By Chris Harris
There were no surprises when Arsène Wenger announced his squad for Tuesday's Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb.
As expected, Tomas Rosicky has been passed fit for the first leg and replaces Mark Randall. Otherwise, the same squad which made the trip to Alkmaar on Friday will travel to Croatia.
Wenger confirmed the list of absentees before boarding a flight for Zagreb on Monday afternoon.
"The players not involved are Jens Lehmann, Freddie Ljungberg, Thierry Henry, Ashley Cole, Gael Clichy, Philippe Senderos, Abou Diaby and Theo Walcott," said Wenger.
"Ashley Cole is not fit to play and I've known for a long time he would not be available for this game. He came back [from the World Cup] late and then he was sick. We do not play with players who are not at a certain level of preparation and Cole is at the moment at the level of Thierry Henry, maybe just a bit behind, so I would not play him.
"Tomas Rosicky will be on the bench. He has not played games so maybe I will play him for 30 minutes coming off the bench. He is physically fit but has not played games."
Lehmann is suspended for Tuesday's game after his red card in the Champions League Final against Barcelona. Manuel Almunia is expected to deputise.
The travelling squad is as follows:
Cesc
Fabregas
Kolo Toure
Tomas Rosicky
Jose
Antonio Reyes
Robin
van Persie
Alexander
Hleb
Mathieu
Flamini
Alex
Song
Pascal
Cygan
Gilberto
Johan Djourou
Mart
Poom
Manuel
Almunia
Emmanuel
Adebayor
Emmanuel
Eboue
Jeremie Aliadiere
Justin Hoyte
Armand Traore
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