Arsenal suffered their first defeat in a pre-season warm-up match on Wednesday, going down 1-2 to Premier League rivals Brentford. Arsenal mainly sent substitutes to play in this match, nevertheless, three players, Bintenu, Billy and Pablo Mani, were absent due to transfer matters, and they are expected to leave the team officially in the near future.
Arsenal battled against Binford at their training base, with almost the entire starting lineup that beat Chelsea in the last round rested, and a reserve lineup led by Nikidia and Sembiluganga suffered a breakthrough goal from McBiomo in the first nine minutes of the match. Nikidia equalized for Arsenal in the 24th minute, but Binford took the lead again in the second half with a goal from Chavez, and Arsenal eventually lost 1-2.
German goalkeeper Bintenino is absent due to a transfer to newly promoted Premier League side Fulham for a transfer fee of £8 million, which has already been agreed upon; Spanish right back Billielyan is expected to return to Betis for a transfer fee of around £3.5 million; and center back Pablo Mani is also rumored to be on loan to Fehrenbach.