All smiles: Mikel Arteta ahead of Arsenal’s latest training session at London Colney
Arsenal Football Newsletter
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Arsenal have been handed a triple injury boost after William Saliba, Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Calafiori were spotted in training on the eve of their Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen.
All three players were seen taking part in Tuesday’s slightly delayed session at the Sobha Realty Training Centre at London Colney which was open to the media, with the Gunners due to fly to Germany later in the afternoon ahead of manager Mikel Arteta’s pre-match press conference at 6pm GMT.
Saliba’s return in particular is great news for Arsenal, with the French defender having played no part in successive matches against Brighton and Mansfield after turning his ankle in the recent win over Chelsea.
Trossard and Calafiori, meanwhile, both started Saturday’s hard-fought FA Cup fifth-round win at third-tier Mansfield, though each were substituted with what Arteta described after the game as “little niggles” - Trossard late in the first half, Calafiori with quarter of an hour to go.
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