On Wednesday, the Arsenal squad took part in their official photocall.

The annual photocall saw the 2017/18 squad meet up to have their picture taken ahead of the coming season.

Mesut Ozil, Danny Welbeck, Granit Xhaka and David Ospina were on all hand for the obligatory ‘behind the scenes’ messing around shots. Just in case anyone was in danger of taking Arsenal Football Club too seriously.

All images via Arsenal.com.

Ospina being in the 2017/18 photocall is a little disconcerting considering we were sure we’d gotten rid of him when he revealed that he’d asked to leave at the end of last season. However, it seems that either Arsenal were asking too much or his wages were too high because the one club who truly seemed interested in signing him, Fenerbahce, dropped out.

Now, we’re stuck with Ospina wanting to ‘fight for his place’ and a 35-year-old Petr Cech while Wojciech Szczesny warms the bench at Juventus. Great news.

It’s good to see Ozil getting involved in messing around behind the scenes, since most people seem pretty certain that he’s staying, it’s reassuring to know that he’s happy. Or is at least good at pretending to be.

Arsenal face Chelsea on Sunday in the Community Shield before the new 2017/18 season kicks off with a home clash against Leicester on 11 August.