Rome was a welcome change of scenery for Mikel Arteta's pre-match press conference on Wednesday evening. Our manager hosted his media session from our team hotel ahead of Thursday's Europa League clash with Benfica, with Kieran Tierney, Nicolas Pepe and Martin Odegaard on the agenda. Here's every word from the boss: on Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey... Thomas didn't travel. He's not there yet, he's still training individually. Kieran has had one session with us and is part of the squad. on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's tattoo... Whatever we do with our players, we keep it internal. It's true that a lot of the members of our squad have extended families at home and if a player does...
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