William Saliba is fit to start in Arsenal’s Premier League clash with West Ham today.
While Saliba has been at the World Cup with beaten finalists France, he played just 27 minutes at the tournament and returned to north London on Friday.
The Gunners had been assessing the centre-back and features in a London derby at the Emirates Stadium after an update from Mikel Arteta on his condition.
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“Let’s see depending on how he comes back as well,” said Arsenal boss Arteta last week. “We have the data on what he’s done in training in terms of minutes.
“He didn’t participate much but it was a huge experience for him. When he gets back we’ll see.”
Arsenal are without Emile Smith Rowe (groin), Gabriel Jesus (knee) and Reiss Nelson (hamstring) for the match against West Ham.
Oleksandr Zinchenko has been struggling with a calf issue but makes the bench. Takehiro Tomiyasu is out with a hamstring injury.
Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney; Odegaard, Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli.
Subs: Turner, Cedric, Zinchenko, Elneny, Lokonga, Vieira, Marquinhos, Cozier-Duberry.
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Venue: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Michael Oliver
Arsenal squad from: Hein, Ramsdale, Turner; Cedric, Gabriel, Holding, Saliba, Tierney, Tomiyasu, White, Zinchenko; Elneny, Lokonga, Odegaard, Partey, Saka, Vieira, Xhaka; Martinelli, Marquinhos and Nketiah.
Injured: Jesus (knee), Nelson (hamstring) Smith Rowe (groin)
Doubts: Tomiyasu (hamstring), Zinchenko (calf)
