Arsenal news: The Gunners are expected to travel across the pond to the US in the summer as part of their preparations for the 2023/24 season
Arsenal's plans for pre-season ahead of the 2023/24 season are well underway as the Gunners assemble a plan to potentially defend the Premier League title.
In total, Arsenal played five friendlies in the build up to the start of the season. They flew to Germany to play Bundesliga 2 side FC Nurnberg at the start of July before visiting the United States to defeat Everton, Orlando City and Chelsea in the space of a week.
Despite there being plenty of football to be played this term, preparations for next season are already underway. Here, football.london brings you everything we know on the Gunners' pre-season visit to the States.
Major League Soccer All-Star game
The fixture would see Arteta face up against former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney in the dug-out due to the tradition that sees the coach of the host city coaching the MLS All-Stars. The fixture would be a change from the previous All-Star XIs from the Mexican league, something the MLS commissioner Don Galber believes would be a good change.
“I’m not sure we need that for our All-Star Game (in 2023)," Galber said.. You’ve got Campeones Cup coming up in September in New York City. So we’ll see what next year in Washington, D.C., looks like when D.C. United hosts, but you know, I’m not quite sure.”
Arsenal have been involved in an All-Star game before. Back in 2016, Arsene Wenger's side defeated the MLS best 2-1 thanks to goals from Joel Campbell and Chuba Akpom.
Competitive tournament
In October, it was reported by The Athletic that plans had been set to organise an 'enhanced pre-season tournament' in the United States as part of a roadmap to hold 'competitive matches in strategic markets'.
It's anticipated the event will take place in late July and could see around six Premier League clubs divided into two separate groups, each playing two round-robin style friendlies in various locations on the east and west coasts of America.
The report claims 14 of the current 20 Premier League sides are keen.. It remains unclear whether the Gunners are one of these clubs, but there is optimism that at least one of the so-called 'Big Six' would be willing to participate.
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USA is becoming a lucky charm for Arsenal...we went there last summer, we're on course to win the league, we're going there again...you know what will happen next season 😂 the