Report: £20m Arsenal player has just flown into Dubai to join in with first-team training

Thu 8 December 2022 7:45, UK

Arsenal have now spent a few days working i🐷n Dubai ahead of the Premier League restarting.

Mikel Arteta has had the majority of his first-team squad available, alongside a number of exciting young🅺sters.

The World Cup has caused �𝓰�a lot of disruption to clubs’ preparations for domestic football starting up again.

A number of Premier League sides have their full complement of players available, whi💛le others are still missing half of their squads.

Manchester City,ღ for example, still have 11 players competing in Qatar, which will be music to A🐬rsenal fans ears.

Given the intensity of the schedule, most clubs have afforded their players some time off afဣter being eliminated from the World Cup.

However, Arsenalﷺ have🌄 already seen after Switzerland’s defeat to Portugal.

that Takehiro Tomiyasu has also flown to Dubai to join in w♐ith training at Ars🅘enal.

Tomiyasu flying in to join Arsenal training

It’s been a tough week 💮for Tomiyasu after Japan’s elimination from the World Cup.

was incrediಌbly harsh on himself after they lost on penal🦋ties to Croatia.

“Of course, we are so disappointed with the result. My performance was a disaster today so I am sorry for the team,” Tomiyasu said.

“I justܫ need to be much, much better to help the team. It was not enou🌜gh and also for the team, we did not deserve to win.”

The right-back claimed he needed some time away fro꧅m football to get over the defeat.

However, less than three days af🎀ter that loss, Tomiyasu has already 🍬flown back to join his Arsenal teammates.

It’s currently unclear when Ben White will ღreturn to action after leaving E🦩ngland’s World Cup squad.

Tomiyasu could go straight into Mikel Arteta’s first-team 🍌in his absence.

He’ll be hoping to get over the heartbreak of Japan’s d🉐efeat quickly a𓃲nd start focusing on Arsenal’s title challenge.