Mikel Arteta has been speaking to the media ahead of Arsenal's Premier League trip to Wolves on Wednesday evening
13:57, 17 Feb 2026Updated 14:14, 17 Feb 2026
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has issued an injury update ahead of the trip to Wolves
Mikel Arteta has revealed Riccardo Calafiori and Ben White have both avoided injury in a major boost for Arsenal ahead of their Premier League trip to Wolves.
The Italian full-back was forced to withdraw from the starting XI ahead of the 4-0 FA Cup thrashing of Wigan Athletic after picking up an issue during the warm-up.
Meanwhile, White appeared to feel his left hamstring in the latter stages of the game but Arteta has now confirmed the versatile full-back should be okay to feature in the Black Country.
Arteta said on Calafiori: "He's fine. He was training with us today, he's feeling better and hopefully he's fit for tomorrow."
He then added on White: "It was just a bit of fatigue [for White], he did a lot in the game, and was feeling a bit of tightness."
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Meanwhile, the Spaniard has also ruled captain Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz out of the contest, though both are in contention to feature against Tottenham in this weekend's north London derby.
Arteta continued: "For Wolves, [Odegaard] is not going to be fit, but for Sunday we are hopeful. Kai for the weekend is a possibility."
Odegaard missed the triumph over Wigan with a knee issue that he picked trying to keep out Brentford's equaliser in last week's dramatic 1-1 draw at the Gtech Community Stadium.
The Norwegian was later spotted hobbling from the mixed zone as he made his way back to the team bus in west London.
He later confirmed during his programme notes pre-Wigan that the injury wasn't as bad as he initially feared.
BRENTFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: Arsenal's Martin Odegaard during the Premier League match between Brentford and Arsenal at Gtech Community Stadium on February 12, 2026 in Brentford, United Kingdom. (Photo by Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images)
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Martin Odegaard is set to miss Arsenal's trip to Wolves due to a knee injury(Image: Getty Images)
Havertz is currently nursing a muscle issue but he is pushing hard to be involved at Spurs on Sunday.
Meanwhile, youngster Max Dowman is close to returning to action but this match is likely to come too soon for him while Mikel Merino recently underwent successfully surgery on his foot.
The experienced midfielder, who can also play upfront, is not expected to be fit until the closing stages of the season, though he's hopeful of being back in time to represent Spain at the World Cup.
Arsenal can extend their lead over Manchester City to seven points with victory over the Premier League basement boys.
They needed a 94th-minute Yerson Mosquera own goal to edge Rob Edwards' side in the return fixture at the Emirates in mid-December.
Arsenal had led through Sam Johnstone's own goal following Bukayo Saka's corner before they were pegged back by Tolu Arokodare stoppage-time equaliser.
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