Arsenal Team News
In the pre-match press conference, Arteta gave the latest updates on the availability of William Saliba, Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice, and Leandro Trossard.
On the availability of Saliba, Arteta said:
“We have to wait and see. Yesterday we didn’t train, so we have an extra day between this afternoon, let’s see if he can be available or not. It remains the same. If you asked me for the Everton game, I think he will be fit; for tomorrow, I don’t know.”
“Again, depends how he feels today. It was a knock that he picked, and he wasn’t feeling comfortable. So again, I think it’s a matter of days, but whether it’s tomorrow or not we’ll see,” said Arteta regarding Timber’s fitness.
Discussing Rice, the Gunners boss said: “Let’s see how he is today. He was ill, that’s an illness, normally in a few days it gets resolved, but we have to wait and see.”
Trossard has continued to show what a valuable squad player he is for Arsenal, but Arteta couldn’t give too much information on his availability:
“Again, another one that is a matter of days. It sounds boring, but it’s the reality, so we don’t know.”
