Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry might have pulled out, but fans can still watch some of the greats of the game in action when Arsenal Legends play Milan Glorie in London on Saturday.
With the Premier League MIA owing to the international week, fans of Arsenal and Milan and most of the other football fans as well can tune in to watch the likes of Robert Pires, Freddie Ljungberg, David Seaman, Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Edgar Davids and Christian Vieri in action. Arsene Wenger will manage the Arsenal Legends team alongside former assistant Pat Rice, while Fabio Capello will be at the helm for Milan Glorie.
The match is in aid of the Arsenal Foundation, with all proceeds going to a good cause, while the fans are certain to be entertained.
One of the legends in action will be David Seaman, the Arsenal goalkeeping great, and Petr Cech, the club's current custodian, is a big fan of the former England international.
"The Euro '96 in England was one of those tournaments where the Czech Republic were doing really well and simultaneously England were doing really well," Petr Cech told Arsenal Player. "He had a great tournament in '96 and it was the first time I had the chance to see him play. I had never seen him, but I knew that he was one of the finest goalkeepers in the world while he was playing.
"If you speak to anyone in a collective sport where you have goals, everybody tells you that the goalkeeper is the base of every success and every defence. You need a goalkeeper capable of helping everyone and being a real help to the back four and the team in important moments.
"As well, not only in the saves but the way, you play you need to make sure everybody has the confidence to play in front of you. I think David Seaman is 100 per cent one of those goalkeepers where the back four knew they had a great guy behind them and they knew they could rely on him and could trust him."
What is also definite is that the entertainment factor and the chance to feel nostalgic will be at the highest levels come Saturday.
Arsenal Legends vs Milan Glorie schedule:
Date: Saturday, September 3, 2016.
Time: 2 p.m. BST (6.30 p.m. IST, 9 a.m. ET).
Venue: Emirates Stadium in London.
TV listings: UK: ITV 4. International: Arsenal website (online).
Squads: Arsenal Legends: David Seaman, Jens Lehmann, Martin Keown, Marc Overmars, Ray Parlour, Emmanuel Petit, Pascal Cygan, Gilberto Silva, Nigel Winterburn, Kolo Toure, Robert Pires, Freddie Ljungberg, Sylvain Wiltord, Anders Limpar, Gilles Grimandi, Nwankwo Kanu.
Manager: Arsene Wenger. Assistant manager: Pat Rice.
Milan Glorie: Christian Abbiati, Dida, Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Demetrio Albertini, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Di Canio, Edgar Davids, Marcel Desailly, Daniele Massaro, Marco Simone, Angelo Carbone, Dario Simic, Giuseppe Favalli, Kakhaber Kaladze, Zvonimir Boban, Massimo Ambrosini, Stefano Eranio, Giuseppe Pancaro, Ibrahim Ba, Serginho, Christian Vieri.
Manager: Fabio Capello.
