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Published 16:07 17 Jul 2016 BST
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"They need four weeks' holiday," Wenger told Arsenal.com when discussing Arsenal players who played key parts in this summer's international tournaments. "It takes you two or three weeks to regenerate… to recover completely, and they need to come back with hunger. "I believe the club benefits from [our players'] experiences at the top level, and the mental experiences as well that they have gone through with such a huge pressure. Of course in the longer term you benefit from that."This means that Euro 2016 finalists Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny, semi-finalists Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey and Copa America champion Alexis Sanchez won't be starting their pre-season until just before the Gunners' first game of the new Premier League season, when they host Liverpool on Sunday, August 14. And, by the looks of Sanchez's ankle, he might need more time than the rest. Still, Arsenal fans can probably expect to see the likes of Petr Cech, Jack Wilshere and new signing Granit Xhaka back in the team sooner rather than later after none of them managed to reach the quarter-finals of this summer's European Championships in France.

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