Arsenal [0—0 ] Newcastle LIVE – Gyokeres in attendance, confirmed team news as Zubimendi starts

Arsenal vs Newcastle LIVE – Gyokeres in attendance, confirmed team news as Zubimendi starts

LIVE: Follow all the action right here as Arsenal take on Newcastle United in the second match of their pre-season tour of Asia

Arsenal take on Newcastle United at the National Stadium in Singapore on Sunday

Hello and welcome to football.london’s live coverage of Arsenal’s second pre-season friendly of the summer.

Mikel Arteta’s side take on Newcastle United in their last match in Singapore before heading to Hong Kong at the start of next week.

The Gunners were victorious in their opening friendly, beating AC Milan 1-0 courtesy of Bukayo Saka’s goal.

It has been a positive past 24 hours for Arsenal after finally confirming the signing of Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP on Saturday evening.

Arteta and his team will now be looking to round off their time in Singapore by beating Newcastle to ensure they go into the North London derby against Tottenham in good form.

football.london football writer Rob Guest is in place at the National Stadium to report on Arsenal’s second friendly of the summer. Scroll down for his latest updates from the friendly match.

12:03Rob Guest

Best XI after Gyokeres signing

Mikel Arteta has options galore when it comes to his Arsenal squad following their business in the summer transfer market.

So what exactly is his strongest XI now that Gyokeres is an Arsenal player?

Viktor Gyokeres during Sporting’s clash against Manchester City(Image: Photo by Gualter Fatia/Getty Images)

11:52Rob Guest

Confirmed Newcastle team

Here is the Newcastle team to take on Arsenal:

Newcastle United: Pope, Trippier, Lascelles, Burn, A Murphy, Willock, Bruno, Tonali, Elanga, Osula, Gordon.

Subs: Vlachodimos, Ruddy, Botman, Schar, Targett, Krafth, Livramento, Ashby, Joelintin, Harrison, Munda, Hernes, Miley, Park, Neave, Barnes, J Murphy.

11:33Lee Wilmot

Team news

Here’s Mikel Arteta’s starting lineup for today’s game against Newcastle, although there are bound to be plenty of changes during the 90 minutes in pre-season.

Starting XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Zubimendi, Merino, Nwaneri, Saka, Trossard, Havertz.

Subs: Kepa, Setford, Rojas-Fedoruschenko, Nichols, Salmon, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Norgaard, Lokonga, Copley, Rice, Dowman, Odegaard, Kabia, Nelson, Martinelli, Harriman-Annous.

11:19Rob Guest

On his way!

Viktor Gyokeres is on his way to the National Stadium.

He is expected to be on the pitch at 7.15pm (12.15pm UK) to be introduced to the Arsenal fans.

11:07Rob Guest

Norgaard on Arsenal move

Christian Norgaard was also in front of the media on Friday evening to discuss his move to Arsenal.

Giving his thoughts on his transfer, why had to make the move to Arsenal and an increase in games, the Dane also spoke about coming up against former Brentford boss Thomas Frank next Thursday.

Read here.

Christian Norgaard impressed on his Arsenal debut against AC Milan(Image: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

10:39Rob Guest

Every word from Mikel

Mikel Arteta was in front of the media at the National Stadium in Singapore on Friday to preview the Newcastle United game.

The Arsenal boss spoke about the signing of Cristhian Mosquera, the latest on the injury front, Gabriel Martinelli’s form and so much more.