Pre-season

Arsenal overcame Colorado Rapids 3-0 in their opening senior pre-season friendly, with an extremely youthful team producing the goods.

Friday was a comparatively jam-packed day with deals happening left, right and centre, as well as the usual gossip-guff.

Arsene Wenger admitted he is still ‘cautious’ about Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain’s return from another serious knee injury after their 1-1 draw with Lens while Arsenal fans are wondering what has happened to Gabriel.

Arsenal have invited Peruvian defender Arón Sánchez to take part in a full pre-season with the club, according to reports in Peru and England.

Before we get to covering how this match played out, a number of qualifiers have to be pointed out in order to put everyone's performance into perspective.

As Stephen Bradley already wrote this morning, we shouldn't read too much into what was partly an exhibition game for the MLS and partly an exercise in developing match fitness for Arsenal.

Unai Emery has tweeted as Arsenal head off to Singapore for their pre-season games against Atletico Madrid and PSG in the International Champions Cup.

Arsenal are planning to tour Scotland and Ireland in late August to early September as part of their pre-season plans for the next campaign.

Antonio Conte has admitted that his Chelsea side are 'tired' ahead of their Community Shield clash with Arsenal.

Arsenal and PSG will be sharing the same hotel when the two sides travel to the States for their pre-season tour.

With Arsenal's first-team pre-season now close to its conclusion, the academy have also been running through a schedule of fixtures.

Arsene Wenger addressed the press after Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Syndey FC and was full of praise for his younger players after a fine showing at the ANZ Stadium.

Arsenal play their second friendly of pre-season against Western Sydney Wanders on Saturday.

Laurent Koscielny has given a positive injury update ahead of Arsenal's pre-season clash against Chelsea at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Bejing.

The Arsenal squad have been joined by Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey ahead of our pre-season Viking match.

Arsenal are heading back to the United States this summer, so let's take a look at some of the things to watch out for on the tour.

Mesut Ozil has potentially given a clear indication of where his future lies as he prepares for pre-season with Arsenal.

Arsenal played another behind-closed-doors friendly today, as they continue their pre-season preparations with a match against Premier League Watford.

Arsène Wenger has talked about how the focus will change in the next couple of pre-season friendlies when Arsenal play against Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

Arsenal are reportedly in talks over a five-game USA tour for the summer of 2019 that would see them play in New York and Chicago.

Arsenal could be set for a fixture switch up in pre-season, with rumours that Lazio could replace Sevilla as their final pre-season opponents.

Hibs will apply to have up to 5,000 supporters at Easter Road for the visit of Arsenal for their pre-season friendly in July.

Another pre-season match down and another win under Arsenal's belt.

Arsenal have landed in China and wasted no time getting stuck in to a bunch of weird pre-season duties.

Mikel Arteta was naturally delighted that his side put four past Chelsea at the Camping World Stadium in the early hours of Sunday morning but he also cautioned fans not to get too carried away just yet.

Arsenal's u23s lost 4-0 to Boreham Wood on Friday night after a poor performance that lacked cohesion.

Arsenal won't take part in the International Champions Cup again this year, as the competition is off due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Second division team 1. FC Nürnberg will host a pre-season friendly against  Arsenal, on July 13th in a match their Sporting Director has called "an absolute endurance test".

Monday saw the Gunners jet off to the USA, as well as more developments in a few transfer stories.

Arsenal's pre-season tour is fast approaching, and with the first stop on that tour being Sydney, today we're looking at the links between Arsenal and Sydney FC you may not know about.

Arsenal continued their winning pre-season with a 2-0 victory over Everton in Baltimore on Saturday night and Mikel Arteta is impressed with what he has seen so far.

Despite appearing to have a quieter match compared to his debut on Thursday, Alexandre Lacazette simply displayed another strength against Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday.

Saturday the 14th of July saw the start of Unai Emery's reign at Arsenal with an 8-0 friendly victory away at Boreham Wood.

As is the tradition when a new player is added to the Arsenal first-team squad, the newbies who are on tour in Singapore had to stand on chairs and sing their hearts out.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain expressed his surprise at the magnitude of Arsenal's clash against the MLS All-Stars after the Gunners won 2-1.

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal's manager, suggests that the club's new acquisition, Kai Havertz, could be utilised in a variety of positions in the upcoming season.

by Nia Griffiths The Arsenal squad have now returned from their pre-season in Singapore where we won our first piece of silverware for the 2015/16...

Olivier Giroud has revealed his excitement ahead of next week's pre-season tour in Sydney, citing his fond memories of matches against Australia at international level and the chance to meet Arsenal fans as the reason he 'can't wait'.

Arsène Wenger revealed the Arsenal players suffered with food poisoning in Wednesday's penalty shootout win with Bayern Munich.

Arsenal drew their opening pre-season friendly against Watford on Saturday, with the game taking place behind closed doors at London Colney.