Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta will make last-minute calls on the health of Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori, and Jurrien Timber forward of Sunday’s showdown with Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Arteta supplied an damage replace on Friday in an announcement titled “Harm Updates on Saka, Calafiori, and Timber,” confirming that whereas the trio might play, it’s “too early to substantiate both means.”
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This was contained in a Friday assertion titled, “Harm updates on Saka, Calafiori, and Timber,” giving an replace on the workforce information.
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On the Sobha Realty Coaching Centre, Arteta detailed the gamers’ circumstances, saying at his pre-match press convention, “We’re going to do our best to one way or the other have them obtainable, but it surely’s very unsure.”
On Saka’s standing, he added, “[Saka] has carried out a bit of coaching on the grass. How far we are able to get him to Sunday—that’s a unique query. We’ve one other day, which is an efficient factor, however we’ll see.”
Calafiori, in the meantime, will endure additional exams: “Yesterday he had some; in the present day he’s going to have some extra… Final time we thought it was actually unhealthy and he ended up enjoying two or three days after, so let’s see how it’s.”
Timber, Arteta famous, had his “first session that he might have some involvement” and was progressing quicker than anticipated.
Nonetheless, he suggested endurance: “We anticipated him to be additional again than the place he’s in the intervening time however, once more, we’ve got to attend and see.”
Arteta additionally confirmed that William Saliba will miss Sunday’s recreation on account of suspension after his purple card towards Bournemouth, saying, “We’ve completely different choices, gamers which have already performed there earlier than. It’s true that that partnership has been very steady… We’ve to discover a completely different resolution, which is one thing that, as a workforce, we must be good at as nicely.”
In response to the assertion, no updates have been supplied on Martin Odegaard (ankle), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), or Kieran Tierney (hamstring), conserving their availability unsure for the match towards Liverpool.