Arsenal’s most expensive signing is poised to debut at ANZ Stadium this week after Alexandre Lacazette was named in the 25-man squad to play Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers.

Lacazette, who last week signed for a club record £52.7m from Lyon, has boarded a plane bound for Sydney with his new Premier League side and manager Arsène Wenger.

The French international striker joined the Gunners’ other summer signing, Bosnia-Herzegovina international Saed Kolašinac, and fellow France forward Olivier Giroud, who has been linked with a move away this summer.

Other stars including Mesut Özil, Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny are also travelling for Thursday’s friendly with A-League champions Sydney and Saturday’s clash with the Wanderers.

The big absences are, as expected, wantaway Chile international forward Alexis Sánchez and German defender Shkodran Mustafi, who are taking a break after facing off in last week’s Confederations Cup final.

There is no place in the squad for defenders Kieran Gibbs, Mathieu Debuchy and Carl Jenkinson or striker Lucas Pérez, whose agent has has said he wants to leave the club.

Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny, who spent the last two seasons on loan at Roma, will also stay put amid reports of a move to Juventus. Defenders Hector Bellerin, Calum Chambers and Rob Holding, who were involved in the Under-21 European Championship, will not travel either.

Arsenal land in Sydney early on Tuesday morning for the two-match series before embarking on their China tour against Bayern Munich in Shanghai and Chelsea in Beijing.

Arsenal squad: Petr Cech, Emi Martinez, David Ospina, Krystian Bielik, Cohen Bramall, Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny, Olivier Giroud, Alex Iwobi, Sead Kolasinac, Laurent Koscielny, Alexandre Lacazette, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Donyell Malen, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Danny Welbeck, Joe Willock, Granit Xhaka.