Arsenal give Fry double trouble

Arsenal will field two teams tonight when they begin their set of pre-season matches against Barry Fry's Peterborough United.

Fry said: "Pat Rice at Arsenal confirmed that they will be playing two teams, one for each half, but they are bringing their top players."

Arsene Wenger will give a debut to new Swiss signing Philippe Senderos, who was bought from Servette in June. Patrick Vieira will be missing, though, as he is still recovering from exploratory knee surgery which he had in France last month.

The match will offer the first chance for 22-year-old Stuart Taylor to show he is capable of filling the goalkeeping spot left vacant by David Seaman's move to Manchester City. Wenger has seen moves for a number of goalkeepers fall through during the summer.

Meanwhile, Arsenal today announced that they will play Turkish side Besiktas as part of their pre-season tour of Austria later this month.

Wenger's side will meet them in Hartberg on Tuesday 29 July. They will also play Ritzing and Austria Vienna on the tour.