Managing director Keith Edelman revealed plans were at an exploratory stage, and added: "It would be in pre-season, around late July, and tickets would be reasonably priced.

[3] Süper Lig champions Galatasaray, Italian side Napoli and Portuguese club Porto were revealed as participants for the 2013 edition, alongside hosts Arsenal.

[3] Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis said in a statement, "We are welcoming three high-quality sides to this year’s competition again and I’m sure we’ll see some great football played over the two days.

As the match went on Galatasaray started to dominate; Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder linked up well and provided the team's biggest threat up front.

[5] Napoli were sharp in the first half, leading through Lorenzo Insigne's goal and doubled their advantage after Pandev went around goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański to score.

In an assessment of Arsenal's performance, The Observer's match reporter Simon Burton noted the hosts "worked the ball nicely through midfield but ran out of ideas at the edge of the penalty area.

[7] Napoli's Federico Fernández scored an own goal and substitute Licá sealed a 3–1 win for the Portuguese side after Andrea Dossena made an error in his penalty box.

[10] Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger described the penalty as a "classic Drogba," and the player duly converted his spot kick.

[10] Drogba scored his second of the match late on to win the Emirates Cup for Galatasaray; he controlled a long ball from Sneijder, before cutting inside and shooting past Wojciech Szczęsny.