Gary’s Top Gear Story, Micah’s Non-League Dream & Álvarez To Arsenal?

What really happened in Argentina to stop Gary going on Top Gear? Micah reveals his dream of becoming a Manager or Owner of a non-league football club. Will Arsenal sign Julian Alvarez in this transfer window, and what does it mean for the rest of the league if they get the Atletico Madrid star man? Gary, Alan & Micah also discuss why the very best players in the World continue to choose Barcelona and Real Madrid over the Premier League Buy tickets to watch the Rest is Football live show at: therestisfootball.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  Hello and welcome to the Rest is Football question and answer episode with Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and me, Gary Lineker. Well firstly, thank you very much for your questions. We've got a lot of them. Terry Thompson asks, what did you guys get up to after New York? And he wants to know if there's any nice golf courses. Alan?

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  Hey, I never played once in the World Cup, at all.

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  You didn't even take your clubs, did you?

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  I didn't even bring, you know what? I was just too stressed and bags and this. And then I thought, I've got to go for another, I've got to go for another appointment because of the visa when I landed. And I just thought, oh sod this, I can't be bothered. I'm not, so I didn't. What are you laughing at? I didn't bring my golf clubs. Luckily, I didn't need them anyway because it was that too busy, wasn't I? So I was flying here, there and everywhere and then spending time with you two mugs.

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  Oh, heart bleeds for you, Alan. Get the violins out, Micah, for him, will you? He didn't play golf for a whole month.

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  In the best hotels.

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  Well then, when I actually, after, when I came after the World Cup, I came back, I played golf once. I absolutely, I didn't even have a practice. And I nutted my first drive, straight down the fairway. I thought, oh, easy game this is, golf. And then I shanked my next shot and then I hear another good shot, the same round. I was useless.

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  Do you know what a shank is, Micah?

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  Oh, I don't know. He's talking about nutted and shank. I didn't know. Are we talking about golf?

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  While we're on this subject, Ray Barnes, any stories from New York outside of the show? I think we gave most of them, didn't we? We just told them. Nice restaurants or nights out?

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  What about when Micah flagged the tuk tuk's down and that? That was our first night?

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  Yeah, first night, that was good. We were singing on the tuk tuk. Ah, brilliant.

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  People must have been looking at us thinking, what a music blast. And look at these fucking idiots around New York.

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  It was $10 a minute. I think we spent about $500.

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  He conned us, didn't he? Didn't he? He just said, he said $15, $15. And then we all said, oh yeah, that'll do, thanks. And then we got out, we went, $15 a minute.

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  Did we end up paying $350 or something?

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  Something crazy, yeah. It was just nuts. Right, let's get some football questions now. Carl Dinham, who do you think could be the surprise of the season, club and player? I think Brighton could have a good season and Hinchcliffe could do well. Well, Hinchcliffe certainly started well and as did Brighton. So I think they've gone beyond now a club that could be conceived as being a surprise. But is there a possibility of a well-run football club? I'll just add to this question. Like a Brentford, possibly Brighton, that could challenge for a Champions League spot?

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  Good question, Gaz. I like that. The answer for me would be no, only because the squad depth. I think it's very hard for those players to perform consistently every single week. And that's why the bigger clubs always do it because they can rotate. But in terms of, if it was a 20-game season or something like that, yeah, I think they could. But 38, I think the season's too deep.

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  And with some of those teams playing in Europe on a Thursday night as well. I think you're right, Micah, with the squad depth, you know. I think, yeah, I think it'd be very difficult for anyone to do that. I don't see that happening. I think, what about Everton doing reasonably well this year? I mean, I don't, I don't think they'll be challenging for Champions League. But I think they could be in and around seventh or eighth, something like that, Everton. Do you think?

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  I think they could well do. I mean, obviously they got tried and trusted in David Moyes. He's done a really good job since he went to Everton. You know, they've got good players, they've got a good start to the season, a win on the opening day. We didn't put that in the Monday episode, but, so we can mention that now. But a very encouraging start. I saw the Prime Minister was there alongside Peter Reid.

• 5:40Speaker 04

  Yeah, Reid, he's looking cool in his sunglasses again, Reidy, wasn't he?

