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Seven Arsenal stars to sit out Europa League opener with Cologne after missing training

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  • The Gunners welcome Cologne to the Emirates on Thursday night with Arsene Wenger set to ring the changes

Arsene Wenger is resting seven big names for Arsenal's Europa League opener with Cologne.

Petr Cech, Laurent Koscielny, Alexandre Lacazette, Danny Welbeck, Granit Xhaka, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey all sat out training this morning and will not be involved, according to the Mirror.

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