We will be making some late decisions on the availability of Declan Rice and Gabriel for Tuesday’s game against Nottingham Forest.
Declan had to come off during our last game, a 5-0 win at home to Crystal Palace, while Gabriel was also substituted.
Thomas Partey recently returned to first team training but Tuesday's game comes too early for him. However, he could feature on the weekend against Liverpool.
“You want everybody available and he’s a top player for us, really important player for us, but at the moment he’s not fit yet,” Mikel Arteta said in his pre-Forest press conference on Monday.
There were no updates provided on the fitness of Fabio Vieira or Jurrien Timber.
Mohamed Elneny will not be available having just finished Africa Cup of Nations international duty with Egypt on Sunday, while Takehiro Tomiyasu is still involved in the Asian Cup with Japan.
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