Mikel Arteta has given an update on new signing Viktor Gyokeres ahead of our final pre-season tour clash against Tottenham.
Our Swedish striker joined up with our first team squad after signing last week and Mikel provided a fitness update on our new number 14.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Mikel said: "He's only done today's session, yesterday very little. We're going to assess tonight how he is. If the medical staff are happy as well with his condition to participate in tomorrow's match, it's a possibility. We're going to discuss that tonight."
Mikel was speaking after our latest open training session, in which 20,000 packed into the Kai Tak Stadium ahead of facing Spurs on Thursday, July 31, at 12.30pm UK time.
Our boss was part of the squad that came to Hong Kong in 2012 and admits he can feel the love from our supporters everywhere he goes.
He said: The most impressive thing, again, is our supporters, how passionate they are, the way they ask things. They spend so much time outside the hotel. I think the way they received the team was incredible yesterday, and it made us feel that all this trip is worth it because I think people deserve to enjoy the team as well."
Mikel was also delighted by the prospect of a north London derby on foreign soil and cannot wait to hear the atmosphere in the ground tomorrow.
He added: "It's a great idea. I think to bring football tradition, a rivalry, but at the same time to do it in a completely different country, I think it's brilliant.
"I think it's an opportunity for everybody to feel that and for us as well, because for our preparation, increases the competition level again and it brings a different challenge to the game and then we’re going to be so lucky to play in this incredible stadium with 50,000 people that I'm sure they're going to be super loud and passionate."