'The present & future!' Lacazette singles out Arsenal starlet during Dubai camp

Alexandre Lacazette has lavished Arsenal teammate Emile Smith Rowe with praise during the club’s warm-weather training camp in Dubai.

The majority of the Gunners’ squad – except those away on international duty – have spent the past week in the UAE after being granted an extended period of time off following their FA Cup exit.

While most clubs are taking part in the fourth round this weekend, Arsenal are not in action again until they visit Wolves next Thursday and only play twice more this month.

Although a significant number of players have left the club this month – including former skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – spirits are clearly high within the camp.

Arsenal uploaded a lengthy behind-the-scenes video of the players being put through their paces and the cameras captured a brilliant moment between de facto skipper Lacazette and Smith Rowe.

While the England international was doing stretches before training with a physio, Lacazette snuck up on him and said: ‘He’s got his own PT [personal trainer] every time. His own physio, his own PT.

‘What a guy. My number 10. The future. The present and the future! What a player! He’s got his own man in red.’

Arteta is hoping Arsenal’s time away in Dubai can reenergise the squad ahead of the second half of the season.

Speaking last month the Spanish coach said: ‘We’re going to go away, we’re going to have a training camp altogether in a different environment.

‘Reunite, refocus and then have a good go because there is still a lot to play for.’

He added: ‘In the last four weeks we had a really demanding and challenging situation, because we didn’t have enough players, players were getting injured, trying to bring them back, trying to expose them onto the pitch when they are not ready.

‘But I cannot fault how they tried. They certainly need some days off and then we need to go back again, bring players back and start to work and start winning matches.’

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