Arsenal, for their part, will give every opportunity to Riccardo Calafiori, Bukayo Saka y Jurrien Timber to demonstrate his physical condition.
Calafiori was forced off in the second half of their Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, a match in which Saka and Timber did not feature.
Mikel Arteta said on Friday afternoon: “We are going to do everything we can to have them available in some way. But obviously it’s very, very uncertain.
«[Calafiori] needs more proof. Yesterday he had some, today he is going to have some more. From there, we will know, because the last time we thought he was very bad and he ended up playing two or three days later. Let’s see how it is.
«[Saka] He has trained a little on the grass. How far we can go until Sunday is another question. We have another day, which is good [porque] This week he had one more day. We’ll see.
«Timber, once again, was the first session in which he was able to participate in any way. He’s been away for a while. We hope it is further back [que] where you are right now. But, once again, we have to wait and see what happens.
However, Arteta will definitely not have the suspended William Salibawho has played in all of the Gunners’ league games so far alongside centre-half partner Gabriel Magalhaes.
When asked about his plans in the central part of the defence, the Arsenal boss said: “We have different options, players who have played there before.
«It is true that this association has been very stable. “We have to find a different solution.”
No update has been provided on the status of Martin Odegaard, Kieran Tierney y Takehiro Tomiyasu.
October 3): Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Nunez, Gakpo
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Arsenal 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk (22 October): Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Partey, Rice, Jesús, Martinelli, Trossard, Havertz.
