Inside Arsenal’s Title Celebrations, UCL Final & Set Piece Secrets | The Overlap Champions Special
5/27/202644 min
Welcome to our first Overlap Champions Special, brought to you by Sky Bet.
In this episode, Gary Neville and Ian Wright visit the Sobha Realty Training Centre, home of the newly crowned Premier League champions, Arsenal.
Mikel Arteta joins the show alongside the Premier League trophy to reflect on his rebuild of Arsenal, taking the club from the infamous “banter era” to the top of English football. With a Champions League final still to come, can Arsenal complete a truly historic season?
Co-Chair Josh Kroenke and CEO Richard Garlick also sit down with Gary and Wrighty to discuss the club’s rise, reveal the importance of signing Declan Rice and even surprise the pair with a gift of their own.
Mikel Merino and Myles Lewis-Skelly then join the show to reflect on the highs and lows of the campaign, as well as sharing a few secrets from Arsenal’s title celebrations.
Can Arsenal complete the double by winning the Champions League?
00:00 - Intro
01:37- Arteta Reflects on Winning
07:27 - Declan Rice Statement Signing
10:19 - Raya or Ramsdale Decision Explained
11:52 -Josh Kroenke
21:09 -Richard Garlick
31:05 - Mikel Merino
36:58 - Champions League Final
39:47 - Myles Lewis-Skelly
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsGary Neville· Host0:00
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Ian Wright· Host0:29
Are you okay? Well done. Congratulations.
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:33
Thank you very much.
Ian Wright· Host0:34
Well done.
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:35
Thank you. Morning. [laughs] Got polished up a little bit.
Ian Wright· Host0:39
You just- What do we put this?
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:40
Yeah.
Richard Garlick· Guest0:41
[laughs] Can't look like that on the- Yeah, same ... opening night.
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:42
Oh, yeah, you do the honors. You put it there.
Ian Wright· Host0:43
No.
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:43
[laughs] Come, come.
Richard Garlick· Guest0:44
[laughs] Don't let him touch it.
Ian Wright· Host0:46
Well, well you're allowed.
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:47
Of course he needs to touch it.
Ian Wright· Host0:48
Of course I can't do that.
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:49
[laughs] You do it. [laughs] All right.
Ian Wright· Host0:52
It's you. Wow.
Mikel Arteta· Guest0:55
Kiss it.
Ian Wright· Host0:55
[smacks lips] [laughs] Thank you, guys. See, I remembered.
Mikel Arteta· Guest1:01
[laughs] [upbeat music] Champ.
Ian Wright· Host1:07
Hey.
Mikel Arteta· Guest1:10
They are my inspiration, and at the same time, they are the ones that have my back.
Gary Neville· Host1:15
This fan base has been through ups and downs over the years, the banter years- [laughs] ... all those different things.
Ian Wright· Host1:19
Banter years.
Richard Garlick· Guest1:20
Yeah, we were always behind you.
Mikel Arteta· Guest1:21
Yeah.
Ian Wright· Host1:22
Yeah.
Mikel Arteta· Guest1:22
[laughs] Right.
Ian Wright· Host1:23
Come on.
Mikel Arteta· Guest1:23
Putting us back. They're putting us back.
Gary Neville· Host1:25
[laughs] I always find a hope, the optimism and, and faith in, in my situation.
Richard Garlick· Guest1:29
It just ... I