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  He'd have had his flares on as well, don't worry about that. Yeah. Right, Benetti, why the reluctance from top, top players to play in the Premier League? I mean, there are top, top players in the Premier League. I think I know what he's getting at. The superstars, the genuine superstars of world football, with a couple of exceptions, probably most notably Haaland, don't tend to sign for English clubs. They tend to still go, even to this day, to either Real Madrid or Barcelona. Can you see that changing?

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  It's the size of the clubs and the history of those two.

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  But the Premier League with its financial status and its gravitas around the world, you just, I've always thought that. Why, why, when there's a really, really big player up for grabs, the superstars, and Mbappe, for example, they go somewhere else?

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  I think it's because we as Englishmen love the Premier League and it's our everything. I think they see the Champions League as, and I know Liverpool have won it a lot, but I would say because Real Madrid have won it so many times, Real Madrid is seen as the holy ground.

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  And also the leagues are not, I won't say as a competitive, but what I would say is probably not as physical. So it gives them a better chance to be successful in the Champions League, which is the all-important one. Richard Haggins, which new player to the Premier League do you think is gonna make the biggest impact?

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  Well, the biggest impact over the weekend was Sangare at Brentford. When you look at transfer fees that have been paid for midfielders and you look at what Brentford have paid for him, 39 I think it is, and his performance at the weekend, I don't think it's going to be a one-off. I think it looks as if his, his style is perfectly suited to the Premier League and he's had a brilliant start. So, and they've obviously invested heavily in him, record signer. So they believe in him. So he's one without a doubt to watch.

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  Micah, well, let's have one each. You go and then I'll go.

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  You know what? I'm gonna go with somebody different. I'm gonna say, I'm gonna go with Leeds, Leeds, Leeds. Trafford.

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  Yeah.

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  The goalkeeper. Because Leeds have struggled with goalkeepers over the last couple of seasons. I thought Melly was gonna be that guy to step up from the Championship to the Premier League. Didn't quite work out for him. So I would go with Trafford at Leeds and he got off to a good start.

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  I'd love to see him perform really well. I think he's so talented. I might go with Solis.

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  Ooh, yes, I like it.

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  I saw him in the Community Shield and then watched him again in the opening day of the season. I thought, he's got a lot of game, very creative. His numbers are really good previously. Could end up being a really interesting signing, but I'm often wrong. Rich Hacker, with Aston Villa's exits of Esri Konser, Luca Dini, Morgan Rogers, Yuri Tielemans and probably Ollie Watkins, do they now find themselves in a relegation dogfight similar to Spurs last season?

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  No, not a chance.

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  Not with Unai Emery in charge, surely.

• 8:45Speaker 05

  Not with Unai, not a chance. Villa will be fine. Obviously they won't do as well as last season. But yeah, Villa will be top 10, I would say at least.

• 8:55Speaker 04

  Yeah, different times, I think, for Aston Villa. But I wouldn't, I wouldn't put them in a relegation battle. I think they'll be too good for that and Unai Emery is too good for that. So a really tough start to the season for them, but no panic.

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  Tough for the fans though, isn't it? When they see so many players go. It really is. We talked about that on the Monday episode. I'm gonna try and rattle through the questions because there's so many of you have sent them in. Martin Gray, should the transfer window be closed before the season starts? Hell yes.

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  Yeah. Yes. The transfer window is like designed, I think, to sort of bring everyone together because different leagues start at different times and.

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  Well, that's changed a little bit. There's Bundesliga is later than, than the rest. But you know, La Liga's kicked off, Serie A's kicked off. It just doesn't make any sense and it's, it's a, it's a bit unfair, I think. I think on a lot of clubs and managers as well. How do you plan when you don't know what your team's gonna be? I think originally when they made the decision, it was always, wasn't it? The end of August or the 1st of September, whatever it was. And, and that worked because so many of the leagues didn't start till then. The only handicap league was probably the Premier League. So it was a bit unfair on the Premier League because it was still open when all the others were shot. But now with the other leagues generally starting earlier as well, I wonder if they might change that.

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  It really does make a lot of sense.

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  Agreed.

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  Oh, I'm gonna ask you this, Alan, but I know your answer. Will Newcastle be relegated this season? That's come from Jack Davis.

• 10:27Speaker 04

  What are you two fucking laughing for?

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  Because we knew you'd get exactly that kind of response.

