The Premier League resumes this weekend and Arsenal will face Nottingham Forest this Saturday. On the eve of this match, Mikel Arteta provided an update on the injured players.
The international break allowed Riccardo Calafiori to recover, but other Arsenal players are expected to be absent. Leandro Trossard is also affected, but Mikel Arteta is positive about him. “ Trossard seems to be doing well. He trained this morning (yesterday morning) and seems to be feeling good. We will evaluate everything with the doctor now, because he was able to participate in the session, so that's good. »
Kieran Tierney and Takehiro Tomiyasu are still absent. « Ricci trained today, so his rehabilitation is going very well. He was able to do some things last week with the physios, and trained on the pitch this week with us and today, so he will be in the group. Kieran, not yet. He's had a few sessions with the team but he's not ready to be with the team yet, and Tomiyasu will also be out for a while. He's going to be away for a few weeks to continue his training and change his environment a bit, because it's been very hard on him, as you can imagine. He's one of those guys who just wants to work 24 hours a day to get better and feels terrible when he's not fit, it's a shame. We're going to give him every chance to try to unlock something to help him come back as quickly as possible, but I think we have to be patient. » (Statements via www.arsenal.com).
