Pre-season

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.

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

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 and Manchester City could face each other in a pre-season friendly in Dublin according to rumours in Monday’s Irish media.

Arsenal look set to play Barcelona on August 4 in their final pre-season game of the summer.

Arsenal will play Bayern Munich at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California on July 17.

Arsenal’s final pre-season game against Manchester City all became a little pointless when Gabriel was crippled in the final moments of the game.

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.

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.

Despite only signing for us weeks ago, Granit Xhaka has slotted into the Arsenal team as if he was always meant to be there.

Can you believe it's already time for preseason?

In addition to travelling to the States this summer, Arsenal will be heading Scandinavia to play games in both Norway and Sweden.

Arsenal's first pre-season game is a friendly against Sydney FC at 11am and we're taking a look at how the team might line up.

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.

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

Another pre-season win for Arsenal against Viking FK saw moments of brilliance from a few Gunners.

Arsenal scored a late winner to defeat Bayern Munich in their second first-team pre-season friendly and opening match of the International Champions Cup.

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.

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

The Arsenal pre-season show hits London this weekend as the Emirates Cup returns and the Gunners face Lyon, but who is injured and unlikely to play?

Mohamed Elneny impressed everyone on Saturday with his display against Western Sydney Wanderers.

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

Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Emi Martinez, Francis Coquelin and Nacho Monreal all attended an Arsenal fan party in China.

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

Mikel Arteta shares insights into Arsenal's pre-season preparation and new signings. Reveals how the squad adapts to the demanding football calendar.

It might only be pre-season but it's never pleasant to lose, is it?

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.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that he was left bewildered and amazed by the vast crowds that turned up to watch Arsenal play during their time in Sydney.

Since we love a Friday announcement, Arsenal chose today to confirm the signing of Rob Holding. Oh yeah, and we played RC Lens.

Arsenal beat Bayern on penalties, after a late header from Alex Iwobi ensured the two sides were level after normal time.

This week, Matthew and Anita ponder the conclusions that can be taken from Arsenal's pre-season, rank transfer priorities and remember a time when we had more than one creative player on the pitch.

Arsenal have named the 25 players travelling to Australia to start their two-week pre-season tour of Sydney, Shanghai and Beijing.

Arsenal look set to play part of their 2017/18 pre-season in Australia. There had been rumours that the Gunners would travel down under before this...

Nacho Monreal is excited to visit Australia for Arsenal's pre-season tour in July.

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

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

Join Stephen Bradley as he discusses the addition of Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht to Arsenal's squad for next season and how he brings just what Arsenal have been missing for years.

Arsenal have announced another pre-season friendly with an Arsenal XI set to take on St Albans City FC after the game was initially cancelled.

Arsene Wenger and his 25-man Arsenal squad are officially on their pre-season tour after jetting off to Australia on Sunday evening.

Arsenal beat Chivas 3-1 in the early hours of Monday morning, but like most of you, we missed it because we were asleep.