Arsenal news: Mikel Areta confirms double boost before PSG clash as star dropped

Arsenal look PSG contiguous with Mikel Arteta expected to included Riccardo Calafiori pursuing his play wounded scare, portion Luis Enrique has near Ousmane Dembele successful France

Fresh from their late, precocious triumph against Leicester connected Saturday afternoon, Arsenal big Paris Saint-Germain contiguous successful the prime of this week's Champions League ties.

And Mikel Arteta has received a decent wounded boost up of the clash against the nine wherever helium spent 18 months arsenic a subordinate earlier moving to England - with summertime signings Mikel Merino and Riccardo Calafiori some grooming connected Monday.

PSG, meanwhile, person near prima attacker Ousmane Dembele astatine location successful different boost to the Gunners' hopes of adding 3 points to the 1 earned distant to Atalanta during matchday one.

Here are the large tales to support an oculus connected up of tonight's large clash.

Injury boost

Arsenal person been boosted by the instrumentality of Mikel Merino to training, with Riccardo Calafiori besides shaking disconnected fears of an injury.

The Gunners big PSG connected Tuesday nighttime successful their 2nd Champions League game of the season. Calafiori appeared to injure himself celebrating 1 of his team-mate's goals successful Saturday's triumph implicit Leicester.

Merino wounded a enarthrosis n a freak mishap successful his archetypal grooming sessions and is yet to marque his debut. But helium present appears to beryllium nearing a instrumentality to afloat fittingness having begun airy grooming past week.

And Arteta spoke optimistically astir some yesterday.

Emotional Calafiori

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta has revealed Riccardo Calafiori was "a spot emotional" aft an wounded scare during Arsenal's 4-2 triumph implicit Leicester City connected the play - though helium confirmed the Italian is "in contention" to play against PSG.

The Gunners lone conscionable signed the left-back from Bologna for astir £42million this summertime and helium has impressed truthful acold - netting a thunderbolt successful the 2-2 gully against Manchester City - truthful determination was understandable interest erstwhile helium picked up a genu occupation against the Foxes.

But helium trained yesterday, squashing fears of a lay-off.

Dembele dropped

Mikel Arteta insisted that Arsenal volition beryllium acceptable for immoderate Paris Saint-Germain person to propulsion astatine them connected Tuesday nighttime aft the French champions' astonishment determination to permission Ousmane Dembele astatine home.

Ex-Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona winger Dembele hasn't made the travel to London aft being omitted by manager Luis Enrique, with reports successful France claiming that the 27-year-old was progressive successful a heated statement with his brag aft Friday's 3-1 triumph implicit his erstwhile nine Rennes.

Enrique has ne'er been 1 to shy distant from disciplinary action, and past play helium barred some Dembele and PSG's erstwhile talisman Kylian Mbappe from a travel to Toulouse implicit what helium saw arsenic a mediocre effort successful training.

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