Arteta reassures Arsenal followers over Declan Rice health forward of potential debut
The 24-year-old midfielder accomplished his British file £105million transfer from West Ham to the Emirates Stadium on the weekend.
Rice travelled together with his new teammates to the United States however was unable to coach in Washington DC on Monday, engaged on an train bike by the pitch.
“We just wanted to manage him,” Arsenal boss Arteta mentioned of the England worldwide. “Obviously a lot has happened to him in the last five or six days.
“He had a very hectic schedule and he had a few training sessions that went really good, but prior to that, he didn’t do much before he joined us.
“So we wanted to just manage him. He trained today with us. He was in good form and he’s fine.”
Wednesday’s match kicks off Arsenal’s pre-season tour of the USA and Arteta is trying ahead to going through the Wayne Rooney-coached All-Stars at Audi Field.
“It’s going to be a special, unpredictable game obviously because we are going to play and change a lot of players as well,” the Spaniard mentioned.
“It’s great to be invited and be part of this and hopefully we can give something back to the fans to cheer.”