Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will welcome the latest news from behind the scenes at Premier League HQ - but questions about how his priorities can be squared with the club's senior management.

Arteta recently arrived with his squad in the United States, where the Gunners will play a series of friendlies as part of their preparations for 2023-24.

One of those matches will be against Man United at to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the space-age arena that houses Stan Kroenke's LA Rams NFL franchise.

However, despite previously earning the moniker 'Silent Stan', the 76-year-old is still very much the driving force behind the very biggest decision at the Emirates.

The Missouri-born billionaire was, for example, the one who steered Arsenal into the ultimately doomed European Super League.

Player welfare was far from the principle reason that breakaway project collapsed, but it was among a tapestry of concerns.

Now, in light of a number of developments which could increase the workload on players, new information has emerged that illustrate what some perceive to be the hypocrisy in the owners' stance.

Premier League joins fight against FIFA as Arsenal support competition revamp As relayed by The Times, the Premier League has today joined FIFPro and a number of other institutions in an action against FIFA's international match calendar.

A formal complaint has been lodged with the European Commission which alleges that the international fixture schedule "risks player's [sic] health."

On the one hand, Arteta may be please that the Premier League is ostensibly considering player welfare.

However, the Spaniard may also be bemused that, just as the Premier League are taking measutres to reduce workload, Arsenal are themselves backing a project that could see it increased again.

It has been reported that the Gunners are among the clubs who are supporting the expanded Club World Cup in the United States.

While the tournament will be hosted on a quadrennial basis, it will feature 32 teams instead of a single representative from each confederation.

If Arsenal qualify for a future edition of the tournament, it could see an extra seven matches added to their calendar.

TBR Analysis: Why do Arsenal want more matches overseas? Kroenke sees Arsenal as a capital appreciation project and will one day want a return on his investment.

He and many other owners of elite European clubs believe that the US market holds the key to unlocking huge new revenue streams, which in turn would increase enterprise value.

A new report from industry experts CLV Group has found that PS850m of untapped commercial revenue is on offer in the US for European clubs ahead of the World Cup in 2026.

The Premier League Summer Series, an officially endorsed friendly tournament, was launched in the US last year, but the likes of Arsenal have set their ambitions higher than that.

However, the introduction of a government-backed independent regulator for English football, which Arsenal oppose, could be a bulwark against those plans.