UNITED KINGDOM: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Arsenal players warm up for football season with opening day

Record ID: 784175

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - Arsenal players warm up for football season with opening day
  • Date: 7th August 2009
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (July 4, 2004) (REUTERS - NO RESTRICTIONS) SUMMER SIGNING THOMAS VERMAELEN ENTERS STADIUM PHILLIPPE SENDEROS ENTERS STADIUM SAMIR NASRI ENTERS STADIUM ENTERS STADIUM ON CRUTCHES ALEXANDRE SONG ENTERS STADIUM CESC FABREGAS, BAKARI SAGNA, SENDEROS, AND VARIOUS OTHER ARSENAL PLAYERS RUNNING AROUND STADIUM INSIDE STADIUM ARSENAL PLAYERS STRETCHING ROBIN VAN PERSIE AND MANUEL ALMUNIA STRETCHING SONG, EMMANUEL EBOUE AND JOHAN DJOUROU ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER PLAYERS RUNNING MIKAEL SILVESTRE AND OTHER PLAYERS RUNNING VERMAELEN AND OTHER PLAYERS ALMUNIA AND VITO MANNONE STANDING AARON RAMSEY, EDUARDO AND SENDEROS RUNNING ALMUNIA RUNNING SONG RUNNING ARMAND TRAORE WALKING SENDEROS AND ALMUNIA HUGGING AND LAUGHING SAGNA PLAYING FOOTBALL TENNIS TRAORE PLAYING FOOTBALL TENNIS VASSIRIKI DIABY KICKING BALL VARIOUS PLAYERS KICKING BALL KIERAN GIBBS SMILING AND WALKING VARIOUS PLAYERS PLAYING FOOTBALL TENNIS EBOUE AND LUKASZ FABIANSKI PLAYING FOOTBALL TENNIS TOMAS ROSICKY PLAYING FOOTBALL TENNIS PLAYERS PLAYING KEEPY UPS EBOUE PLAYING WITH FANS VAN PERSIE BALANCING BALL ON HEAD DENILSON WITH MASCOT DENILSON AND EDUARDO DANCING WITH MASCOT
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2009 13:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA96SU8EVSYYABOCTFMLWJZYO8A
  • Story Text: Arsenal fans were invited to the Emirates stadium on Tuesday (August 4) to watch players training ahead of the new football season.
    Summer signing Thomas Vermaelen, who has joined from Ajax, was introduced to the fans while the club has defender Phillipe Senderos back from an on-loan spell at Milan. Injured Samir Nasri watched the training on crutches nursing a broken leg.
    Spanish international midfielder Cesc Fabregas, reportedly the subject of pre-season interest from Milan, is the man around whom manager Arsene Wenger hopes to re-build his side after selling Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure to Manchester City.
    Tomas Rosicky, out of action for almost two years with knee and hamstring injuries, returned to training alongside Eduardo , back from a career-threatening broken leg.
    Arsenal start their Premier League campaign away to Everton on August 15.
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