Saka is back for Fulham, great to have for end of season - Arteta - video Dailymotion

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on the return of Bukayo Saka for their Premier League clash with Fulham London Colney, London, UK

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00:00Are you excited to be back in action again tomorrow evening?

00:03Yes, great. Obviously we had a good time to reflect and to reset

00:08and put ourselves in a really good position to go for the most exciting part of the season.

00:13And is Bukayo Saka going to be available to help you with that tomorrow evening?

00:16Bukayo is ready to go.

00:19In terms of managing his return to football, because it's been more than three months he's been missing,

00:23what sort of role do you think we could see him play tomorrow night?

00:27How carefully are you going to have to manage his minutes?

00:30Well, all the careful things he's already done.

00:33So now it's about putting him in the grass in the right moments.

00:38But he's pushing because he's responsive.

00:41We have respected the time frame, we have done everything and we have to hold him back even.

00:46So he's ready to go.

00:48In that case, could he be in a position where he could start tomorrow?

00:51Yeah, yeah.

00:53And how much of an impact do you think he can have now,

00:56in terms of what you're saying is the most exciting part of the season now?

00:59Yeah, it's another massive weapon that we have with him.

01:02We know the impact that he's had on the team and how important his role

01:06and his contribution is to our success.

01:10So great to have him back, obviously.