Eleven Arsenal stars named for World Cup
Eleven Arsenal players will be involved in this summer's FIFA World Cup.
Eight different nations have included Gunners in their final 23-man squads for the tournament but there was disappointment for
Theo Walcott when he was
left out of England's final squad for South Africa.
France have selected four players from Arsène Wenger's side.
Gael Clichy,
Abou Diaby,
William Gallas and
Bacary Sagna are all among the 23 chosen by Raymond Domenech.
Cesc Fabregas is one of the midfielders in the Spain squad while
Philippe Senderos has been included in Switzerland's party to travel to South Africa.
Alex Song will represent Cameroon at the tournament and
Emmanuel Eboue is in Sven-Goran Eriksson's Ivory Coast squad.
There will be a trio of Arsenal strikers at the World Cup.
Robin Van Persie has been selected by Netherlands,
Nicklas Bendtner has already arrived in South Africa with Denmark and
Carlos Vela has been named in Mexico's final squad.
Arsenal.com will keep a close eye on the progress of all the Gunners in South Africa in a dedicated World Cup section to be launched shortly.