Declan Rice and Fabio Vieira didn’t join Arsenal’s pre-season training camp in Spain, whilst David Raya joined up late, but there are no concerns over the trio.
Arsenal are returning from Spain this week following a warm-weather training camp in the country, planning to spend some time back at London Colney over the next few days before jetting off to Singapore.
Yet not everyone was involved in the training camp in Spain, with Declan Rice and Fabio Vieira not taking part and David Raya joining the camp late.
Tom Canton reports for Football.London that Rice is following an individual training plan at the moment, and his absence from the trip is understood not to be a concern.
As for Raya’s late arrival, the goalkeeper reportedly had a somewhat extended summer break. With his wedding and honeymoon taking place this month, that makes sense. But he was seen in training in Spain with the team over the weekend, so his holiday seems to be over now.
Vieira’s absence is much simpler to explain, with the midfielder spending time at the Club World Cup with loan team FC Porto earlier this summer.
The 25-year-old’s final game in the competition was on June 24th, so the mandatory three-week summer holiday footballers get would see him off until July 15th at the earliest.
Vieira should be available for the pre-season tour of Asia, and Canton writes that he’s expected to be part of training until his long-term future is resolved.