# Rice drops out + Arteta's contract & international break hopes

An episode of [Inside Arsenal - with Charles Watts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1809140671), 22 Sep 2026, 22 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6800b21fb4ef799a7a57d09d/e/6ab250e59def0199cce97ed9/media.mp3

Hello everyone and welcome back to Inside Arsenal. In today's show I discuss the new that Declan Rice has dropped out of the England squad, looking at why it should be a good thing for Arsenal. I also discuss Max Dowman and list some of the things I would like to see happen from an Arsenal point of view during the international break. Become an Inside Arsenal Patreon member, get exclusive extra content and help support my work and the channel: https://www.patreon.com/charleswatts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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