Arsenal stars reunite after trophy parade as new target in sight

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Arsenal quartet Declan Rice , Bukayo Saka , Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke have joined up with the England squad as preparations for the World Cup step up. The Gunners’ stars were given extra time off following their appearance in the Champions League final.

Arsenal suffered heartbreak in the game against Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest , losing on penalties. But they didn’t have much time to wallow, with the squad taking part in a trophy parade the next day to celebrate their Premier League title.

The Gunners beat Man City to the top spot in the table, ending a 22-year wait to lift the trophy. For the players involved in this summer’s World Cup , eyes will now be on success on the international stage.

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England completed their first warm-up game on Saturday, coming out as 1-0 winners over New Zealand in Tampa. Despite playing two different XIs for either side of half-time, Thomas Tuchel was without Rice, Saka, Eze or Madueke for the game.

The official England social media accounts have now confirmed that the Arsenal men have arrived at the nation’s base. Pictures of them being greeted by teammates were accompanied by a message reading: “Reunited. Our four Arsenal players have joined up with the Three Lions in Florida.

The four Arsenal will be available for the second and final warm-up match against Costa Rica on Wednesday night (9pm BST kick-off). They will be hoping to impress ahead of the first group game vs Croatia a week later.

The other group games see England take on Ghana (23 June, 9pm BST kick-off) and Panama (27 June, 10pm BST kick-off).

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Eze will return to England duty after missing a crucial penalty in the Champions League final shootout for Arsenal. But manager Tuchel has said that his teammates will make sure he is ok .

"Of course it's painful for Ebs but of course I will take care of it, the group will take care of him and I think the extra week they had will help a lot," he said.

"I'm very happy that they got the title in England. I think that took a lot of weight off their shoulders and they were aware they did what they could and they were very close in the final.

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"I don't think I will need to lift them. They've absolutely had a great season. I'm always happy to do it if I have to but they should know that a final just comes down to one or two shots in a penalty shoot-out which means it cannot be closer. At some point a winner has to be found.

"I have lost some finals in a penalty shoot-out, and it's the closest way to lose, and it hurts, of course, it hurts a lot to lose big finals, but a penalty means you did everything right, it couldn't be closer.