EPL: Arsenal name Emirate teams

Ivan Gazidis

Arsenal have confirmed Valencia, Monaco
and Benfica will visit London for August's
pre-season Emirates Cup tournament.
The seventh staging of the competition will
be held on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday,
August 3 ahead of the 2014/15 campaign.
The Gunners will face Benfica in
Saturday's second game and bring the
curtain down on the event by facing
manager Arsene Wenger's former club
Monaco on Sunday.
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis said:
"We're delighted to once again be hosting
the Emirates Cup in August.
"This will be the seventh staging of the
Emirates Cup and it has proved to be an
overwhelming success and a thoroughly
enjoyable weekend of football.
"Not only does the tournament offer
supporters the first chance to see the team
play at Emirates Stadium before the start
of the new season, it will of course also
provide a very competitive level of
preparation for all the teams ahead of the
2014/2015 season.
"Emirates has been the proud sponsor of
the Emirates Cup since the inaugural
tournament in 2007 and we're obviously
delighted that Emirates are continuing their
long-standing commitment to Arsenal
Football Club through their support of this
prestigious pre-season tournament."