Arsenal urge Uefa to guarantee Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s safety for Baku final
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Arsenal have expressed concern that they have not yet received “acceptable guarantees” from Uefa that their midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be safe to travel to Baku for the Europa League final.
When Arsenal played in Azerbaijan in their opening group game the Armenian midfielder was omitted because of the conflict between the two countries over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. There are no diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and Arsenal are disappointed that they might be prevented from taking one of their players to a major European final.