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

Arsenal proceed to person respective cardinal absentees arsenic they look to support gait with Liverpool successful the Premier League rubric race.

There was besides caller issues for Mikel Arteta to contend with, arsenic Martin Odegaard and Mikel Merino were ruled retired of the travel to Molineux.

Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu stay connected the sidelines, portion injuries to Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus person near Arsenal abbreviated successful guardant areas.

Martin Odegaard was amazingly near retired of Arsenal’s squad to look Wolves implicit the weekend.

The Norwegian played the afloat 90 minutes successful midweek against Dinamo Zagreb and past travelled with his Arsenal team-mates for the lucifer astatine Molineux.

However, helium past returned location owed to illness, and Arteta could present prevention Odegaard for the Man City clash alternatively than hazard him against Girona successful the Champions League connected Wednesday night.

"Martin was sick this greeting and we had to nonstop him backmost - helium was obscurity adjacent acceptable to play,” Arteta said of Odegaard’s lack against Wolves.

Potential instrumentality date: Manchester City (h) connected Sunday February 2

Mikel Merino was not named successful the squad for Arsenal’s triumph implicit Wolves.

The midfielder played the afloat 90 minutes successful the gully with Aston Villa, earlier helium was past named connected the seat against Dinamo Zagreb.

Merino picked up an contented successful grooming to regularisation him retired of the Wolves match, but that does not look to beryllium a superior injury.

Arteta explained up of the match: "Mikel arsenic well, due to the fact that helium got a sound and couldn't marque it yesterday for training."

Potential instrumentality date: Manchester City (h) connected Sunday February 2

Arsenal person been forced to header without Ben White since helium underwent a insignificant surgical process successful November to resoluteness a genu issue.

The right-back had been carrying a associated occupation earlier that and it is hopes that this volition alteration White to instrumentality to enactment pain-free.

The Englishman is not backmost successful first-team training, but Arteta confirmed past week that White could soon beryllium backmost successful the fold.

‘He hasn’t trained with the squad yet but helium is precise adjacent to doing that,’ said Arteta. ‘He volition beryllium with america truly soon.’

Potential instrumentality date: February 2025

Bukayo Saka has present been retired for much than a period aft helium required country connected a hamstring wounded picked up against Crystal Palace successful December.

The Arsenal prima has been successful attendance astatine a fig of location matches recently, but Mikel Arteta has insisted that helium goes connected vacation arsenic helium continues his recovery.

This is the archetypal important wounded of Saka’s vocation and helium is expected to beryllium retired until astatine slightest March.

Potential instrumentality date: March 2025

It has been different injury-hit play for Takehiro Tomiyasu.

The 26-year-old has managed lone six minutes of Premier League shot and has been retired of enactment since the commencement of October.

Tomiyasu is reportedly nearing a return, but nary steadfast timeline has been provided by Arsenal.

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

Gabriel Jesus’ play is implicit aft helium suffered an ACL wounded successful the FA Cup decision to Manchester United earlier this month.

The striker has had country connected his near genu and present faces a lengthy betterment process, with Jesus apt facing a conflict conscionable to beryllium acceptable successful clip for the commencement of adjacent season.

Potential instrumentality date: Summer 2025