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Arsenal confirmed team vs Chelsea: Zinchenko handed debut, Gabriel Jesus starts, Saliba recalled

Arsenal Gabriel Jesus Mikel Arteta Chelsea (Geopolitical Entity) Oleksandr Zinchenko Aaron Ramsdale Ben White Gabriel Magalhaes Martin Odegaard Thomas Partey

The Arsenal team to face Chelsea has been confirmed and Oleksandr Zinchenko makes his first appearance for the club.

Just over 10 days ago Mikel Arteta named a 33-man squad for the Gunners' pre-season tour of America and that number increased by one on Friday evening with the £30m signing from Manchester City joining up with his new teammates having initially flown out with Pep Guardiola's side.

And Zinchenko has been thrown straight into the action as he lines up at left-back with there still no sign of Kieran Tierney.

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In total, Arteta has made nine changes to the team which started the 3-1 win over Orlando City earlier in the week as William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Thomas Partey and Martin Odegaard are amongst those recalled whilst Ben White makes only his second start of pre-season.

Arsenal XI vs Chelsea: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Partey, Odegaard, Xhaka; Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Martinelli.

Following the conclusion of today's friendly and pre-season tour of the USA, the Arsenal squad will return to the UK to continue their preparations for the start of the new Premier League campaign and will be back in action next Saturday with an Emirates Cup clash against La Liga outfit Sevilla.

As things stand, that is the final warm-up game pencilled in for the Gunners before the Premier League opener against Crystal Palace on August 5, but football.london understands the club are hoping to arrange a behind-closed-doors friendly in between those matches.

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