This week, several Arsenal first-team players have used the World Cup break to either link up with their national team squads or go on holiday. There were two familiar faces back at London Colney.
Taking to social media, talented youngsters Charlie Patino and Brooke Norton-Cuffy - on loan at Blackpool and Rotherham, respectively this season - both uploaded images onto their Instagram Stories showing they had briefly returned to the club to make use of the training facilities.
Seeing the pair back at Arsenal may have come as a surprise for some supporters, given their loan spells won't be completed until the end of the season, but there is a perfectly good explanation for why they were back at their parent club's training base this week.
