Dave Hanratty

Hey there, we are Indosport with me, Joe Malloy.

We cover sport and we have things like this.

If you ask Arsenal's defenders, Gabriel and Saliba, to play in that PSG team or that Bayern team, they would be exposed as much as those centre-backs were last night.

Because effectively, the attackers were on top.

Then you ask the question, how many defenders were actually on the pitch last night?

Because none of the full-backs have no interest in defending.

They're like wingers.

And I've seen Saliba and Gabriel in an open game in that League Cup semi-final doubleheader against Newcastle last season get torn apart by Izak.

I won't have anyone convince me that they can defend in that space.

This is an Irish Independent Podcast.

You didn't think it was all over, did you?

Donald Trump may have declared otherwise, but his proclamations of peace and quiet in the Middle East quickly amounted to a paper-thin promise.

Taking to his trusty Truth Social platform, the U.S.

president declared the Strait of Hormuz completely open and ready for business.

Alas, it appears he very much jumped the gun.

We do want to begin this morning with that overnight breaking news in Iran.

The country announcing its strict blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is back in place just one day after reopening it.

The waterway is once more the epicenter of chaos and conflict, with new peace talks hanging in the balance and the seizure of a container ship that Iran has described as an act of piracy.

Meanwhile, the spotlight is intensifying on the man leading Trump's combat operations, the highly contentious Secretary of War, Pete Hegzeth.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother.