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Tom Canton

Arsenal’s earliest World Cup returners could see Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka play Barcelona

Arsenal have waved goodbye to their World Cup participants as the ten call-ups leave for their national sides. Mikel Arteta will be over the moon with the contribution of his entire squad which has seen the Gunners rise to the top of the Premier League table with a five-point gap to Manchester City in second.

However, the work doesn’t stop with a large portion of the squad remaining at London Colney. Arsenal are expected to play a behind-closed-door friendly the week commencing November 28 against Watford, according to The Athletic.

Games against both Lyon and AC Milan are expected to follow abroad, football.london understands. Finally, on December 17 Arsenal could play a friendly at the Emirates Stadium with reports suggesting Barcelona are in talks to be their opponent.

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