The Arsenal team has been working diligently at London Colney since returning from their preseason tour of the United States in preparation for their Emirates Cup match against Monaco on Wednesday.

You can view all of them in action in the gym and on the practice fields in our gallery prior to the matchup with the Ligue 1 team.

Mikel Arteta has been fine-tuning his players in an effort to get the season off to the best possible start with the Community Shield on Sunday and the Premier League’s big kick-off the following weekend. However, as you can see from our photos, the hard work is mixed with plenty of smiles as everyone looks forward to getting back into competitive action again.

You can see everything from today’s session below:

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