Welcome back to Arsenal Women Trailblazers. In this episode I start with a quick reality check on the transfer window and why we probably will not see Arsenal announce anything major until player contracts officially expire at the end of June. The club tends to stay respectful of existing deals, which makes fans impatient, but there is plenty happening around us in the meantime.

I begin with some wider European and WSL news. Former Gunner and Real Madrid star Caroline Weir has joined Lyon on a three year deal, adding even more firepower to a midfield we might see again in the Champions League. I talk about why Lyon wanted her, why she loved the project and why I hope she is on the bench if we draw them next season. I then move to the WSL where Spurs have signed Scotland forward Kirsty Hanson from Aston Villa after a twelve goal season in the league, with only Khadija Shaw and Alessia Russo scoring more. I explain why that is a big blow for Villa and why it matters to Arsenal that our neighbours are building a much more dangerous front line.

The main focus of the episode is Georgia Stanway. I spend time on why I am so excited about her potential move, what she would bring to Arsenal and how she could change the entire personality of our midfield. I look at her journey from a teenage breakout at Manchester City, to a Champions League level starter at Bayern Munich, to a key part of England’s Euro winning team. I break down her game as an all action eight who loves duels and pressing, can carry the ball, switch play and smash in long range shots, and I talk through different ways she could be used alongside Kyra Cooney Cross, Kim Little, Mariona and any other midfield arrivals. There is also chat about our ongoing issues with set piece defending and second balls and why someone with Stanway’s intensity and mentality could help close that gap.

I finish by asking you to pick your ideal midfield around Georgia if she does sign and to tell me in which games, if any, you would actually leave her out. Get in touch on Instagram at @arsenalwomentrailblazers, and if you want to join me at the Emirates for a home game next season in club level, drop me a message so I can add you to the list.

Arsenal Women: Trailblazers is a twice‑weekly fan podcast dedicated to Arsenal Women and AWFC. Join host Roberto Revilla every Monday and Friday for news, match previews and reports, tactical talking points and the stories that make Arsenal Women true trailblazers.

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Welcome back to Arsenal Women Trailblazers. This one is a short, breaking news style episode with two big bits of news and a couple of wider WSL storylines.

First up, I talk about Laia Codina’s move to West Ham. She stays in London on a three year deal after leaving Arsenal and I am genuinely happy for her. We look at why the Hammers project suits her, how her strengths in a low block might be a better fit there, and I go through her medals from Barcelona, Spain and Arsenal including the World Cup and that first ever Women’s Champions Cup. I also read some of her first words as a West Ham player and send her my best for this next chapter in East London.

I then zoom out to the wider WSL with the news that Mary Earps is back in England, signing for London City Lionesses after two years at PSG. I talk about why she is such a legend of the women’s game, the age profile of LCL’s “Galacticos” project under Michelle Kang and what it might mean for the league if they add players like Mapi León and maybe even Alexia Putellas in future.

Finally, we end on some really good Arsenal news. Alessia Russo has been voted Arsenal Women Fans’ Player of the Season after her best ever campaign for goals, with 24 in 40 games in all competitions. I go through the numbers, including her hat trick in the 5–2 derby win over Spurs and her record of scoring or assisting in six consecutive WSL away games, and I make the case for why she is already world class and will only get better with the right support around her. I also look ahead to how a midfield featuring names like Mariona, Kyra, Kim Little, plus potential arrivals like Georgia Stanway, Géraldine Reuteler, Selina Ciraci and Lisa Baum could unlock an even scarier version of Alessia next season.

If you have ideas for future player profiles or want to come to a game with me at the Emirates in club level, get in touch. This is your podcast and I want to build it with you.

Links:

Arsenal Women Trailblazers on Instagram: https://instagram.com/arsenalwomentrailblazers

Arsenal Women news section: https://www.arsenal.com/news

West Ham’s announcement of Laia Codina https://www.whufc.com/en/news/west-ham-united-sign-world-cup-winner-laia-codina

London City Lionesses announcement of Mary Earps https://www.londoncitylionesses.com/post/mary-earps-joins-london-city-lionesses

Camden New Journal piece by Steve Barnett on Alessia Russo’s Fans’ Player of the Season award https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/gunners-striker-russo-is-fans-player-of-the-year

Arsenal Women: Trailblazers is a twice‑weekly fan podcast dedicated to Arsenal Women and AWFC. Join host Roberto Revilla every Monday and Friday for news, match previews and reports, tactical talking points and the stories that make Arsenal Women true trailblazers.

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Welcome back to Arsenal Women Trailblazers. In this episode I am getting your diary sorted first, then your transfer fix. I walk you through all the key dates for the 2026–27 season: WSL opening weekend, Champions League league phase and knockouts, FA Cup rounds and the international breaks, so you do not have to keep rewinding the pod every time a draw comes out. I also point you to the Arsenal news section so you can see the whole list in one place.

