Arsenal’s pre-season plans are taking shape, with three fixtures confirmed and an Emirates Cup game against Athletic Club now in the works.
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Charles Watts reports that Arsenal are planning to host Athletic Club in this summer’s Emirates Cup, the week before the Premier League season gets underway.
Though Watts adds that the full details are still to be confirmed, that would likely mean the game takes place on either August 9th or 10th.
The exact date will depend on the Community Shield, as Arsenal won’t want to organise the Emirates Cup on the same day as that fixture.
A general view of the Emirates stadium during the pre-season friendly football match for the Emirates Cup final between Arsenal and and Lyon, at the Emirates Stadium in London on August 11, 2024. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)
Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images
The Arsenal squad are currently on their holidays, and Arsenal Fixture News reports that they’re officially set to return to pre-season training in the first week of July.
But the same source as well as Simon Collings of The Standard both report that there will be a short warm-weather training camp in Spain before that.
Arsenal did similar in 2024, holding an unofficial camp for a few players before pre-season got underway in earnest.
There’s also an expectation that the Gunners will play a second pre-season friendly at the Emirates, but nothing is confirmed on that front.
2025/26 pre-season schedule
Mikel Arteta and Ethan Nwaneri (Photo via Arsenal.com)
Photo via Arsenal.com
Late June – Warm-weather training camp in Spain
First week of July – Pre-season officially begins
July 23rd – Arsenal vs AC Milan – National Stadium, Singapore
July 25th – Open training session in Singapore
July 27th – Arsenal vs Newcastle United – National Stadium, Singapore
July 31st – Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur – Kai Tak Sports Park, Hong Kong
August 5/6th – Possible Emirates Stadium friendly
August 9th/10th – Arsenal vs Athletic Club – Emirates Stadium
August 17th – Arsenal’s Premier League campaign kicks off
Fixtures/events listed in bold have been officially confirmed by Arsenal
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