Arteta’s Arsenal fitness update pre Sunderland

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta updated on the fitness of key players ahead of their Premier League clash with Sunderland Sobha Realty Training Centre, London, UK

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00:00I always ask you at the start of a news conference, any fresh injury concerns after midweek?

00:05No, no news remain the same and nobody new that can join the squad, so all the same.

00:13Fantastic boost to see Gabriel Jesus on the trading pitch yesterday.

00:18You said him and the other four or five injuries that you've got are not available for tomorrow,

00:23but how long before do you think Gabriel could be back in the reckoning?

00:28I don't know, now it's about making the steps day by day in a different surrounding.

00:34Obviously, he's been doing everything on his own.

00:36Now he's got players around him, very competitive players around him and see how he copes with that.

00:41But he's full of energy. I love the reaction of all his teammates when he's first joined us.

00:47And yeah, great to have him back.

00:49Just to confirm that Odegaard, Havertz, Madueke, Jocheres and Martinelli are not available tomorrow?

00:58I cannot confirm all of that, but you are not far.

01:03And are you hopeful still after the international break you'll have all, if not, some of them back?

01:09Some of them, all of them, I don't know. I mean, there are a lot of things that have to happen in the next two weeks

01:15and everything has to be perfect. But I think we'll be very close with most of them to be in a really strong position.

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