Arsenal are set to hand returns to Thomas Partey and Ben White for their second mid-season friendly against AC Milan following their respective World Cup exploits with Ghana and England in Qatar.
White left the England camp on November 30, due to personal reasons after being absent from the squad for their final group stage clash against Wales. The former Brighton defender then joined back up with the Gunners on Sunday and will be involved against Milan in the Dubai Super Cup on Tuesday.
After exiting the World Cup in the group stages with Ghana, Partey was given time off before re-joining full Arsenal training and he is also set to join White as part of Arsenal's team to take on Milan.
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Meanwhile, Matt Turner and Granit Xhaka who both advanced to the last-16 stage of the World Cup, while in Dubai with the squad, are not set to be involved.
Turner featured in all four of the USA's games in Qatar before they were eliminated by the Netherlands, while Xhaka captained Switzerland out of the group stages before they were dumped out of the competition following a 6-1 defeat to Portugal.
The Gunners beat Lyon in their first match since the win over Wolves before the start of the World Cup in mid-November. Gabriel Magalhaes, Eddie Nketiah and Fabio Vieira all found the back of the net in the Dubai Super Cup win, with key first-team squad members such as Martin Odegaard and Kieran Tierney involved.
Conspicuous by his absence though was Oleksandr Zinchenko who, despite being pictured in training photos, was not named in the squad. However, Arsenal are confident that the Ukrainian should be fit in time for their return to Premier League football against West Ham on Boxing Day, football.london understands.
Zinchenko has also commented on his injury where he hints that a return is near: “I have a little muscle tightness but I’m nearly there so I don’t worry about this".
Full Arsenal starting XI vs AC Milan: Hein; White, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney; Partey, Lokonga, Odegaard; Vieira, Nelson, Nketiah.
Subs: Graczyk, Foran, Cedric, Sousa, Walters, Elneny, Cirjan, Smith, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri, Cozier-Duberry, Sagoe Jr, Marquinhos, Butler-Oyedeji.
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