Saka and Havertz in contention, Odegaard out - Arteta - video Dailymotion

Mikel Arteta is hoping that his front three will be fit to face Bournemouth this weekend.

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00:00Yeah, it's not a serious injury. He's evolving really well. He's done a few things in the

00:04last two days. Obviously, he wasn't fit enough to play with the national team in the second

00:10game. But yeah, we are hopeful. We have a training session this afternoon. He did some

00:14beats yesterday. So let's see if he can make it on time.

00:18Yeah, he had a few issues and we've been dealing with that. He's been absolutely brilliant.

00:22He has very good communication with the national team, with the manager. And he understood

00:27the situation. Obviously, we have modified everything that we could do here. And again,

00:32if he trains well today, he's got a good chance to be fit and available.

00:35Well, with Gabi, he landed yesterday afternoon here. So we had a very short time to be with

00:41him. Yesterday, he went outside to do a little bit and see how he's feeling. And again, today

00:46will be another step and understand whether we want to take the risk if he's fit. Because

00:52I know what the player is going to say and he's going to be fit for sure.

00:55I think he's not going to be fit for this game. Next week will be a different story.

01:01But again, in that later stage of the rehab where he is at the moment, because he's doing

01:07already a lot of stuff, he needs to clear some markers, he needs to clear certain things

01:12he needs to be comfortable doing, especially with the ball. And I think next week will

01:16be crucial to understand how close he is.

01:19White, Timber, Zinchenko, any of them back new? I told you there was a lot.

01:27They are quite close, the three of them. Again, today we're going to have to try and push

01:35and see who it is because obviously we are a bit strong with the numbers, especially

01:40in our right side. But hopefully we have some positive news today and we'll have some players

01:46back for tomorrow.