Shubi Arun
@shubiarun.bsky.social
Writer • Assistant Editor ESPN https://thejerkyloudspeaker.substack.com/
Exclusive: Women's football's first £1m transfer fee has been agreed. @theguardian.com understands Liverpool have accepted a world-record £1m fee from Arsenal for Olivia Smith, representing around five times what the club paid for the Canada forward last summer. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Arsenal to break world record fee by signing Liverpool’s Olivia Smith for £1m
Arsenal have agreed the first £1m transfer fee in women’s football after Liverpool accepted a world-record offer for the Canada forward Olivia Smith
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An ode to my largely online relationship with my Paati, who passed away last week. Scrolling through 10-years-worth of WhatsApp messages made me realise how lucky I was to share such rich correspondence with my grandmother. thejerkyloudspeaker.substack.com/p/paati
📢 Paati
A grandmother-grandson relationship documented on WhatsApp
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Another plug for this ahead of Switzerland’s #Euro2025 opener tonight
Shubi Arun@shubiarun.bsky.social · last yr.Sat down with Switzerland captain Lia Walti a few weeks ago for a fascinating chat on her hopes for Euro 2025, how she has embraced her role as the face of Swiss women’s football and her IG travel account. www.espn.co.uk/football/sto...
There will be growing pains for this India side. But their demeanour on Day 5 showed that they don’t plan to suffer through them. open.substack.com/pub/thejerky...
📢 On Headingley
Reflections from the 1st India-England Test
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KL batting beautifully here. So naturally, expect him to chase a wide one in the final over of the day
On Bumrah’s decision to play just three Tests and how it’s reflective of the era of the sustainable athlete. open.substack.com/pub/thejerky...
📢 The era of sustainabilty
On Bumrah's decision to play just three Tests in England
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On Bumrah’s decision to play just three Tests and how it’s reflective of the era of the sustainable athlete. open.substack.com/pub/thejerky...
📢 The era of sustainabilty
On Bumrah's decision to play just three Tests in England
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Sat down with Switzerland captain Lia Walti a few weeks ago for a fascinating chat on her hopes for Euro 2025, how she has embraced her role as the face of Swiss women’s football and her IG travel account. www.espn.co.uk/football/sto...
When can you call yourself a fan of a team? Wrote about my relationship with *clears throat* European champions Arsenal Women and the role Stina Blackstenius has played in it. open.substack.com/pub/thejerky...
📢 On Arsenal Women
When can you call yourself a fan of a team?
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When can you call yourself a fan of a team? Wrote about my relationship with *clears throat* European champions Arsenal Women and the role Stina Blackstenius has played in it. open.substack.com/pub/thejerky...
📢 On Arsenal Women
When can you call yourself a fan of a team?
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Nice little moment for Tierney on his final appearance for Arsenal. An important player in getting the Arteta project off the ground, and re-building the connection with the fanbase. I’d written this when he left on loan a couple of years ago. www.skysports.com/amp/football...
Kieran Tierney's trajectory tells story of Arsenal's tactical evolution under Mikel Arteta
Kieran Tierneys trajectory tells the story of Arsenals tactical evolution under Mikel Arteta; Scotland defender Tierney left Arsenal for Real Sociedad this summer on loan; watch Arsenal vs Man Utd liv...
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Sturridge telling Van Dijk to ‘show us some moves big boy’ on the broadcast. Here for it.
There are few players I’ve written more about or indeed, enjoyed writing more about than Virat. Some words here on his Test retirement in this week’s newsletter open.substack.com/pub/thejerky...
📢 On No.18
Some reflections on the Kohli retirement
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