ARSENAL have made a significant change to the Emirates Stadium just DAYS before the start of the new Premier League season.
The Gunners kick off their Prem campaign on Sunday afternoon with a trip to Old Trafford to take on the big-spending Manchester United.
Their first home match of the season takes place a week on Saturday and will see them host Leeds United.
And the Yorkshire club will be the first team to walk out to a new look Emirates.
The major change to the inside of the stadium may not be immediately visible to the Emirates faithful.
But when the teams walk out prior to kick-off, they’ll soon discover that the club has REMOVED the cover for the outer section of the tunnel.
The removal of the covering will give Gooners a closer glimpse at their heroes and the opportunity to hype them up before they take to the pitch.
It will also allow them to intimidate visiting teams before they walk out to a cacophony of noise.
Gunners boss Mikel Arteta has been busy in the transfer market this summer, making SIX additions to his squad of runners-up.
The north Londoners have dropped a whopping £192.6million on new additions, the biggest of which is striker Viktor Gyokeres .
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Arsenal's transfer deals
IN
- Viktor Gyökeres – from Sporting Lisbon – £72m
- Noni Madueke – from Chelsea – £52m
- Martin Zubimendi – from Real Sociedad – £51m
- Christian Norgaard – from Brentford – £15m
- Cristhian Mosquera – from Valencia – £13m
- Kepa Arrizabalaga – from Chelsea – £5m
TOTAL – £208m
OUT
- Nuno Taveres – to Lazio – £4.4m
- Marquinhos – to Cruzeiro – £2.6m
- Jorginho – to Flamengo – free
- Kieran Tierney – to Celtic – free
- Takehiro Tomiyasu – released
- Thomas Partey – released
TOTAL – £7m
And the possibility of more new faces arriving at the Emirates before the transfer window shuts on September 1 hasn’t been ruled out.
Arteta said last weekend: “Let’s see what happens in terms of where the squad is in the next few weeks.
“We are actively looking at options, but maybe some players will have to leave.
“But we are open to see what happens.”
