Arsenal news: Evan Ferguson transfer update as Mikel Arteta makes 'surprise' claim

Arsenal instrumentality connected Bolton Wanderers successful the Carabao Cup arsenic they look to instrumentality to winning ways pursuing their gully with Manchester City and Mikel Arteta has wounded concerns

Fresh from earning a hard-fought gully implicit Manchester City, Arsenal are backmost successful enactment connected Wednesday evening successful hunt of a win.

Following consecutive stalements, the Gunners volition anticipation to decision Bolton Wanderers successful the Carabao Cup 3rd circular arsenic they vie for silverware this term. Mikel Arteta whitethorn effort immoderate rotation but has already conceded his team's wounded issues volition bounds his quality to bash so.

The Spanish manager provided updates connected Oleksandr Zinchenko and Martin Odegaard but was little forthcoming connected different members of his squad up of welcoming the Trotters to the Emirates. Arteta's property league alternatively saw jibes aft accusations Arsenal relied connected the acheronian arts against City.

Mirror Football takes a look astatine Arsenal's wounded quality and different stories from astir northbound London up of the clash with Bolton.

Injury update

Oleksandr Zinchenko and Martin Odegaard volition some inactive beryllium retired for a fig of weeks arsenic Mikel Arteta admitted it would beryllium a 'surprise' for Arsenal's skipper to marque a instrumentality earlier the planetary break.

The Gunners' brag was coy implicit squad quality arsenic his broadside hole to look Bolton successful the Carabao Cup 3rd round. Asked astir the information of players who came retired of the City clash worse for wear, Arteta was little than forthcoming.

The Spaniard admitted a 'few' players would beryllium unavailable. David Raya was seen limping distant from the Etihad connected Sunday, portion Jurrien Timber, Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori each had issues too.

When asked astir whether a superior wounded was suffered successful the Premier League clash Arteta returned: "We person to hold connected 1 of them".

Raheem Sterling could commencement for the Gunners however. "He has had a fewer minutes already and time helium has different opportunity," said Arteta. He is ready, helium is truly bare to adhd much minutes and interaction the squad successful the mode that helium can, and hopefully time we tin spot that.”

Bukayo Saka matches Thierry Henry grounds

Bukayo Saka whitethorn person lone played for 45 minutes against Man City this play but successful providing an assistance for Gabriel matched a grounds of Thierry Henry.

It was the 5th Premier League lucifer successful succession that Saka set-up a extremity for a teammate, and lone Arsenal fable Henry has managed that successful the opening 5 matches of the part previously. The Frenchman accomplished the feat successful 2004/05.

Saka whitethorn soon person a bigger grounds successful his sights however. Mesut Ozil has the honour of assisting successful much ,consecutive Premier League matches than anyone else. The ex-Gunner managed to bash truthful successful 7 games successful a enactment successful 2015/16.

Cesc Fabregas managed to execute six games successful succession, albeit crossed his clip with Arsenal and Chelsea.

Evan Ferguson transportation interest

Evan Ferguson enjoyed a accelerated emergence astatine Brighton to rapidly beryllium linked to the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and a full big of the champion clubs successful Europe. After astir a twelvemonth without a Premier League extremity immoderate of the clamour has died down, though transportation rumours were inactive contiguous successful the summer.

Ferguson is inactive conscionable 19 and is inactive expanding his minutes astatine Brighton aft being ruled retired with an ankle wounded precocious past season. Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano reports that helium remains connected the shortlist of apical clubs contempt his setbacks.

"Of people (his banal has dropped), erstwhile you don’t play regularly and don’t people regularly, it’s not the aforesaid feeling we person astir a subordinate similar Gyokeres who is scoring each week. It’s a antithetic feeling," Romano explained.

"What I americium proceeding successful the manufacture is that he’s inactive precise overmuch appreciated, he’s inactive highly rated, they cognize however bully his imaginable is, astatine Brighton it is hard due to the fact that they person truthful galore prime players, they emotion to rotate, it’s a antithetic concept.

"The subordinate is inactive appreciated successful the market, and I inactive deliberation he’s successful the database of large clubs astir Europe erstwhile it comes to a fig nine. I tin warrant he’s inactive successful the database of respective clubs for the adjacent years."

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