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  No, they won't be relegated. Now, I do think at times it'll be a challenging season and it is something very new and has a reset. And there's a lot of young players coming into the team this season, the young manager. A lot of change. So I think it will be challenging and we're going to have to be patient. But I think we'll have enough to stay in the Premier League.

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  I think you've got more than enough to stay in the Premier League. I don't think, you know, it's whether you can challenge for Champions League like you've done in recent seasons apart from last year. I'm not so sure, but I think, no, I can't see being dragged into any kind of relegation.

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  My one concern would be that maybe goals or creativity. I know Liverpool was good. They had a couple of really good goals. But that would be my concern. I wish I had a brilliant game. And if he can stay fit and keep up that type of form, then okay. But that would be a small concern, but we'll, I think we'll, we'll have enough to stay in the Premier League, yeah.

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  Michael Wilson, question for Micah and Alan, and I'm going to remind you before you answer this, who pays your wages?

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  What do you really think of Gary's cooking? Be honest.

• 11:44Speaker 04

  As much as we love to say it's shit, but it's just not, it's, it's, yeah, he is very good at it, isn't he, Micah?

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  Marvelous, but the gnocchi, oh my, all the pasta, the spicy, what's it called, aranciata or whatever you call it.

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  Ametriciana.

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  That's one.

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  That's close enough. That was a pretty good effort. Let's have a half time snack and then we'll come back.

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  Welcome back to the Rest is Football question and answer episode with Micah Richards, Alan Shearer and me, Gary Lineker. Ryan Smith asks, is it right that you guys are doing a live show soon? Oh, yes, we are.

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  We are, yeah.

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  At the South Bank Centre Festival Hall, Friday, the 4th of September. I now understand it. I mean, it's sold really well, but there are just a few seats still available. A few tickets remain. And if you're interested, and thanks for asking this question, Ryan, it leads me into this. Just go to therestisfootball.com if you'd like to join us on that Friday night. It's going to be a lot of fun. Micah on stage.

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  But hold on, there's still tickets for sale.

• 14:36Speaker 03

  Unbelievable. No, it's a big hall. It's a big Royal Festival Hall.

• 14:41Speaker 05

  Oh my God.

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  A few thousand.

• 14:43Speaker 05

  I don't know how I feel about that, to be honest.

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  Three thousand?

• 14:46Speaker 03

  It's a few thousand, yeah.

• 14:48Speaker 05

  History would have sold out, politics would have sold out, I mean.

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  We need to up our game.

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  Come on, guys, we need to up our game.

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  Are you looking forward to being on stage, Mark? Have you, have you done a bit?

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  I love being on stage.

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  Really? You do surprise me.

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  You know what though, we need, so give us a bit of context, guys. So it's 3,000 people, and be able to drink on stage. Is it going to be?

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  I would definitely hope so.

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  Okay.

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  If rules apply.

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  Yeah.

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  I think so. I've got a thumbs up from Haz on the left.

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  How long, how long are we on stage for?

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  I think we're doing, it's a game of football. We're doing two halves of 45 minutes with an interval of half time of 15, 20 minutes, something like that. I think in the first half, we're going to tell a few of our favourite stories. And the second half, we're going to have a QR code like Newcastle's new kit. And people can ask us questions for the second half. And I think it's going to be.

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  There better be some red wine available because the stories in the second half could get tasty if there is.

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  I'll bring the red wine out. I'm around all weekend. I'm also doing a show with Stanley Too Cheek. There's, we've got the Rest is History, the Rest is Politics, the Rest is Entertainment. All the teams are doing it. We're taking out the whole of South Bank for the weekend. So we're doing a lot of hours. Really exciting though. Here's a question from Adam Chamberlain. Would you three consider buying and running a football club together? And if you would, which club would you choose? Can I say, boys, Leicester is officially up for sale. So if you'd like to chip in a few quid.

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  I haven't worked all my life to earn money to toss it away and buy in a football club.

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  Especially Leicester. No, I think it's a good buy Leicester at the moment. If there's any like super billionaires out there that want to invest massive amounts into, into our team, that would be more than helpful. But could you imagine running a football club and all this shit? We get a bit of shit occasionally anyway on here, let alone. Can you imagine? Oh, it's a hard job.

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  I tried to run the club of YouTube buffoons at Deportivo, didn't give me zero help.

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  I thought we did quite well that season, much better than since you went on your own.

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  You know what though, guys? I actually have been considering.

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  Oh, really?

