Two players missing from Arsenal training as Mikel Arteta prepares for Barcelona
Folarin Balogun trained separately from the rest of the Arsenal squad as the continued their pre-season preparations in L.A.
The American striker was part of the group for their initial warm ups and stretches. However, as the rest of the squad went off to do drills involving the ball, Balogun went back into the dressing room before emerging to do shuttle runs with a fitness coach on his own.
Balogun has been heavily linked with a move away from Arsenal this summer. football.london understands that Inter Milan hold an interest in him, with the Gunners' asking price set at £50million.
He was not involved in the squad as Arsenal lost 2-0 to Manchester United in New Jersey on Saturday. «We have some options up front and we wanted to load some players that’s why some players didn’t have any exposure but they will in the next game,» Mikel Arteta said after the match.
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Alex Zinchenko was also not involved with the group. The Ukrainian is continuing to recover from a calf injury that saw him miss the end of last season. He is yet to feature in any of Arsenal's three pre-season friendlies so far this season.
Zinchenko came out with the rest of the group wearing trainers rather than studded boots. He was not involved in the warm ups as he went off to do running drills with a fitness coach separately.
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