Arsenal have announced their travelling squad for their warm-weather training camp in Dubai, with a host of youngsters in attendance.
Notably, goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo, midfielder James Olayinka and winger Xavier Amaechi have all received their first senior call-ups and could be involved in the friendly against Al Nasr next week.
Amaechi, along with Tyreece John-Jules, was initially named in the England U18 squad, but they were withdrawn at Arsenal’s request.
Other youngsters that have been named include Jordi Osei-Tutu, Dominic Thompson, Ben Sheaf, Charlie Gilmour, Julio Pleguezuelo and Zech Medley.
Regarding first-team players, Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette, Denis Suarez, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Shkodran Mustafi, Carl Jenkinson, Bernd Leno and Petr Cech have all travelled.
Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding and Danny Welbeck, who are all recovering from long-term injuries, have also made the trip.
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