Chelsea will play against Arsenal in the International Champions Cup. Both the teams will be desperate to get a win in this match. It might be a pre-season tournament; but the Gunners have full squad in their hand to play. Chelsea will miss most of their players as most of them have still not returned from the International Break. The most awaited London Derby will finally take place at Dublin.
Both the clubs are going through a bit of changes in their squad. The clubs have changed their manager in this season. The Gunners have appointed Unai Emery as their new manager. After the appointment of Unai Emery as their new manager, the club management of Arsenal have signed many new top players in this summer transfer window of 2018-19 season.
The Gunners have signed Lucas Torreira, Bernd Leno and Sokratis Papastathopoulos in this summer transfer window which will overall improve their squad depth in the next season. On the other hand, there is a change in the club management of Chelsea. Antonio Conte was sacked from the managerial position of Chelsea in this season as the Blues were not able to finish in the top four positions in the Premier League in the previous season. That’s why Antonio Conte has to leave Stamford Bridge after winning Premier League and FA Cup in back to back two seasons.
The Blues have signed Jorginho from Napoli in this summer transfer window and this is their only major signing in this summer. The club management of the Blues have also appointed Maurizio Sarri as their new manager. The Blues are going to build a new squad in the next season under the management of the new manager Maurizio Sarri. Maurizio Sarri is going to play a new brand of football in the next season. In his plan, Jorginho is going to be a key part of the plan of Maurizio Sarri.
Team News :
Arsenal :
Arsenal will have the full squad in their hand to play in this match. The Gunners will have their all star players to play in this match. Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Aaron Ramsey, Petr Cech, Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papastathopoulos all will be present in the match day squad of the Gunners in this match. The Gunners have drawn the first match of International Champions Cup few days ago with a scoreline of 1-1. The match was ended with Atletico Madrid in the winning side in the penalties.
Chelsea :
The Blues will not have the full squad in his hand as the Belgian trio Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois and Michy Batshuayi have not returned still from the vacation. Probably they will not be available in the Community Shield match against Manchester City too. N’Golo Kante is also not present here as he has won the World Cup recently for the French National side few days ago. This will be a test for Alvaro Morata to prove his quality as the star players are absent in this match. If he can do so, then great, else he will be sold in the current transfer window.
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