Chelsea, Arsenal set to renew rivalry in FA Community Shield clash

Jose Mourinho was asked if the game was a friendly… Juan Cuadrado could be on his way out while the likes of Ramires and Loic Remy will probably be among the substitutes.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Moneral, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott.

All that money and Chelsea still can’t find anyone better than Cahill to line up alongside John Terry.

Arsenal team news: Danny Welbeck is sidelined with a knee injury, while Alexis Sanchez and David Ospina remain unavailable due to their Copa America exertions.

“If you want to create success – which we want desperately – we must focus on what happens inside, just try to do as well as we can and believe in the football we want to play and play it as well as we can and let other people talk”.

When it was first mooted, and coupled with Chelsea manager juvenile’s tantrums, it looked like it would be an unlikely switch, but the speed with which Chelsea owner moved and okayed the switch surprised Mourinho more than it surprised Gooners.

“Whether it’s a hang-up for Wenger I don’t think so, I think it’s more of a case of beating Chelsea”.

“But he prepares his team not to fail against Arsenal“.

We’re officially inside a week until the beginning of the 2015-2016 Premier League season, which means it’s time to kick off the action with the annual FA Community Shield match.

Chelsea have just returned earlier this week from their pre-season tour of the United States. It’s possible that Kieran Gibbs starts this game based on what we saw last Saturday, but considering Monreal’s form last season, it’s hard to justify a demotion to the bench for the Spaniard.

Mourinho also took the opportunity to again emphasise that his appetite remains as big as ever ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.

The match will be the debut for new Arsenal goalie Petr Cech, who made the switch from Chelsea over the summer.

But they were 12 points adrift of eventual champions Chelsea, and Wenger knows they must start purposefully if they are to challenge for the title this time around. The London outfit finished the 2014/15 season an impressive eight points clear of their nearest rivals, Man City, securing their fifth league title with three games to spare. The Blues partake as a result of winning last season’s Premier League, while Arsenal’s FA Cup triumph granted them their spot.

The 28-year-old will face his former club Arsenal in the Community Shield on Sunday, where a win will give everyone a major boost for the upcoming campaign.