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Zinchenko role, Vieira progress, forgotten star: Things spotted in Arsenal training pre-Chelsea

Arsenal will be looking to continue their fine form in pre-season as the Gunners take on Chelsea in the early hours of Sunday in Orlando.

Last time out, Mikel Arteta's men came out 3-1 winners over Orlando City, with Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson all managing to net for the north Londoners. This victory came on the back of an encouraging performance against Everton where Arsenal ran out 2-0 winners.

New signing Gabriel Jesus has delivered a strong impact since arriving, scoring two against Nurnberg and one against the Toffees. He will be hoping to impress against Chelsea whilst Oleksandr Zinchenko could also make his first non-competitive debut.

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Ahead of the game, the latest training session pictures were released and football.london takes a look at three things spotted.

Fabio Vieira progress

New signing Vieira was pictured in training which will certainly be very positive news to the Arsenal fanbase. Acquired for a fee that will reach £34 million in total, the Portuguese U21 international hasn't yet featured in any of the Gunners' pre-season games so far as he has been nursing a foot injury.

Although Vieira isnt fully fit, perhaps there may be a chance that he does get some minutes against Thomas Tuchel's side on Sunday.

Zinchenko role

New signing Zinchenko was already seen getting stuck in during training and was pictured sharing a laugh with Jesus.

Whilst the Ukraine international offers a significant amount of versatility, it will be interesting to see the primary role he is given in north London. Going by Arteta's latest comments, however, it does seem likely that he will compete with Kieran Tierney for the starting left-back spot.

Arsenal's forgotten man

One of the baffling choices made by Arteta was deciding to bring five goalkeepers to the USA tour and someone who most likely won't be featuring at all in the new season is Runar Alex Runarsson.

Most likely forgotten by many although he was pictured in training ahead of Arsenal's last fixture in the States.

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