As an image makeover, I suppose it was instant.

I swear we saw a vision of Zohran Mamdani watching Sky Sports News transfer deadline day coverage, top on, texting the group chat about late medicals and beating his chest, still, about Thierry Henry to Barcelona.

Yes, New York's new mayor is an Arsenal supporter. He told me as much when I introduced myself from Sky News.

He said in his youth he'd been a viewer of Sky's transfer deadline day, when fans watch live coverage of their club's transfer activity.

In a "morning after" news conference, it was pleasant chat - evidence of the everyman anti-politician who'd sold personality with the politics. If it's a game they all play, some do it better than others.

Image: Mamdani, an Arsenal fan, has plenty of reasons to smile right no

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