5 things spotted from Arsenal's Dubai training camp as Mikel Arteta gets huge injury boost

Arsenal enjoyed the 2nd grooming league of their Dubai campy arsenic brag Mikel Arteta enactment his broadside done their paces up of a important second-half of the season

Arsenal person enjoyed a palmy 2nd time successful Dubai for their lukewarm upwind grooming camp.

The Gunners flew retired to the Middle East connected Thursday, with Mikel Arteta hoping to usage the interruption to reset his side's season. Arteta's broadside presently beryllium 2nd successful the Premier League, six points adrift of leaders Liverpool.

It means they look a important second-half of the season, with a Champions League past 16 necktie besides up of them. A akin travel to Dubai past twelvemonth helped to alteration the Gunners' season.

And Arteta has been putting his squad done their paces erstwhile again connected Saturday, with plentifulness of shot enactment successful the soaring temperatures. Here, Mirror Football picks retired 5 cardinal talking points from a 2nd time of action.

Ben White boost

Ben White has been ruled retired since November aft undergoing country connected his knee. He past played successful the 1-1 gully with Chelsea, though Jurrien Timber has cemented his spot arsenic the first-choice right-back successful his absence.

Even so, it volition beryllium a invited boost for Arteta that White was a subordinate successful grooming connected Saturday. As good arsenic moving drills, the Englishman could beryllium seen striking the shot successful a wide motion helium is nearing a return.

White was besides progressive successful Arteta's teamtalk to his broadside and was spotted hugging Gunners youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly. It appears the defender volition beryllium backmost disposable erstwhile Arsenal instrumentality to action.

Arteta turns to the kids

While Arteta has been focused connected his elder players, helium has besides fixed academy stars Max Dowman and Jack Porter the accidental to shine. He added the duo, aged 15 and 16 respectively, to the travelling squad pursuing their awesome performances.

Dowman was spotted taking connected Kieran Tierney successful 1 drill, having controlled a precocious shot nether Arteta's adjacent oculus successful another. He past pulled disconnected a superb instrumentality by crossing 1 ft nether the different to bring down different pass.

Porter meantime was enactment done his paces successful goal, making a fig of saves. Though the young keeper was besides bizarrely pictured wearing tracksuit bottoms successful the 27 grade heat.

Almunia returns

It has been 14 years since Manuel Almunia past played for Arsenal, but helium was connected manus to walk connected immoderate proposal to the Gunners' existent harvest of keepers. The Spaniard made much than 150 appearances during a seven-year spell astatine the Emirates Stadium.

He won the FA Cup during his clip arsenic a subordinate and was besides portion of the squad which finished arsenic runners-up successful the 2006 Champions League. He is present a goalkeeping manager for Al Jazira successful Abu Dhabi.

With his erstwhile broadside adjacent by, Almunia paid a sojourn to the Gunners. He was besides pictured successful speech with existent Arsenal fig 1 David Raya.

Jover takes charge

Set-pieces person been a cardinal limb for Arsenal this season, with the Gunners utilising country kicks clip and clip again to people cardinal goals. It has go specified an important portion of their crippled that set-piece manager Nicolas Jover has go somewhat of a celebrity.

Jover has faced disapproval from immoderate quarters for his beingness connected Arsenal's touchline. But helium was successful steadfast power of matters connected Saturday arsenic Arsenal ran done a set-piece drill.

The Gunners were acceptable up with a free-kick, with Jover capable to spot his broadside successful some attacking and antiaircraft positions. Arteta was stood distant from the action, with different subordinate of unit seen dealing with the players.

Zinchenko sends a message

Oleksandr Zinchenko has endured a hard play astatine Arsenal. The accomplishment of Riccardo Calafiori and the emergence of Myles Lewis-Skelly has seen the Ukranian plummet down the pecking order.

He has made conscionable 4 starts successful each competitions and was heavy linked with making an exit successful the January transportation window. But helium sent a wide reminder to brag Arteta of what helium tin bash connected Saturday.

Zinchenko was pictured being congratulated by his team-mates for his performances successful the session. It appears helium is doing his champion to enactment his mode backmost into Arteta's plans.

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