Episode 3242: Au Revoir Arsenal, The Talented Mr. Rice, Premier League Not Premium

PSG will play Inter in the Champions League final. Arsenal must make do with being the best team in the competition, in the opinion of their manager.

We talk over some of the incidents of tonight’s intense semi-final before Jonathan Wilson joins us to analyse the game further.

Is the best football in Europe now being played outside the Premier League? Is there any way forward for Mikel Arteta from the contradictions that have plagued Arsenal this season? And when is Declan Rice going to drop the Tom Ripley stuff and decide who the hell he really is?

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