Arsenal vs AFC Bournemouth: Arsenal have announced their third fixture of the upcoming summer pre-season tour to the United States. The Gunners will play Premier League rivals AFC Bournemouth at the Dignity Health Sports Park, home of the LA Galaxy in Los Angeles, on July 24 in a kick-off scheduled for 19.30 (local time).
This game will set the tone for the pre-season outings in the country as the North Londoners will face Manchester United and Liverpool in the follow-up to the fixture.
Facing Bournemouth would be a keen tactical preparation for the squad, as Andoni Iraola is equally a tactical strategist, and this challenge could be an early test of everything that Mikel Arteta will be looking to experiment with in the build-up to the next season.
While Arsenal have not signed anyone yet, they are hoping to get done with their arrivals before they board the flight to the United States later this month.
Following is the full schedule of Arsenal’s pre-season fixtures in the United States:
Arsenal vs Bournemouth
Wednesday, July 24
Dignity Health Sports Park, LA
Arsenal vs Manchester United
Saturday, July 27
SoFi Stadium, LA
Arsenal vs Liverpool
Wednesday, July 31
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
The Gunners are looking at featuring in as many as five pre-arranged friendlies in the build-up to next season, as Arsenal will be hosting both Bayer Leverkusen and Lyon in early-to-mid August at the Emirates Stadium in the Emirates Cup upon their return to the US.
Mikel has already started getting his plans for next season in place, as a few of the players have joined the gaffer at Marbella as they work out their strategies and start building some early fitness ahead of the upcoming challenges in the pre-season and beyond.
Arsenal will be looking to improve their league tally for the past couple of seasons and hoping to conclude the upcoming campaign with their first Premier League title in twenty years.
