead of Arsenal.

But a big name IS through the door at the Women’s team. Lioness star Georgia Stanway has joined from Bayern Munich. The Athletic’s Charlotte Harpur tells us just what she could bring to Renee Slegers’ side next season.

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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.

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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.

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We may be in the middle of World Cup mania, but there’s plenty of Arsenal transfer chat to discuss with the Handbrake team.

Ian Stone is joined by Adrian Clarke and Art de Roche to talk about who we might like Mikel Arteta to bring in over the summer.

Club Brugge’s Christos Tzolis is the big story over the last week, but is he good enough to properly shift the dial at left-wing? Might Morgan Rogers be the answer there? Or will it be Bradley Barcola?

There’s also more Kroupi and Alvarez chat as the team discuss who they’d like to see leading the line for the Gunners next campaign. And what about central midfield? Ayyoub Bouaddi looks good!

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