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  Looking at a non-league club, I swear, I've got the book for it.

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  Really? What, to try and do like a Wrexham?

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  No, but I don't.

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  But you're a bigger star than Ryan Reynolds.

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  I don't want all the glitz and glamour though. I want it to be like just normal, a normal budget, but giving players an opportunity. And I've been thinking about it, but then I looked at the finances, I'm thinking, it's, it's, oh, it's expensive, isn't it?

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  You need to be very, very rich to run it.

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  I can see you being like an owner manager.

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  Yes, that's exactly what I want to do as well.

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  Just run the whole caboodle.

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  Mm hmm. I've been, I've been looking into it.

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  Have you? What, what, what sort of level are you talking about?

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  A non-league, so we're talking.

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  There's a lot of non-league levels.

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  Well, what, step, step four, step five.

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  Are you talking about a local under eights football team on a Sunday? Or are you talking about conference?

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  I'm talking about, yeah, just, just below the conference. So like, so I think conference would be step. So you've got League Two Conference and then you've got Conference North, you've got one.

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  North and the north.

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  Below that, north and then south, just below that. Yeah. One of, one of, one of, one of that sort of.

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  Yeah.

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  Yeah.

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  Are there any for sale? Have you gone that far into it yet?

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  I signed up to some non-league thing and it tells you all the clubs that are for sale or need investment.

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  Wow.

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  So.

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  Yeah.

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  Watch your space.

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  Oh, interesting. Question from BMW. I don't, don't think it's probably the car people, but anyway. Do Arsenal really need another striker? Just saw a stat that Havertz, Saka and Odegaard have all started only three games together since December 2024. If all three can stay fit, that is a very dangerous trio. What's your take on that? I suppose the if is always stay fit. So you need a bit more depth in the squad, Micah. You said this on Monday.

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  Yeah, I totally agree. I feel as though Havertz always picks up little niggles, Odegaard picks up niggles as well. And Saka, the amount of football he's played over the last three or four years. I think another body in there. Oh, we've still got Yokeres. I mean, we can't disrespect Yokeres.

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  No, no, he did a good job last season.

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  But I just, I think if they want domination, yes, go get another forward, go get Alvarez. That'd be a statement of intent. If I was Man City, I'd be going back in for Alvarez 100%.

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  Havertz has scored in the last four games that he's played and that's the first time he's scored in four consecutive games since he came into English football, Alan. Is he?

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  No, he's a very good player and I think in the big games, Arteta chooses him. And I find, I understand that, but Yokeres more than played his part. But I agree with Micah, if they want to to stay around at the very, very top and try and dominate over the next three or four years. If they were to go and get that elite striker, then I think it would be very, very difficult to stop if they had that.

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  I was just going to ask you actually whether you think Arsenal will win the Champions League, but before I do that, I'm going to, you'll see why. Ask a question and I hope I say his name correctly. Adialua Adegoke. Ask, would PSG win back to back UCLs, Champions League, if they played in the Premier League with the same squad that they have now? I think what he's saying is obviously the, you can rest players in France and all that and they get, you know, they're always fresh.

• 20:39Speaker 04

  Yeah, because a lot of their big hitters don't, don't play full seasons. In fact, they only play a bit part during the, during the season and league games, don't they? So a lot of them are fresh for the Champions Leagues.

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  Is that Arsenal's main goal now as well?

• 20:51Speaker 04

  No, I don't think so. I don't think it'd be their main goal. I think their main goal would be to go again in the, in the Premier League. But it'd be very high up on the list. They weren't that far away with the penalties. So.

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  Very close.

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  Yeah, I guess it would be a lot tougher if PSG were, were in the, were in the Premier League in terms of the Champions League as well. Because to Premier League and Champions, we know how physical it is and how demanding it is, the Premier League. And the French league is without doubt not that.

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  Yeah, totally agree with Al, but I think if you go man for man quality, they've got the two best full backs, in my opinion in, in Europe, centre half, they've got experience with a bit of someone who's come onto the scene the last couple of seasons, done really well in Pacho. Alongside Makinos in midfield.

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  I mean, the team here is just different level. Yes, we didn't see level and John Nevers at the World Cup that we would like to see. And then you've got Kavas, Skelley, Dewey, like, yeah, they probably would. I think it'd be harder, but I feel like they've got the best team.

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  Could Arsenal win it this year?

