Arteta awaiting 'security decision' on Arsenal's training trip to Dubai


  • Football
  • Thursday, 16 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Arsenal - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - January 11, 2020 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after the match REUTERS/David Klein

(Reuters) - Arsenal will assess security measures before giving the all-clear to a mid-season training camp in Dubai during the club's two-week winter break, manager Mikel Arteta said.

Premier League sides have often used venues in the Middle East for warm weather training, but Manchester United have scrapped their plans to travel next month in the wake of an American air strike at Baghdad airport that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

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