In anticipation of their friendly encounter against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, Mikel Arteta’s first team has stepped up their preparations.

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We’re playing our penultimate preseason game at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. The Sobha Realty Training Centre has provided us with attentive training.

 

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The gallery below, taken by club photographer Stuart MacFarlane, shows how new signing Riccardo Calafiori interacts with the rest of the team during training. Calafiori is currently fully committed.

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