The Gunners squad, including new club record signing Alexandre Lacazette, flew from Stansted Airport last night ahead of their two matches in Sydney later this week.

Arsene Wenger's men will take on Sydney FC on Thursday before playing Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday for their first part of pre-season - they will then move on to China next week.

Several key men are missing however, including Alexis Sanchez and Shkodran Mustafi who played in the Confederations Cup, and Hector Bellerin, Calum Chambers and Rob Holding, who played in the Under-21 Euros.

CLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY ABOVE TO SEE THE GUNNERS ON THE PLANE LATE LAST NIGHT.