Arsenal signing Takuma Asano is one of three Gunners players heading to the Olympics, with the Japan striker joined by Germany's Serge Gnabry and Portugal's Joao Virginia.
The Gunners confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that the trio will be travelling to Brazil for the Olympics, with 16 teams competing for gold in Rio de Janiero.
Arsenal are targeting further forwards despite Asano's arrival, but are set to lose out on Gonzalo Higuain to Juventus while being initially rebuffed by Lyon in their pursuit of Alexandre Lacazette.
Olympic hosts Brazil will be looking to go one better on home soil and avenge their 2012 heartache in London, where they finished as runners-up to South American rivals Mexico.
The Arsenal trio could meet Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel in Brazil, with the Blues midfielder to miss the start of the 2016/17 season by representing Nigeria.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, faces a defensive shortage ahead of the new season with Per Mertesacker poised to be a long-term absentee due to a knee injury.
Mertesacker has been left out of the club’s pre-season tour of America and losing the 31-year-old represents a serious setback for Arsene Wenger.
It leaves Arsenal with a problem for their first game of the season against Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on August 14.
Laurent Koscielny is not back after Euro 2016 and Wenger is normally reluctant to rush players into action after a major tournament. Wenger likes to give players at least four weeks rest and Koscielny played for France in the Euro 2016 final on July 10.
