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Riccardo Calafiori delivers Leandro Trossard verdict as Arsenal stars set to face off in Italy v Belgium clash
Arsenal fans will have to wait until the end of next week before their team is back in competitive action.
The October int💧ernational break has brought top-flight football to a halt, with ple🔯nty of Gunners players linking up with their respective national sides.
Arsenal fans will potentially 🌃be able to see two of their players facing off against one another as early as Thursday.
Gunners summer signing Riccardo Calafiori has linked up with Italy for ౠtheir games against Belgium and Israel over the coming days.
Meanwhile, Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard could line up against Calafiori’s Azzurri on Thursday, with Belgi𒅌um then taking on France next week.
Calafiori has now delivered his verdict on Trossard when asked what he thought about potentially going up against his clubಞ teammate.
Riccardo Calafiori says Arsenal teammate Leandro Trossard is a ‘great friend’
Calafio💟ri jokingly told reporters at a p✃re-match press conference, as per : “I told him to be careful!”
He continued: “Jokes aside, he’s a veꦑry strong player and also a great friend, but I’ll try to bring home the three points.”
Calafiori acknowledged t𓄧he challenge Belgium will present, saying: “It will be a complicated game.
“They ꧋have strong players, just as we do. I always like to think more about us; if we do what we know how to♑ do, we can put anyone in difficulty.”
The Arsenal defender concluded by highlighting It🤪aly’s recent performances, saying: “We’ve done very well in the last two games, and we can’t stop now.”
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How have Calafiori and Trossard fared this season?
Calafiori has been solid since his summer move from Bologna, making eiღght Arsenal appearances, of which five have beeꦕn starts.
The £42millionꦡ man has scored once in red and white, in the 2-2 draw with Premier League title🧔 rivals Manchester City.
Meanwhile, 🦄Trossard has made nine appearances for Arsenal, of which five have been starts, and he has two goals and one assist to his name.
The £21millioꦓn man scored against Aston Villa and Leicester City, an🦹d grabbed an assist against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.