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🎄 Merry Christmas! Alex Iwobi's brilliant gesture, Reece James back in training, Ange confirms Jan signings and more

Plus all of the other football stories making the news this Christmas Day...

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the Daily Briefing
Dec 25, 2024
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Merry Christmas everyone and welcome to the Christmas Day edition of the Daily Briefing! Thanks as always for reading, and hope you enjoy :-)

Today’s top stories:

  • 🎧 LISTEN: The Debrief Podcast

  • Mikel Arteta’s Christmas presents as a child were somewhat questionable

  • Liverpool were feeling festive in Christmas Eve training

  • Plus more from Barcelona, Manchester City and Manchester United

Arsenal

  • Mikel Arteta spoke about whether Gabriel Martinelli was an option to replace the injured Bukayo Saka. “He’s played there before and he played there against Everton in the last match of last season,” the Spaniard told reporters. “He did really well. He’s a good option to have. We are on it.”

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