Then we get to the good stuff. There is some lovely news with Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly and Michelle Agyemang all picking up MBEs in the King’s Birthday Honours, plus an update on academy product Leila Harbert heading off to work with Jonas Eidevall again at San Diego Wave.

After that I dive into what you really want to talk about: Arsenal Women transfer news. I profile four players we are heavily linked with this summer and ask whether they are floor raisers or proper ceiling raisers for this squad.

•Ona Batlle as a potential starting left back to replace Katie McCabe

•Selina Circi as a right sided forward and goal threat in the Beth Mead zone

•Geraldine Reuteler as a ridiculously versatile midfielder who can pretty much play anywhere

•Lisa Baum as a 19 year old left footer who loves cutting in from the right and shooting from range

This is me doing the digging so you don't have to. Come tell me what you think about these four on Instagram at @arsenalwomentrailblazers and let's get into it.

Key Arsenal Women fixture dates : https://www.arsenal.com/news/key-dates-arsenal-women-202627

Arsenal Women: Trailblazers is a twice‑weekly fan podcast dedicated to Arsenal Women and AWFC. Join host Roberto Revilla every Monday and Friday for news, match previews and reports, tactical talking points and the stories that make Arsenal Women true trailblazers.

Intro/Outro Music thanks to raspberrymusic from Pixabay

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In episode 3 of Arsenal Women: Trailblazers, Roberto jumps on mid‑week as the WSL transfer window opens to share season ticket news, transfer window dates, Leah Williamson’s latest injury setback, and a wave of confirmed departures from Arsenal Women.

He also unboxes the new home shirt (Steph Catley 7), explains how to renew or buy a WSL season ticket at Emirates, and makes a heartfelt invitation for listeners to join him in Club Level next season.

⚽ In this episode:

00:00 – Why this is a mid‑week episode & promise on breaking transfer news

02:21 – Learning from episode 2 and letting personality back into the pod

03:57 – New 2026/27 home shirt unboxing (Steph Catley 7, badges, delivery chaos)

06:17 – Why Steph Catley is Roberto’s choice this season

06:50 – Arsenal Women season ticket renewals, prices and six‑game bundle

08:43 – How to move seats, Club Level Block 42 and “Roberto’s Angels”

11:03 – Why the Emirates is such a good family matchday for Arsenal Women

13:18 – WSL summer and winter transfer window dates for 26/27

14:40 – Leah Williamson’s latest injury setback and Ibiza rehab break

17:10 – Why Arsenal must manage Leah carefully and how much she’s missed

17:58 – Katie McCabe to Chelsea: reaction, emotions and a call to stop abuse

20:05 – Criticism vs condemnation and why Arsenal must look in the mirror

21:30 – Caitlin Foord signs new Arsenal deal: what it means and why it matters

23:40 – Caitlin’s quotes on trophies, home away from home and the fans

26:04 – Arsenal’s huge attendances and why they attract top players

28:21 – Thoughts on potential big signings and online hate towards Foord

29:40 – Beth Mead to Man City: why it hurts less, Viv, and wishing her well

33:04 – Victoria Pelova set to join Spurs: context and farewell

35:26 – Manu Zinsberger to Borussia Dortmund: legacy, tears and gratitude

37:47 – Invitation to join Roberto in Club Level at Emirates next season

39:10 – How to get in touch and what might be coming in episode 4

💬 Get involved

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DM Roberto if you’d like to:

• share your thoughts on McCabe, Mead, Foord, Pelova or Manu
• be a future guest
• join him in Club Level for a WSL game this season

Arsenal Women: Trailblazers is a twice‑weekly fan podcast dedicated to Arsenal Women and AWFC. Join host Roberto Revilla every Monday and Friday for news, match previews and reports, tactical talking points and the stories that make Arsenal Women true trailblazers.

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Arsenal Women finished the season four points behind Man City, reached the Champions League semi-finals, and lost Katie McCabe to Chelsea on a free. Roberto Revilla gets into all of it.

This is the first proper episode of Arsenal Women: Trailblazers, and Roberto does not ease you in gently. This is a full-length season debrief covering everything: Renee Slegers’s first complete season in charge, the squad depth problems that injuries brutally exposed, a transfer window that is already producing results and a few open wounds, the tactical picture and where it needs to evolve, standout performers, the moments that defined the campaign - and what a realistic ambition looks like going into next season.

Roberto calls it as he sees it. No spin. No hedging. No corporate podcast clichés. Just an honest account of a season that had real highs, a few painful lows, and a summer that feels absolutely pivotal.

Man City won the WSL with 55 points. Arsenal finished second on 51. Chelsea were third on 49. The gap at the top is small. The window to close it is open. But it will not stay open by itself.

