Japan’s Ryo Miyaichi will be part of the Arsenal squad to feature in the Asia Tour and could feature in Arsene Wenger’s first eleven, next season.

Speaking to Arsenal Player, the Arsenal boss confirmed that the 18-year old will travel with the rest of the team so as to feature in pre-season and show that he can secure a regular place.

Ahead of next season, the Frenchman confirmed that no radical changes are required in the squad even if the Gunners suffered back-to-back disappointing defeats at the end of the last season. And on the overall performance, Wenger insisted that the team is growing and getting stronger every year, reason why fans should be positive.

Next Wednesday, the Gunners will kick-off their pre-season campaign with the first of six schedule friendlies as they face Malaysia All-Stars XI with kick-off time at 13:45, UK time.

On the Japanese winger, Wenger said:

[Ryo Miyaichi] is on the plane because he is quality. We want to give him a chance to show his quality and I think everybody will be curious to see him play in Asia.

I rate him personally [and] it’s a good opportunity for him to show that he has the talent to play for Arsenal Football Club. He has an opportunity to show that [he is good enough for the first team].

He has done extremely well at Feyenoord and we have so many good reports. It will be interesting to see him play.

[Why we are positive going into the new season?] Because of the disappointment we had at the end of last season people think we have to change everything.

[But] if you look at the global achievement of the team, we were close to win the Championship, we were knocked out by Barcelona but were certainly the team who went the closest to knock them out, so overall we feel the potential is there.

The team is growing, this team is getting stronger every year and we want to add what is needed. I’m not as negative as the emotional situation at the end of the season could have made us.

I believe we want to remain positive, continue to develop the team and add what makes the whole squad stronger.