Post by Salem6 on May 21, 2012 6:56:28 GMT
A number of nations heading to this summer's European Championship in Poland and Ukraine have named their preliminary squads ahead of the tournament.
A total of 10 Arsenal stars have been selected for the tournament so far - plus our first summer signing Lukas Podolski.
Note: many of these squads are not final. Each nation must name their complete 23-man squad for the competition by May 29.
Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
England
Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have been named in England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012. They are likely to face Laurent Koscielny in Group B, which features France, Sweden and Ukraine.
Robin van Persie
Holland
Robin van Persie has been named in Holland's provisional 35-man squad and is likely to come up against Per Mertesacker and Nicklas Bendtner in Group B, which features Germany, Portugal and Denmark.
Per Mertesacker
Germany
Per Mertesacker has been named in Germany's provisional 27-man squad and is likely to face Robin van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner in Group B, which features Holland, Portugal and Denmark.
Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski
Poland
Both Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski have been named in Poland's provisional 26-man squad for the finals. They are likely to face Andrey Arshavin and Tomas Rosicky in Group A, which features Russia, the Czech Republic and Greece.
Laurent Koscielny
France
Laurent Koscielny has been included in France's preliminary squad for the finals, with coach Laurent Blanc only naming players who are based abroad so far. Laurent could come up against Theo Walcott in Group D, which also features England, Sweden and Ukraine.
Andrey Arshavin
Russia
Andrey Arshavin has been included in Russia's preliminary 27-man squad for Euro 2012 by manager Dick Advocaat. Andrey is likely to face Tomas Rosicky and Wojciech Szczesny or Lukasz Fabianski in Group A, which also includes the Czech Republic, Poland and Greece.
Tomas Rosicky
Czech Republic
Tomas Rosicky has been named in Czech Republic's provisional 24-man squad for Euro 2012. Tomas is likely to face Andrey Arshavin, Wojciech Szczesny or Lukasz Fabianski in Group A, which also includes the Russia, Poland and Greece.
Nicklas Bendtner
Denmark
Nicklas Bendtner has been named in Denmark's squad for Euro 2012, which currently includes 20 players. Nicklas is likely to face Robin van Persie and Per Mertesacker in Group B, which also features Holland, Germany and Portugal.
** Lukas Podolski, who has agreed to join Arsenal this summer, has also been named in the provisional Germany squad.
www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/euro-2012-squads
