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Team news: Raya and Saliba to face Leverkusen

Mikel Arteta has shuffled his pack for today’s friendly against Bayer Leverkusen, with David Raya and William Saliba getting their first minutes of pre-season.

The duo are included in our starting line-up for the game against the German champions, having represented their nations during Euro 2024 and thus missing our US Tour to allow them time to recover.

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Also given time off were Aaron Ramsdale, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka and all three are included on our bench, while Leandro Trossard, Fabio Vieira and Jorginho all come into our line-up having been substitutes in our last game against Liverpool a week ago.