Get Arsenal FC updates directly to your inbox Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailHenrikh Mkhitaryan will not travel to Azerbaijan for Arsenal's Europa League clash with Qarabag. The midfielder has elected not to play in Baku on Thursday evening, amid the ongoing conflict between the country and his homeland, Armenia. If a person's passport shows any evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh, barring a diplomatic passport, they are forbidden entry to the Republic of Azerbaijan." (Image: Arsenal FC via Getty Images)Unai Emery also added: "I would like that he can [travel] with us. Mkhitaryan started the last Europa League fixture, the 4-2 win over Vorskla.

Source: Daily Mirror October 01, 2018 10:07 UTC