Saka strikes to maintain Arsenal’s perfect start | Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin and Jonathan Wilson as Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1-0 on Monday night and Bradley Barcola joins Liverpool. .youtube.com/@FootballWeeklyPodcast?sub_confirmation=1

On the podcast today: Arsenal win at Villa in one of those wins no one remembers when you win the title in May. It was a tight game, Aston Villa looked better than their opening weekend hammering at the hands of Brighton but do possess a concerning lack of cutting edge. Arsenal didn’t offer huge amounts more, but when it mattered Bukayo Saka scored the crucial goal and that’s enough to maintain their 100% start to the season.

Elsewhere, an actually quite interesting transfer window? Bradley Barcola to Liverpool and lots of deals semi-poised to take place on deadline day. Ndiaye to Manchester City, Enzo Fernandez too.

Plus, Lionel Messi announces his retirement from international football and your questions answered.

Chapters:
00:00 - Coming up...
1:04: Aston Villa vs Arsenal
8:03: Alvarez to Arsenal?
12:25: Transfer news
18:17: PSR and SCR
23:44: Bradley Barcola to Liverpool
25:50: Mudryk to Spurs
29:03 Messi retires

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