• 21:56Speaker 04

  Yeah, they can, yeah.

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  I think they can. I think they'd be one of the favourites, wouldn't they? I think Barcelona would take some stopping now they've got Rodri in there. They're good with the brains behind the Spanish success.

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  I mean, look at Arsenal's squad now. Look what they've added to that already very good squad and what they've got in now. I mean, Gomes and Konzer.

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  Solis.

• 22:16Speaker 04

  Yeah, Solis. So, yeah, they can do it. There's no doubt about that.

• 22:22Speaker 03

  Okay. Interesting question here. Interesting in the sense that I'm not sure how he knows about this. Stuart Swan. Gary Lineker, how close were you to flying out to Argentina for the Top Gear special?

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  Oh.

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  What's this about?

• 22:39Speaker 03

  Yeah. Well, I'll tell you what this is about. Many years ago, Clarkson calls me. I know Jeremy reasonably well. He's a Chelsea fan. Loves his football. He's a proper Chelsea fan. And he called me up saying that they had this idea that eventually led to something quite, quite a crisis in Argentina, where they were going to do this whole thing that ended up being, if I try and remember right, this is quite a long time ago, with a challenge between Argentina in little cars, minis, and it's a football game with a big ball, right? So you've got about four minis on one side and four on the other side, one in Argentinian

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  colours, one in English colours. And it was supposed to be the rematch from the 1986 world. And they had this idea that I'd be hidden and then come on in a little mini at the end and score the winning goal and we get revenge for our defeat in 1986. So I am at Heathrow Airport and I'm sitting in the lounge and I suddenly get, and I've got like missed calls from my agent about three times, Jeremy Clarkson once, and the main director of the show, or, no, it was actually, I think it was one of the big wigs at the BBC. So one of the head honchos, Controller or Controller BBC One or something, saying, do not get on the flight, do not get in the flight, whatever you do, don't get on the

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  flight. I'm thinking, what's happened? I'm in the lounge. So I had to go to BA and then I made a phone call. I don't know whether you've ever seen it, but because there was a number plate, I think, on one of the cars that they were driving around Argentina that sort of referred to the Falklands War or some, I think it, I can't remember exactly what the details were because I didn't know this question was coming. But it led to this thing and they were attacked everywhere and they, it was terrifying for them to try and get out of the country. And I missed that, but thankfully I didn't get out there. And then the weird thing is, because I was, what's that called when they go on the lap with

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  a Stig, right? So I was going to do that. And then I get a phone call from Jeremy. He went, you fucking jinxed me again. I went, why? What? And it was the day after he like had that whack, when he whacked the guy over the, because his steak wasn't cooked enough or something. I'm not quite sure. So he called me up to blame me. He said I was the jinx. So I never managed to make it on to Top Gear. And we should probably finish with a proper football question. Considering we've finished with the World Cup, we'll ask it about that. Casper, do you think this World Cup was the best in recent memory? In my opinion, it's

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  been the best since Brazil. Some of the games were ridiculous. Stories were unreal. Cape Verde, England, Mexico, et cetera, et cetera.

• 25:40Speaker 04

  I think there were some really good stories. Cape Verde and goalkeeper and some of the games. But I wouldn't, no, I wouldn't say it was the best World Cup, no. I think Qatar was.

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  I think Qatar as well, because probably because it was in the winter when everyone's fresh. And it's not as hot. I know it's Qatar and it was warm, but it wasn't, it was actually quite pleasant for football.

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  I think for personal reasons, yes. You know, doing that England-Mexico game was just, I've not seen England, I'm not saying perform like that, but just the enormity of the game and the way it ended. And there were so many stories within the game. It was like, you felt proud of that team. So, yeah, for me, I would say for personal reasons, like doing a game, I'd go with this World Cup.

• 26:29Speaker 03

  What time for one more? And it's aimed at you, Micah. Michael Crosby. Has Micah decided whether Tottenham are better with or without Harry Kane?

• 26:44Speaker 03

  What a way to finish. I suspect, definitely not.

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  Definitely not.

• 26:50Speaker 03

  It's official. Tottenham are not better without Harry Kane. Absolutely not. Thank you once again for sending your questions. We'll do one or two of these throughout the season. So much appreciated. But for now, goodbye from me.

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  Goodbye from me.

• 27:05Speaker 04

  Goodbye from me.

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