TEN Arsenal players at the World Cup in Qatar could feature for the Gunners when they visit Oxford United in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup.
The U’s were drawn at home to Arsenal, who have won the FA Cup a record 14 times, in yesterday evening’s draw.
Mikel Arteta’s side are five points clear at the top of the Premier League, and will take on United on the weekend of January 7.
By then, 10 players at this year’s World Cup will have returned to the Arsenal squad. Here, we take a look at those currently in Qatar.
So then, Arsenal are set to visit #oufc in the FA Cup third round. What GIF sums you up when you saw the draw?
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Group B
England (Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, Bukayo Saka)
Saka was man of the match for England after bagging two goals in the 6-2 win against Iran, and started the 0-0 draw with the USA.
Ramsdale and White have been unused substitutes in both games so far.
USA (Matt Turner)
Goalkeeper Turner has started both games for the US – the 1-1 draw with Wales and 0-0 stalemate against England.
Group D
France (William Saliba)
Saliba has had to watch from the bench with Ibrahima Konate, Dayot Upamecano and Raphael Varane occupying the two centre back slots for France.
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Group E
Japan (Takehiro Tomiyasu)
The 24-year-old defender came on at half-time in the shock 2-1 win over Germany, but was left on the bench for the 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica.
Group G
Brazil (Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus)
The duo find themselves amid a wealth of attacking talent in the Brazil squad, including Neymar, Raphinha, Richarlison and Vinicius Junior. Both Martinelli and Jesus came on as substitutes in the 2-0 win against Serbia, while Jesus came off the bench for the 1-0 win victory against Switzerland.
Switzerland (Granit Xhaka)
Swiss captain Xhaka has played the full 90 minutes in their 1-0 win over Cameroon and defeat to Brazil.
Group H
Ghana (Thomas Partey)
Sitting in a holding midfield role for the entertainers of the World Cup so far, Partey has played the full 90 minutes in the 3-2 defeat to Portugal and 3-2 win against South Korea.
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