Mikel Arteta has confirmed that William Saliba’s absence from Arsenal training ahead of facing Kairat Almaty in the Champions League is the result of injury ruling him out of the game—and he will be joined on the sidelines by Jurriën Timber and the suspended duo of Declan Rice and Mikel Merino.
The Spaniard told his news conference when asked about Saliba and Timber not training: “Those aren’t [available]... they have some niggles. It’s a good opportunity now that we make a different kind of work with them to get them in the best possible conditions that we can offer them.”
