Arsenal star Olivier Giroud heads up a young Gunners side as they prepare to jet off to Europa League tie in Cologne
- Cologne will host Arsenal in their next Europa League fixture on Thursday night
- Arsenal stars board their jet at Luton Airport as they travel to Germany
- The Gunners are already through to the knock-out stages of the competition
Arsenal stars board the club's plane as they head to Germany for their Europa League group fixture against Cologne.
The Gunners were in good spirits despite the grey weather as they look to repeat their Tottenham heroics from the weekend.
Arsene Wenger will look to rest a number of his senior players with the team already qualified for the knock-out stages of the competition.
Arsenal star Olivier Giroud boards the club's plane as the squad jet off for Cologne match
Reiss Nelson is one of a host of young talent looking for an opportunity on Thursday night
Arsene Wenger will look to give senior players a rest as Mohamed Elneny boards the plane
A host of the club's young talent boarded the plane on Wednesday afternoon as Wenger appears to be putting faith in his fringe players.
Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah and Joe Willock will all hope for a chance to impress the boss as they look to maintain their unbeaten run in this season's competition.
It will serve as an opportunity to rest key players with Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil unlikely to play the full 90 minutes.
Senior player Olivier Giroud did travel with the squad however as he looks to strike-back after a thigh injury kept him out of the North London derby at the weekend.
Eddie Nketiah follows his teammates onto the jet for their next Europa League fixture
Joe Willock will hope to make an appearance with Arsenal already through the group stages
Alex Iwobi is one of the senior members of the squad looking for a chance to impress
The Gunners, top of Group H, face Cologne who sit rock bottom of the qualifying group.
Arsenal will be hoping for a quiet affair in Germany after their home time against the Bundesliga club was marred by crowd trouble.
Wenger will have one eye firmly on the team's next Premier League fixture against Burnley on Sunday with the Gunners just one point off the top four places.
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