Mikel Arteta could have Jurrien Timber available for the Carabao Cup final
Arsenal Football Newsletter
Jurrien Timber has been named in the Netherlands squad, thus providing Arsenal with a potential injury boost.
Timber missed Arsenal’s Champions League last-16 second leg win over Bayer Leverkusen in midweek after limping off during the first half against Everton last weekend.
The defender’s absence has raised doubts over his involvement in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, with Mikel Arteta delivering a rather vague update on Timber and captain Martin Odegaard in the pre-match press conference.
“We have another training session tomorrow, so the ones that are in contention hopefully can give us good news,” Arteta said when asked for an injury update on Friday.
“We have another session tomorrow, so let's see if they can make it.”
While Arteta appears to be keeping the injury situation under wraps, the Holland announcement on Friday would suggest Timber’s knock is not too serious and that he is on course to be available for selection this weekend.
Timber has been named in Holland’s 26-man squad for pre-World Cup friendlies against Norway and Ecuador on March 27 and March 31 respectively.
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The Arsenal team to face Man City will be announced at 3.15pm GMT, ahead of the 4.30pm kick-off at Wembley Stadium.
Victory for the Gunners would see them lift their first piece of silverware since the FA Cup in 2020 when they beat City in the semi-final en route to defeating London rivals Chelsea in the final.
Arsenal have not tasted defeat to City since April 2023, but did lose the last time the two sides contested a Carabao Cup final back in February 2018.