Pre-season

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.

Arsenal won again at Wembley to take home the Community Shield, becoming the first team to win the new ABBA penalties.

The expectation is that Folarin Balogun will compete for a place in the Arsenal first-team next season after being assessed in pre-season.

Get the latest updates on Declan Rice and Oleksandr Zinchenko's injuries and how their absence could impact Arsenal's upcoming matches.

The Ox took the game by the horns and came away with Man of the Match.

Arsenal have traveled to France for the first match of their pre-season to play against Ligue 2 club RC Lens.

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

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.

Arsene Wenger insists that Arsenal's pre-season clash against Chelsea on Saturday is far more than just a friendly.

by Helen Trantum Football is back! Arsenal beat a select Singapore XI 4-0 on Wednesday afternoon in the Barclays Asia Trophy, with Chuba Akpom notching a hattrick...

Despite a bit of a defensively dodgy first half, Arsenal managed to romp to a comfortable win over Benfica in the Emirates Cup.

Arsenal will now face Fiorentina instead of Roma in the International Champions Cup in Charlotte after the Italians pulled out.

Arsene Wenger held his first press conference of the season on Friday morning and gave updates on who’s in and who’s out in the Arsenal injury hokey-kokey.

When Arsenal travel to the States in pre-season they will play an MLS All Star team that will *not* feature either Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard.

Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson was named Man of the Match for his performance in Thursday’s 2-0 pre-season friendly win over Sydney FC, in front of over 80,000 at the ANZ Stadium.

Leandro Trossard impresses in Arsenal's pre-season tour in the US, scoring twice in the final game against Barcelona and expressing excitement for the season ahead.

Arsenal overcame a relatively poor first-half performance to win comfortably against Fiorentina on Saturday night.

Thomas Tuchel was an angry man after Arsenal thrashed his side 4-0 on Sunday morning, moaning "We got absolutely beaten by a team that does not play Champions League football this season."

Arsenal have kicked off their pre-season tour with a visit to Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Arsenal will return for pre-season training surprisingly early according to the latest schedule with the Community Shield not long after.

Theo Walcott has said that winning the Emirates Cup could help Arsenal get off to a quick start this season.

Arsenal defeated Sydney FC 2-0 on Thursday, thanks to goals from Per Mertesacker and Alexandre Lacazette.

Thanks to Arsenal's pre-season matches in Sydney, ANZ Stadium's annual aggregate has risen to $1.14m.

Arsenal’s u23s crashed to a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.

by Lewis Ambrose Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger had no time to rest when the team touched down in Singapore on Monday. A journey of about 6500...

Plenty of youngsters were given some minutes during our 1-1 pre-season draw against Ligue 2 side Lens on Friday evening, so how did they do?

Alexandre Lacazette will start on the bench as the youngsters get a game against Sydney FC.

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.

The colours of Arsenal's three kits for 2024/25 have already leaked on social media, well ahead of the release date for the new shirts.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain grabbed his second goal of pre-season with a splendid solo effort against Chivas Guadalajara in the early hours of Sunday morning but everything may not be OK with his knee.

No one could have predicted that we would see Arsene Wenger holding a massive silver sword, gifted to him by the manager of a Norwegian team called Viking FK, and thrusting it in the air proudly. Yet here we are.

Alexandre Lacazette made a very promising Arsenal debut in Thursday's pre-season friendly against Sydney FC.

Arsenal face Manchester City in the final clash of their pre-season tour before the Premier League kicks off against Liverpool on August 14th.

Arsenal have released tickets for their pre-season match against Barcelona as part of the Soccer Champions Tour series.

Albert Sambi Lokonga continued to impress in pre-season, coming on against Chelsea on Sunday in a game Andre Marriner made sure the Gunners lost, and afterwards, he spoke to Arsenal media.

With a new management team in place, we were expecting a few things to be different this summer, but just what, exactly, is going on with Petr Cech?

Arsenal played out a 2-2 draw with Rangers to end their mini-tour of Scotland.

Jack Wilshere’s ‘one-week’ injury will keep him out for the season opener against Liverpool, two weeks on from being ruled out for a week but he's still looking forward to the new season.

Arsenal are set to play a friendly against Napoli this summer, with the Emirates Cup also set to make a return, according to reports.

Ahead of today’s friendly between Bayern Munich and Arsenal at the Shanghai Stadium, both managers have been holding talks.