A youthful Gunners side kicked off their US tour on Tuesday with a 3-0 victory over MLS outfit the Colorado Rapids - a match which saw new signing Gabriel Martinelli score on his debut.

New updates availableRefresh 2019-07-18T00:12:56.696Z Laurent Koscielny may have been named club captain last season by Unai Emery, but the Spanish coach named four other players in a leadership group alongside the defender - Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Granit Xhaka.It is easy to read too much into the role of skippers these days, but it says a lot about the state of Arsenal that of those five players, two have left, one is trying to force his way out, and the manager does not fully trust another tactically.

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, Kieran Tierney of Celtic and young Saint-Etienne defender William Saliba have all attracted attention from the Emirates Stadium hierarchy this summer.

2019-07-17T23:24:51.556Z Unai Emery is, obviously, still without club captain Laurent Koscielny, who refused to travel to the US.Alex Iwobi and Mohamed Elneny are also absent after their exertions at the Africa Cup of Nations, while Krystian Bielik, Matteo Guendouzi, and Lucas Torreira are also unavailable.

Arsenal's US tour squad: Leno, Martinez, Macey, Bellerin, Jenkinson, Chambers, Sokratis, Mustafi, Holding, Mavropanos, Medley, Monreal, Kolasinac, Thompson, Maitland-Niles, Willock, Xhaka, Burton, Olayinka, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Saka, Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, John-Jules

A stronger Arsenal XI could fancy their chances against a Bayern side with plenty of rebuilding to do following the exits of James Rodriguez, Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Rafinha and Mats Hummels.