As the World Cup comes around it's time for the Premier League to take a pause. After nine matches in the month of October alone, it has been a pretty hectic start to the season for Arsenal and they will be enjoying a much deserved rest.
Mikel Arteta and his players who aren't travelling to Qatar are going to be given 10 days off before they begin preparations for the resumption of football again with a friendly at London Colney against Watford. They will then fly out to Dubai for some warm weather training and fixtures against Lyon and AC Milan before returning to north London to host a Spanish side that could be Barcelona.
Far from just sitting back and relaxing, though, Arteta will be hoping to use the following six weeks before his side's next Premier League match against West Ham on Boxing Day productively. Here football.london takes a look at what he could be getting up to.
