Arsenal want to play three friendlies during the 2022 World Cup in December.
During the six-week break in the Gunners’ schedule, the club are setting out plans to keep the players who are not going to Qatar fresh.
The trio of matches will ideally be against foreign opposition and there is the prospect of one friendly being held at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal are mulling over the option with a game possibly being staged in north London on December 17, the day before the World Cup final.
Nothing has been finalised yet, though, and Arsenal may elect to instead play all three friendlies over in Dubai, where they will be training.
Standard Sport revealed plans to fly to the Middle East during the tournament for warm weather workouts under Mikel Arteta.
Martin Odegaard, Kieran Tierney and Oleksandr Zinchenko are among the first-teamers guaranteed to not be heading to the World Cup while Ben White and Gabriel Jesus lead a list of players who may not be called up by their countries.
Arsenal’s final game before the break sees them travel to Wolves on November 12.
They return to action at home to West Ham on Boxing Day before clashes with Brighton and Newcastle.
