Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Football London
Football London
Sport
Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Unai Emery includes two youngsters in Arsenal squad to face Valencia in Europa League decider

Arsenal are on their way to Spain.

Thursday’s Europa League game against Valencia will be latest in a hectic fixture schedule for the Gunners in the past month and while their Premier League form has suffered, they've been impressive in Europe.

In the semi-final first-leg last week, the La Liga outfit took the lead at the Emirates Stadium and could have scored one or two more before Alexandre Lacazette turned the game on its head with a brace before half-time.

Koscielny, Xhaka and Welbeck - Latest Arsenal injury news and expected return dates

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 3-1 late on and that goal could be crucial as it means the hosts must score two without reply in order to progress in 90 minutes.

However, a goal for the Gunners and Los Che would need to score at least three to take the tie into extra-time and four to reach this month's final in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Unai Emery, who won the Europa League three times in a row while in charge of Sevilla, has always maintained he will take this season’s competition seriously and he has certainly named a strong squad for the Valencia game.

The club's cameras were present at Luton Airport this morning to capture the squad boarding the plane for the trip to Spain ahead of tomorrow evening's huge game at the Mestalla.

From the images we can see that Mesut Ozil has travelled from London, as have the likes of Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Lucas Torreira, Petr Cech, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mohamed Elneny, Bernd Leno and club captain Laurent Koscielny.

Furthermore, youngsters Eddie Nketiah and Joe Willock have also been included in the squad.

(L-R) Joe Willock and Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal board the plane to Valencia at Luton Airport (Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Click through the gallery below to see the best images.

Can't view the gallery? .

Aaron Ramsey (hamstring), Denis Suarez (groin), Hector Bellerin , Rob Holding (both ACL) or Danny Welbeck (ankle) have all been ruled out for the remainder of the campaign and will therefore sit out the Valencia game.

Keep up to date with the latest news, features and exclusives from football.london via the freefootball.london app for iPhone and Android .

Available to download from the App Store and Google Play .

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.