Cedric Soares has fully recovered from the knock which has kept him out of Arsenal’s last three squads against FC Zurich, Brentford and Tottenham football.london understands. The Portuguese international returns at a vital time for Mikel Arteta to give the Spaniard more options.
Arsenal intend to call Cedric up for the Europa League clash with Bodo/Glimt on Thursday. The 31-year-old is determined to earn his first minutes of the new season and make Arteta’s choice as difficult as possible football.london has been told.
Cedric enjoyed a successful period starting in place of Takehiro Tomiyasu and was at right-back for a five-game winning run in February and March. However, the team suffered after Kieran Tierney suffered a knee problem and both Cedric and Nuno Tavares became the starting fullbacks.