Spain international, Martin Zubimendi will be making his debut for Arsenal in a Pre-season friendly against Serie A giants AC Milan this afternoon, Softfootball reports.
The 26-year-old will be making his first appearance in front of Gunners fans since moving to the Emirates for a stellar £60m fee from Real Sociedad this summer.
The pre-season match which will be played in Singapore game will see both sides feature new signings and AC Milan will have their new manager, Massimiliano Allegri on the sidelines.
Speaking to BBC Sports ahead of the match, Arsenal’s new signing Zubimendi expressed his excitement ahead of his Gunners debut.
Zubimendi said:
“I think I’m going to try to do things I didn’t do before. Playing in that position, I’ll try to bring balance and provide that passing outlet that I’m known for.
“Beyond that, I’m sure he’ll ask me to do new things.”
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta is confident in his new signing and confirms the position he will be playing for the North London side in the new season.
Arteta explained:
“Six. Really excited. And again as I said before when you have him every single day, just around the building, just in training sessions, how he captures the information, how he processes things on the pitch, it’s very impressive.
“I’m very, very happy to have him.”
English fans would remember Zubimendi because he played for Spain in the final of the Euro Championship in 2014 when they beat England.
Meanwhile, AC Milan Coach Allegri is set to use his latest hybrid system in the Arsenal game, with formation expected to be a 3-5-2 and new signing Samuele Ricci starting in central midfield, Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao up front.
Watch Arsenal in training ahead of the pre-season match:
Ready to go for our first pre-season test 💪 pic.twitter.com/EkutJMNOG3
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Arsenal vs AC Milan (probable line-ups)
Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Saliba, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli.
AC Milan (3-5-2): Maignan; Tomori, Thiaw, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Loftus-Cheek, Ricci, Musah; Bartesaghi; Leao, Pulisic.
Predictions
This will be AC Milan ‘s first pre-season game while Arsenal have started training for a while and more stable in terms of team selection and same manager. The Gunners are favorite to win.
Arsenal 2-1 AC Milan.
