- Arsenal ‘gaining in confidence’ to sign Bruno Guimaraes
- Arsenal ready to spend £60m to sign Michael Olise
- Arsenal have Marcus Thuram as Joshua Zirkzee’s back up plan
- Ferdi Kadioglu has agreed to join Arsenal this summer
- Arsenal eye swoop to sign Amadou Onana this summer
- Arsenal lead race to sign Bologna star Joshua Zirkzee
- Arsenal ready to sell trio to fund Bruno Guimaraes deal
- Arsenal target Xavi Simons can only leave PSG for a hefty fee
- Youssouf Fofana speaks out on future amid Arsenal interest
- Arsenal in battle to sign £55m Marc Guehi this summer
Teams: Arsenal v Man City: Maitland-Niles & Cech Start
Arsenal begin the 2018/19 Premier League campaign by welcoming defending champions Manchester City to the Emirates this afternoon.
Unai Emery’s first line-up sees Petr Cech start in goal with Ainsley Maitland-Niles starting at left-back in the absence of Nacho Monreal and Sead Kolasinac.
Matteo Guendouzi starts in midfield alongside Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka with Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan supporting Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in attack.
These are the line-ups for the game:
Arsenal
Cech, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi, Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Ramsey, Ozil, Aubameyang
Subs: Elneny, Lacazette, Torreira, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Iwobi, Leno
Man City
Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Mendy, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Bernardo, Mahrez, Sterling, Aguero
Subs: Bravo, Kompany, De Bruyne, Sane, Otamendi, Gabriel Jesus, Foden