Arsenal have taken a squad of 24 to Baku for th Europa League final against Chelsea.
The Gunners have travelled out to the Azerbaijan capital today, with many squad members pictured boarding the plane for Baku.
Arsenal take on Chelsea in the final in Baku on Wednesday night, with a place in next season's Champions League resting on their result.
With the news that Henrikh Mkhitaryan had not travelled due to safety reasons and the political unrest between Azerbaijan and the midfielder's Armenia, Unai Emery has been boosted by the return from injury of Danny Welbeck.
The England international, who will be leaving Arsenal after the Europa League final, was pictured boarding the plane with his team-mates and has been named in the 24-man squad.
Emery will have to cut his squad down by one in time for the match on Wednesday night.
Among those in the travelling party are youngsters Eddie Nketiah, Joe Willock, Bukayo Saka, Xavier Amaechi and third choice keeper Deyan Iliev, who is likely to be the man to miss out on the night.
Emery's 24-man squad:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Petr Cech
Mohamed Elneny
Matteo Guendouzi
Alex Iwobi
Carl Jenkinson
Sead Kolasinac
Laurent Koscielny
Alex Lacazette
Bernd Leno
Stephan Lichtsteiner
Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Nacho Monreal
Shkodran Mustafi
Eddie Nketiah
Mesut Ozil
Sokratis
Lucas Torreira
Joe Willock
Granit Xhaka
Danny Welbeck
Bukayo Saka
Xavier Amaechi
Deyan Iliev
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