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Arsenal to warm up for Europa League final with LASK Linz friendly despite injury fears

Arsenal will play Austrian top flight side LASK Linz on Thursday afternoon as part of their preparations for the Europa League final.

It has been more than a week now since the Gunners were last in action when they brought the curtain down on their domestic season with a 3-1 win at Burnley.

And with the Europa League final not due to take place until Wednesday, May 29, that will mean Arsenal would have had a 17-day gap between fixtures.

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Boss Unai Emery was worried that was too long a period without a match, so the friendly with LASK Linz has been arranged to give his players what he views as much needed game time.