{"id":207448,"date":"2024-08-08T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/mikel-arteta-reveals-arsenal-debut-plan-for-riccardo-calafiori\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:58:20","slug":"mikel-arteta-reveals-arsenal-debut-plan-for-riccardo-calafiori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/mikel-arteta-reveals-arsenal-debut-plan-for-riccardo-calafiori\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta reveals Arsenal debut plan for Riccardo Calafiori \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mikel Arteta says he hopes new Arsenal signing Riccardo Calafiori will be able to make his first appearance for the club this weekend after missing the victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners powered past the German champions thanks to goals from Oleksandr Zinchenko, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Kavertz, with Adam Hlozek netting a consolation in\u00a0the 4-1 home win.<\/p>\n<p>England stars\u00a0Bukayo Saka\u00a0and\u00a0Declan Rice\u00a0made appearances from the bench but there was no place in the matchday squad for Italy international Calafiori or fellow defender Jurrien Timber.<\/p>\n<p>The summer signing didn\u2019t get any minutes on Wednesday evening, but Arteta has revealed he could be in contention to make his unofficial debut in Sunday\u2019s friendly against Lyon, Arsenal\u2019s last pre-season outing before the start of the\u00a0Premier League\u00a0campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters after the win: \u201cWith regards to Riccardo, so much has happened to him in one week. He has come into a new environment, a completely different methodology, different training and we are managing him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to do it slowly, to get him in the best possible way. Hopefully on Sunday he will be available to play some minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/01j4rtk36rjfbr39m5ts.jpg\" alt=\"Mikel Arteta\" title=\"Mikel Arteta\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Arteta\u2019s side beat Leverkusen on Wednesday \/ Marc Atkins\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Arsenal\u2018s international stars have missed the majority of pre-season but Arteta was confident the club have given players like Saka and Rice enough time off for them to be fresh for the start of the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard added: \u201cThe season starts in nine or ten days so they have to be ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the demands they have right now. We really look after them when they are with us, when we have the ability to give them days off we do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave them days off before the start of the Euros and we have given them the rest that they needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best thing to do is to look in their faces and there is that spark in their eyes, to come back and say: \u2018I don\u2019t want to miss it because I know how hard it is going to be.\u2019 That is the best sign, that the players want it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta says he hopes new Arsenal signing Riccardo Calafiori will be able to make his first appearance for the club this weekend after missing the victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. 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