As he prepares to return to his spot in the home dugout this evening against Villarreal, Mikel Arteta has reflected on the summer so far and what's to come in his programme notes.
The manager reveals the detailed planning and analysis that goes into selecting our pre-season opponents, and why the Yellow Submarine were selected, as well as Saturday's opponents Athletic Club.
He also gave an insight into how our new recruits have settled in, which you can discover in this snippet:
We know what we want from pre-season, which is why we have planned the schedule like this.