Arsenal players were given the weekend off by head coach Unai Emery as they prepare for Thursday's Europa League clash against BATE Borisov.
Mesut Ozil, who didn't make the trip to Belarus, made the most of some more time off as he headed back home to Turkey amidst all the speculation surrounding his future at the club.
Top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameayang's brother, Wily, uploaded an image to his
official Instagram account of the Gabon international spending some time with family in Italy, while Aaron Ramsey - set to join Juventus in the summer -
was doing the same.
Mohamed Elneny
went on a Pilgrimage to Mecca, Sokratis
visited some medical friends, Shkodran Mustafi and Bernd Leno also spent time with some loved ones and Alex Iwobi
made a trip to France.