EPL: You have to be ready for new season – Arteta warns two Arsenal players

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has vowed to throw in Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka from the start of the Premier League season.

Arteta, speaking after a 4-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in a pre-season friendly, called on both players to work on their fitness.

Both Rice and Saka came off the bench for the match on Wednesday evening, after an extended rest after playing in the Euros final.

Arsenal are set to welcome Wolves in their first league fixture next Saturday.

And Arteta said: “The season starts in nine or 10 days so they (Rice and Saka) have to be ready.

“These are the demands they have right now.

“We really look after them when they are with us, when we have the ability to give them days off we do. We gave them days off before the start of the Euros and we have given them the rest that they needed.”

EPL: You have to be ready for new season – Arteta warns two Arsenal players