Arsenal take on CSKA Moscow in the Europa League quarter-final first-leg clash in Russia on Thursday.

The Gunners will be taking the tournament seriously considering it is their best chance of securing a Champions League spot next season.

The North London based outfit will have to win the Europa League to make the Champions League next season as finishing the Premier League in the top-four looks increasingly unlikely.

Arsene Wenger has most his major star names available.

Alexandre Lacazette has been welcomed back after spending weeks on the sidelines with injury.

Playmaker of Turkish origin Mesut Ozil is also match-fit as is Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Wenger will be without Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang who is cup-tied and Santi Cazorla is a long-term absentee.

Otherwise the head coach has a full-strength squad to pick from.

Wenger could start Petr Cech in goal ahead of David Ospina but underlined that he does not want to give too many clues over his team selection.

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“I don’t know yet, I will see,” he said in his pre-match press conference.

“Tomorrow (Thursday) morning I will decide that.

“I have always played Ospina, I played Ospina on Sunday. But I don’t want to give my team out.”

Full Arsenal Squad

Goalkeepers Ospina, Cech, Macey
Defenders Mertesacker, Koscielny, Holding, Monreal, Mustafi, Chambers, Bellerin, Mavropanos, Kolasinac
Midfielders Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil, Iwobi, Cazorla, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Nelson, Mkhitaryan
Forwards Lacazette, Welbeck, Nketiah, Willock