Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger feels his squad will finally be able to get the right mental preparation to hit the ground running at the start of the next season following a summer without speculation over the future of key players.
Having endured problematic build-ups when captain Robin van Persie moved to title rivals Manchester United before the start of this season and when Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri left in August 2011, Wenger is hopeful of a more focused approach when the club heads off for a tour of Asia and then back for the Emirates Cup.
"It is a very important thing because, last year and the year before, the summers were of course very difficult, because of the Fabregas case, the Nasri case and last year the van Persie case," said Wenger. "We started pre-season, on camps, with every time a player being half in or half out and that is not the best way mentally to prepare the season."
Awesome to hear
