On Thursday morning Arsenal discovered their opponents for the opening day of the new Premier League season.
The Gunners will welcome Nottingham Forest to the Emirates Stadium on August 12, six days after a Community Shield meeting with Manchester City at Wembley and preparations for both games are due to get underway at the beginning of next month when the senior stars report to London Colney.
As revealed by football.london earlier in the week, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has already been handed a quadruple fitness boost with Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Martinelli, Mohamed Elneny and Takehiro Tomiyasu all set to be involved in the club's pre-season program.