In this episode:

• Season in one breath
• Renee Slegers: her first full season, the Arteta parallel, why patience is earned not assumed
• Squad depth: what the injuries to Reid, Kelly and Williamson actually revealed
• Transfer window: McCabe to Chelsea, Mead to City, and the incoming names to know
• Tactical identity: the high press, the set piece problem, and the counter-transition risk
• Standout players: Russo’s 24 goals, McCabe’s farewell season, Fox, Wubben-Moy and Olivia Smith
• Defining moments: London City, West Ham, and what Lyon showed us
• Looking ahead: the WSL title, the Champions League, and why Arsenal should be the most attractive club in the world for players right now

Takeaways:

•Renee Slegers is the right person for this job. She inherited chaos, won a Champions League, and spent last season learning at pace. The Arteta comparisons are legitimate — back her, give her time, do not panic.

•The squad depth issue is structural, not accidental. Two or three injuries and the options ran out. That has to change this summer. Laia Codina and Victoria Pelova deserved more than they got.

•Losing Katie McCabe and Beth Mead to Chelsea and Man City respectively, both on frees, is a recruitment failure, plain and simple. The club’s contract renewal process was too slow and it cost them two world-class players who went directly to title rivals.

•The incoming business looks promising. Ona Batlle (Spain international, free from Barcelona), Géraldine Reuteler (Swiss Player of the Year 2024, free from Frankfurt) and Selina Cerci (26, Germany international, striker) represent genuine upgrades if confirmed. Georgia Stanway links would address the midfield steel problem directly.

•Alessia Russo scored 24 goals in all competitions, 13 in the WSL. If you only watch the ball, you miss half of what she does. The Champions League goal against Chelsea was one of the finishes of the season anywhere in European football.

•The Lyon semi-final was a reality check, not a disaster. Arsenal were technically excellent and tactically coherent. They were physically outmuscled. That is a solvable problem and the transfer window is the place to solve it.

•The WSL title is the target. Chelsea are rebuilding. Man City have so far added only Beth Mead (aged 31) to a title-winning squad. Arsenal, if they get this window right, should go into next season as favourites.

Subscribe to Trailblazers for twice-weekly episodes — match reaction, transfer news, player profiles and more. New episodes every week throughout the summer and into the season.

Arsenal Women: Trailblazers is a twice‑weekly fan podcast dedicated to Arsenal Women and AWFC. Join host Roberto Revilla every Monday and Friday for news, match previews and reports, tactical talking points and the stories that make Arsenal Women true trailblazers.

Intro/Outro Music thanks to raspberrymusic from Pixabay

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Roberto Revilla has watched Arsenal Women for years. Now he’s talking about them - and he’s not pulling any punches.

Arsenal Women: Trailblazers is a fan-first podcast hosted by Roberto Revilla, a bespoke tailor from London and double WSL season ticket holder who has spent years watching the women’s game grow into something extraordinary. This short intro episode is exactly what it says on the tin: Roberto introducing himself, explaining what this show is, and telling you why he believes the timing matters.

This is not a news outlet. It is not PR-managed. It is not trying to be authoritative in the way a broadcaster might be. It is what happens when someone who has sat in those stands, watched every game they could get to, and has genuine opinions built up over years of following the club finally decides to say them out loud.

Roberto already co-hosts Tailoring Talk Magazine, a podcast about lifestyle and tech - but this is something entirely separate. This is his football passion project, and Arsenal Women have given him plenty of material to work with. He believes, without much hesitation, that Arsenal Women are the biggest club in women’s football in terms of fanbase and global attendance.

In this episode, Roberto sets out what you can expect from Trailblazers: twice-weekly episodes covering match reaction, transfer analysis, player profiles, off-pitch culture and the fan experience. The show is launching deliberately as the summer transfer window opens, so from episode one you are getting immediate, relevant content - not a slow build. No filler.

The tone, Roberto says, is simple: like talking to a knowledgeable mate in the pub who actually watched the game.

What’s covered in this episode:

•Who Roberto is and why he’s qualified to host this show

•Why Arsenal Women, and why now

•The difference between this show and everything else out there

•What Trailblazers will cover and how often it comes out

•His belief that Arsenal Women are the biggest club in world women’s football

•Why a fan-first perspective matters more than ever

•A personal note on what the women’s game means to him

A word on the name: Arsenal Women have been breaking ground and setting standards in English women’s football for decades. Trailblazers felt right. Not as a piece of branding - as a description.

Pull up a seat. This is going to be good.

Subscribe now so you don’t miss Episode 1, dropping very soon - a full season review with transfer window analysis, player grades and honest takes on what needs to change.

Arsenal Women: Trailblazers is a twice‑weekly fan podcast dedicated to Arsenal Women and AWFC. Join host Roberto Revilla every Monday and Friday for news, match previews and reports, tactical talking points and the stories that make Arsenal Women true trailblazers.

Intro/Outro Music thanks to raspberrymusic from Pixabay

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