Mikel Arteta faced the media on Tuesday ahead of Arsenal’s midweek rematch with Sporting.
Here’s what he had to say about the Gunners’ latest injury news.
ARSENAL TEAM NEWS
The Premier League leaders have had another injury scare ahead of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg.
The match comes just four days before Arsenal face Manchester City in a crucial top-flight clash.
The new worry is Declan Ricewho was absent from the open training session on Tuesday morning.
“We have to wait until tomorrow morning to see how the players are and make the right decisions with them.” – Mikel Arteta when asked about Declan Rice missing training and general Arsenal team news
“I don’t want to do that. We have to wait and see how he is tomorrow. Obviously, he can’t train.” – Mikel Arteta when asked to explain what Declan Rice’s problem is
“He has played a lot of games, and that is part of the problem, but he will try to do everything he can to be with us tomorrow.” – Mikel Arteta on whether Declan Rice’s awkward landing on Saturday was the cause of his absence from the training ground
Also missing are those who are absent for long periods of time Mikel Merino (foot) and four people absent from Gameweek 32, Bukayo Saka (Achilles), Jurrien Wood (ankle), Riccardo Calafiori (unspecified) and Martin Odegaard (unspecified).
Arteta finally revealed the nature of Saka’s problem (Achilles injury) and suggested the winger or Timber could return on Tuesday, but we’re not thinking about Calafiori and Odegaard.
“Maybe one of them, let’s see.” – Mikel Arteta on whether there is a chance of Bukayo Saka or Jurrien Timber returning for the Sporting game
“It’s something he’s carried with him for some time.
“It was an Achilles problem.
“NO [setback]there is progress. Hopefully, it’s only a matter of days, not weeks, but he’ll have to see, when he loads more, how he responds to that kind of development.” – Mikel Arteta on Bukayo Saka
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