Arsenal tour makes pre-season 'impossible' says Wenger

Gunners boss echoes complaint from Louis van Gaal during lucrative trip to New York

Arsene Wenger
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Arsenal and Manchester United may be on opposite sides of America but their managers are singing from the same hymn sheet.

Two days after Louis van Gaal made it clear that he would not countenance another pre-season like the one that has taken Manchester United to Los Angeles this summer, Arsene Wenger echoed those sentiments in New York.

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