Saturday round-up: Saka and Merse, modern football, existential Pep

Morning all.

Let’s have a quick Saturday round-up, because while obviously the focus is tomorrow’s Carabao Cup final, and Mikel Arteta held his press conference yesterday, it’s too soon to preview that game. There’s no point in me weighing in today on the David Raya/Kepa debate, although if you’ve listened the preview podcast on Patreon you’ll know what I think at this point. For the rest, it’ll have to wait till Sunday!

As with any cup final, there are media duties to perform, and...