Arsenal have confirmed that they will visit China as part of their pre-season preparations this summer.
The Gunners will play Chelsea at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing on 22 July.
It’s the second time we’ve played in the arena; in 2012, we lost 2-0 to Manchester City at the former Olympic Stadium in a game that ended in near-Monsoon conditions.
The match in Beijing will follow Arsenal’s pre-season games in Australia against Sydney FC (13 July) and Western Sydney Wanderers (15 July).
Should be a great treat for our China Gooners.
For a moment there I got really confused with the heading. The (Not today) part adding to the confusion. Let’s go beat Chelsea twice in a year. #YaGunnersYa
#COYG
#COYR
Hopefully the horrendous traffic conditions convince the players to never go there.
Yeah, cause the pre-season is for making money by dragging your squad around the planet, not for actually preparing your squad for the season…
Enough is enough.
I could see the way the match was going, so I decided to give the drone my son bought me for Christmas it’s first flight. Damn thing just took off and disappeared, never to be found – just like Arsenal’s season. Bugger !
Even managed to comment on the wrong story, I give up
Arsenal’s players clearly thought that they were supposed to be playing in China today. They looked lost and jet-lagged. Someone should have reminded them that they were supposed to play Chelsea in London today.
Perhaps this is a prelude to Sachez’ £70m transfer to some Chinese club.
I get a sinking feeling that Wenger will be back next yesr.