Arsenal get fresh Jurrien Timber injury update ahead of Liverpool clash

Jurrien Timber looks acceptable to miss Arsenal’s showdown with Liverpool aft helium was near retired of the provisional Netherlands squad for their Nations League games successful November.

Timber has been retired for astir a period owed to a musculus wounded and Mikel Arteta said connected Friday that helium was “very uncertain” whether helium would beryllium acceptable to look Liverpool.

The defender has returned to grooming but his hopes of lining up astatine Emirates Stadium connected Sunday look slim aft the Dutch did not sanction him successful their provisional squad for fixtures adjacent period against Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dutch manager Ronald Koeman has decided not to prime Timber, suggesting helium is inactive immoderate mode distant from a instrumentality to fitness.

Speaking connected Friday, Arteta admitted Arsenal had hoped Timber would beryllium “further along” successful his recovery.

“He’s been retired for a while,” said Arteta. “We expected him to beryllium further on than helium is astatine the moment. We volition person to spot [about Liverpool].”

With Timber and Riccardo Calafiori some expected to miss retired against Liverpool, Arteta is facing a headache astatine left-back and a large antiaircraft reshuffle.

William Saliba is suspended aft his reddish paper successful past weekend’s 2-0 decision astatine Bournemouth.

Ben White whitethorn beryllium forced to play astatine centre-back alongside Gabriel, with Thomas Partey dropping into right-back.

At left-back, Arteta tin take betwixt Jakub Kiwior, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Oleksandr Zinchenko to enactment up against Liverpool prima Mohamed Salah.

Injury-hit Arsenal are sweating connected fittingness connected Bukayo Saka up of the sojourn of Liverpool, portion skipper Martin Odegaard remains sidelined.