Mikel Arteta wasn’t giving much away on Arsenal’s injury situation in his press conference ahead of Saturday’s game away to West Ham United.
LISBON, PORTUGAL - NOVEMBER 26: Gabriel of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's third goal with teammates during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD5 match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Arsenal FC at Estadio Jose Alvalade on November 26, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images)
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After an impressive win away in Lisbon on Tuesday night, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal side have returned to England ahead of another away trip to West Ham United on Saturday.
The Gunners have at least one injury concern following the midweek fixture, with Gabriel Magalhaes having been withdrawn early with around 10 minutes left to play.
After the game, Arteta said: “We don’t know (the extent of the injury) because he said he was feeling some discomfort, so I was about to make the change of Ras [Raheem Sterling] but I couldn’t make the sub and we had to make other ones.”
LISBON, PORTUGAL - NOVEMBER 26: Gabriel of Arsenal celebrates victory with teammate Jurrien Timber after the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD5 match between Sporting Clube de Portugal and Arsenal FC at Estadio Jose Alvalade on November 26, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
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A few days later, Arteta still wasn’t giving much away on Gabriel’s condition, saying only that the club will have to “wait and see” whether he’ll be available on Saturday.
Speaking about Arsenal’s team news more generally, the manager said: “Not a lot because we have another training session. We have to see how the boys are. A few weren’t able to train.”
No one else appeared to leave the field with an injury on Tuesday, but Gabriel Martinelli, Declan Rice, Riccardo Calafiori, and Martin Odegaard were all substituted.
Given all four players have had recent injuries, their withdrawals were hopefully just precautionary.
Arsenal injury updates - LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: Riccardo Calafiori of Arsenal walks off with a injury during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between Arsenal FC and FC Shakhtar Donetsk at Emirates Stadium on October 22, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
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In terms of confirmed absentees, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are both expected to be out for a while longer. Neither will be involved against West Ham.
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