Arsenal will journey to Dubai after Sunday’s Premier League conflict with backside membership Burnley as Mikel Arteta goals to have the ‘absolute best’ break to get a completely match squad.
The Gunners are within the combine for a top-four end this season however have suffered a dip in type with a lot of key gamers unavailable.
A mix of accidents, optimistic coronavirus circumstances, suspension and the Africa Cup of Nations has left Arteta with depleted ranks – resulting in final weekend’s north London derby at Tottenham being postponed.
Arsenal are heading for Dubai in the course of the Premier League’s winter break subsequent week
Mikel Arteta desires to return to top-flight motion with a completely recovered squad at his disposal
Burnley have additionally struggled with numbers of late and the Clarets haven’t performed a league sport since January 2.
Arsenal have but to win in 2022, shedding within the final seconds to runaway Premier League leaders Manchester Metropolis on New 12 months’s Day earlier than a defeat at Nottingham Forest within the FA Cup third spherical.
That was adopted with a goalless draw at Liverpool within the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, with the Reds successful the second leg 2-0 on Thursday evening.
Requested how a lot Arsenal wanted a break, Arteta replied: ‘It’s why we wish to play on Sunday as a result of we wish to take away the frustration of Thursday and the easiest way to do this is to play and carry out and win.
The Gunners have but to win a sport in 2022 and needed to delay their fixture in opposition to Spurs
‘It’s all the time an enormous problem to play in opposition to Burnley and the expertise we now have with that workforce, it’s all the time that they do very well what they do.
‘They trigger plenty of difficulties within the match and we’re going to must be actually able to compete and play the sport we wish to in opposition to them.
‘After that we now have the break, we all know that and we use it in the absolute best strategy to get again the quantity of gamers we have to compete at this degree.’
A part of that break will probably be spent within the Center East with a warm-weather coaching camp in Dubai deliberate.
Arsenal don’t return to motion till a visit to Wolves on February 10 however a behind-closed-doors pleasant can be scheduled upon their return.
