Arsenal are set to travel the most out of any other Premier League club during pre-season.

On Tuesday, I spoke about pre-season and the fact that although a few matches to prepare are essential, having so many and traveling so far must be detrimental to our fitness…particularly towards the end of the season.

Now, the Daily Star have calculated that Arsenal are actually set to travel 23,143 miles this pre-season. More than any other Premier League team. Wow.

It’s over double what Manchester United are traveling (11,442) and almost twice what Leicester are traveling (12,415). Coincidentally, the closest team in terms of distance traveled is Spurs (22,468).

I realise that we’re not exactly walking this distance but time difference, and traveling itself, can be mentally and physically exhausting.

Arsenal firstly travel to France, where we face Lens on Friday, we then go to the USA before heading to Norway and then Sweden. All in the space of a few weeks before kicking off the new season at home v Liverpool.

Hmmm.