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Manager Arsene Wenger will take the Gunners to the sub-continent to face Indian Super League sides FC Goa and Mumbai City.

The hierarchy at The Emirates have targeted India because of the huge rise in popularity of English football since the arrival of a clutch of foreign stars to the ISL.

Ex-Arsenal favourite Robert Pires, 41, currently plays for Goa, while Freddie Ljungberg, 37, is turning out for Mumbai. Other well-known players currently plying their trade in India include Nicolas Anelka, Alessandro Del Piero, Luis Garcia and David James.

An Arsenal source said: "India is seen very much as an untapped market in terms of revenue streams.

"There are more than a billion people in the country, so it doesn't take a lot of working out that there are lots of opportunities as yet unearthed in that part of the world."