Arsenal right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu has backtracked on his claim that he needs time away from football after Japan's heartbreaking elimination from the World Cup and will instead immediately join his Gunners team-mates out in Dubai.
Those Arsenal stars who did not represent their nation out in Qatar have travelled to the Middle East for some warm weather training before the Premier League resumes on Boxing Day when West Ham visit the Emirates. Tomiyasu was distraught following Japan's penalty shootout defeat by Croatia at the round of 16 stage.
The defender's only start in Qatar came in their knockout clash with the Croatians, though Tomiyasu was not one of the four Japanese stars to take a penalty during the 3-1 shootout defeat.
