Arsenal are expected to provide Premier League champions Manchester United with a guard of honour on Sunday. Arsenal are expected to provide Premier League champions Manchester United with a guard of honour on Sunday.

Tradition has seen champions clapped onto the pitch in the past, with United having done so for Chelsea in 2005 and also Arsenal back in 1991 at Highbury.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had been reluctant to discuss the issue ahead of last weekends game at Fulham.

He said: "Manchester United have won the title. Do they win it here or somewhere else? It is done.

"For us, what is important is to win the next game which is Fulham and then after we deal with Manchester United."