Possible Clues:

• Maybe marathon runner’s standard habitual reaction: a single short breath
• I gasp following quiet lorry — one involved in trial
• Joiner-in given role here in Paris with quartet starting Christmas show
• Competitor
• Some international clubs yearn to bag one player
• Player in first section, cold one getting to gasp
• One getting involved in something
• Quarter, say, old company factory left out is one to feature?
• One involved captain and trip at sea
• One actively involved