The importance of positive result at Villa
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Mikel Arteta is due to speak to the media at Arsenal's training ground shortly.
The Gunners had five players named in the PFA Premier League team of the year and Arteta went to the awards ceremony to support them.
There is also the Mikel Merino deal that is near to completion to ask him about too.
Aston Villa did the double over Arsenal last season and were one of the main reasons the north London side were ultimately unable to keep pace with Manchester City.
If they are to go one step further this season they will need to pick up a positive result.
Come back to this page later for the key lines from Arteta, and follow all of Friday's Premier League news conferences on our live page