Mikel Arteta has confirmed no fresh injury concerns ahead of Arsenal's Premier League clash against Manchester City.
However, the Gunners manager wasn't giving too much away with regard to if Reiss Nelson and/or Emile Smith Rowe will be available for selection on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, there was a positive update on Gabriel Jesus as he battles back from undergoing knee surgery back in December.
Speaking in the pre-match press conference at London Colney, Arteta confirmed that those who were involved in the 1-1 draw against Brentford - such as William Saliba, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka - at the weekend are all in contention to face Man City.
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"Everybody available that we had from the previous game so far unless something strange happens today in their beds!" he told reporters when asked for an update on how the players had recovered having dropped points - in controversial fashion - a few days ago.
Interestingly, Smith Rowe and Nelson trained ahead of the Brentford game - although it was revealed that neither were ready to contribute. Of course, a few days have passed since that update and football.london asked the Arsenal manager if their situation has changed.
However, Arteta's response offered little to no clarification: "I will do the list now. So I will make that decision." Therefore, it will be a wait-and-see process with all eyes firmly focused on the team news which is released an hour before kick-off at the Emirates on Wednesday night.
As for Jesus, he has been absent since the beginning of December after undergoing knee surgery as a result of sustaining medial ligament damage during the World Cup group stage fixture against Cameroon. Whilst there is no timeframe for his return to action, he is making very good progress.
"Doing really well he’s been doing quite a lot of work on the ball already and his rehab is going well," Arteta revealed. "Unfortunately no [with regard to a timeframe]. "Ask the doctor maybe he’ll give you one."
As a result of Arteta's comments from the press conference, it may not be too much longer before the Spaniard has a near full-strength Arsenal first-team squad at his disposal to challenge for the Premier League and go far in the Europa League, with only Mohamed Elneny a long-term injury casualty.
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