LONDON. — Olivier Giroud is in Arsenal’s 25-man squad for their tour of Australia and China — suggesting no move away from the Gunners is imminent.

The 30–year-old striker, a target for Everton and Marseille, boarded the flight to Sydney with the Gunners’ travelling party on Sunday night.

New £52m man Alexandre Lacazette was also on the plane, along with Mesut Ozil, who had been linked with a move away from Arsene Wenger’s side.

ARSENAL’S TOURING SQUAD IN FULL

Petr Cech, Emi Martinez, David Ospina, Krystian Bielik, Cohen Bramall, Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny, Olivier Giroud, Alex Iwobi, Sead Kolasinac, Laurent Koscielny, Alexandre Lacazette, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Donyell Malen, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck, Joe Willock, Granit Xhaka.

Arsenal pre-season fixtures

July 13: Sydney (ANZ Stadium, Sydney) 12 noon

July 15: Western Sydney Wanderers (ANZ Stadium, Sydney) 12noon

July 19: Bayern Munich (Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai) 1.20pm J

uly 22: Chelsea (Bird’s Nest Stadium, Beijing) 1.40pm

July 29: Benfica (Emirates Stadium) 5.20pm

July 30: Sevilla (Emirates Stadium) 5.20pm August 6: Chelsea (Wembley Stadium — Community Shield) 3pm

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