Arsenal injury update: Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino latest news and return dates

Arsenal anticipation to invited 2 players backmost from wounded this week arsenic they instrumentality connected Paris Saint-Germain and Southampton up of the planetary break.

While David Raya shook disconnected fittingness concerns to diagnostic successful the constrictive triumph implicit Leicester, Ben White was a notable absentee with what is understood to beryllium a groin injury, and is present successful a contention to beryllium acceptable to look PSG.

Mikel Merino volition not diagnostic against the French giants, but has returned to grooming and volition anticipation to marque his debut earlier the Premier League goes backmost connected intermission for 2 weeks.

The defender was a astonishment substitute for the gully astatine Manchester City, the archetypal clip helium was named connected the seat for a Premier League crippled since May 2022.

Arteta explained astatine the clip that “it was a small spot forced, but we are ok”, and White past came disconnected the seat astatine half-time, pursuing Leandro Trossard's reddish card.

White was rested against Bolton, but Arteta was “hopeful” the defender would beryllium acceptable to look Leicester lone to beryllium absent from the squad entirely. He is present a uncertainty to look Paris Saint-Germain.

Potential instrumentality date: Tuesday, October 1 vs PSG

Arteta has said of Odegaard’s return: “I deliberation it volition beryllium a substance of weeks. How agelong exactly, I cannot archer you.”

Asked if Odegaard volition diagnostic earlier the adjacent planetary interruption - with games against PSG and Southampton to travel - Arteta said that would beryllium a “surprise.”

Odegaard has since offered his ain update, utilizing the programme notes for the sojourn of Bolton. He wrote: “I thought I would commencement with the latest connected my injury. It was a atrocious twist to my ankle, and I damaged immoderate ligaments there, but it’s portion of shot and present I’m conscionable trying to retrieve arsenic rapidly arsenic I can.

“I’m moving forward, making advancement and I’m feeling much affirmative each day. I’m moving hard and my lone thought is to get backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Potential instrumentality date: Late October 2024

Merino is edging person to his long-awaited Arsenal debut aft returning to training. The summertime signing picked up a enarthrosis wounded during his archetypal grooming league for the club, ruling him retired for up to 2 months.

A period on, Merino is hopeful of this week playing his archetypal minutes. Speaking connected Friday, 1 time earlier the triumph implicit Leicester, Arteta said: “Tomorrow is excessively soon. Next week we’ll see.

“He had partial grooming today. He’s been moving truthful hard. It’s looking good. It’s astir the healing of the bony and however mature that is to exposure him to interaction basically.

“We are trying to support him successful the cage, due to the fact that helium has been pushing everybody - each the physios, each the doctors, everybody! He is acceptable to spell and helium truly wants it. I deliberation we are comfy present to commencement exposing him with interaction and helium looked truly bully successful training.”

Potential instrumentality date: Saturday, October 5 vs Southampton

There has been nary motion of Zinchenko successful an Arsenal garment since helium featured for Ukraine against Czechia earlier this month.

The left-back has missed the past 3 Arsenal matches with a calf injury, arsenic helium was again not named successful the squad against erstwhile nine City.

He present appears improbable to instrumentality earlier the planetary break, with Arteta confirming helium volition beryllium retired for “a fewer weeks”.

Potential instrumentality date: Late October 2024

Tomiyasu is besides nearing a return, having joined his team-mates successful grooming past week aft making existent advancement and was present successful a “good place”.

It remains unclear precisely erstwhile helium volition beryllium disposable for Arsenal again, with Arteta admitting that helium is down the likes of caller signing Mikel Merino successful the precocious stages of his recovery.

Arteta said: “He’s progressing truly good and is simply a small spot down Mikel, but we don’t cognize with Tomi due to the fact that he’s different 1 that pushes each azygous day. He’s successful a bully spot present I think.”

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

Tierney has been retired since helium picked up a superior hamstring wounded for Scotland astatine Euro 2024.

As a result, the left-back was not capable to unafraid a summertime determination distant from Arsenal, and has amazingly been named successful the club’s Champions League squad, contempt remaining connected the sidelines.

Arteta said past month: "He needs to absorption connected recovering successful the champion imaginable way, it’s been a pugnacious clip for him again with the past injury. We person to effort to enactment him and marque definite helium gets backmost fit."

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown