Bruno Guimaraes trained alongside his new Arsenal team-mates on Sunday after the club's 3-2 friendly defeat to Borussia Dortmund.
Bruno Guimaraes is set to make his Arsenal debut this week. Guimaraes started training with the Arsenal squad last week, though it was decided that he was not ready to feature against Dortmund. The midfielder had an extended break after Brazil's exit from the World Cup, meaning he has had a limited pre-season.
Guimaraes then watched from the sidelines as his new team-mates were beaten 3-2 in their first home match of the summer. Footage posted on TikTok shows Guimaraes training with Arsenal on the grass after the match, as some of the squad participated in a light session to boost fitness levels. Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Fabio Vieira, who were second-half subs, were among those present and it's something Arsenal have previously been known to do in years gone by.
Any minutes are likely to be limited as Arsenal manage Guimaraes' fitness. When Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres joined up late after the World Cup and then made their first appearances of pre-season, they played only 30 minutes.
Speaking after the match, Mikel Arteta emphasised just how much of an impact he expects Guimaraes to have on the squad. "We see very clearly, especially the energy that he brought immediately to the training ground, the hunger, the desire to come here and create a big history at the club," Arteta said. "And that's the ambition that we need. We want to go to the next level and very, very much convinced that we're going to need players with such a personality, desire and character to push everybody inside the organisation to go even higher."