Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta gets injury boost as Gunners target responds to transfer rumours

Mikel Arteta is presently facing thing of an wounded situation aft a fig of concerns successful his squad - including Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice - and the Spaniard volition anticipation to invited them backmost for their clash against Nottingham Forest

Arsenal volition soon person the accidental to kickstart their play against Nottingham Forest adjacent week arsenic they look to instrumentality to winning ways.

The Gunners person gone 3 games without tasting triumph aft back-to-back defeats against Newcastle and Inter Milan was followed with a 1-1 gully astatine Chelsea past weekend.

Arteta is presently facing an wounded situation aft a fig of concerns successful his squad - including Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice - having lone conscionable welcomed skipper Martin Odegaard backmost from a semipermanent wounded lay-off.

He'll beryllium assured of securing the 3 points against Forest adjacent week arsenic helium eagerly awaits the instrumentality of his players from planetary duty. Mirror Football has picked retired immoderate of the biggest headlines relating to the Gunners this week.

Arteta's wounded boost

Arteta precocious spoke of the club's "nightmare" wounded problems that person mounted up of precocious and said helium was praying that helium had less issues to contend with aft the planetary break.

Well according to Football London, the Spaniard's prayers whitethorn person been answered aft they reported that up to 5 players are acceptable to instrumentality for the Forest clash.

It says Raheem Sterling - who could not play against genitor nine Chelsea past week - volition travel backmost into the fold on with Saka and Rice, contempt some players missing England work aft picking up knocks against the Blues.

Meanwhile, defenders Takehiro Tomiyasu and Riccardo Calafiori are some understood to beryllium closing successful connected a instrumentality too, the study goes on.

Ben White remains out, with the defender acceptable to beryllium sidelined until the caller year, which should let Jurrien Timber to slot successful astatine close back.

Guendouzi's "attitude" problem

Former Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi near the Emirates connected a sour enactment successful 2022 aft being lawsuit speech by Arteta - and a erstwhile team-mate of the Frenchman's has said helium witnessed his mediocre cognition archetypal hand.

Guendouzi got himself into blistery h2o with Arteta successful 2020 aft appearing to drawback Brighton's Neal Maupay by the cervix - and that proved to beryllium the last straw for the Spanish boss, who sent him connected indebtedness to Marseille and Hertha Berlin successful the pursuing seasons.

Arsenal fans whitethorn callback Guendouzi's blistery streak during his clip astatine the Emirates and ex-Gunner Jeremie Aliadiere - the erstwhile striker who played with the midfielder astatine Lorient - said helium sensed the player's "attitude".

He told Le Telegramme: "Frankly, from the constituent of presumption of endowment and purely football, if I’m conscionable talking astir that, determination is nary surprise. "Frankly, from the constituent of presumption of endowment and purely football, if I’m conscionable talking astir that, determination is nary surprise.

"After, during my past play successful Lorient, erstwhile helium started to bid with america and to play, I had a small question astir his attitude. I said to myself: He’ll person to alteration a bit.

"He’s successful Lorient, truthful it’s understandable, it’s a tiny household club, that’s it. But if helium wants to ascent the ladder and spell play successful a large club, his cognition volition person to change. I deliberation helium understood that close distant erstwhile helium arrived [at Arsenal]."

Zubimendi responds to transportation speculation

Arsenal people Martin Zubimendi has spoken retired aft rumours helium could yet permission Real Sociedad successful January - having been powerfully linked with a determination distant successful the summer.

Zubimendi impressed for Spain astatine Euro 2024 and reportedly had some Arsenal and Liverpool chasing his signature earlier helium opted to enactment put.

Now helium has addressed transportation speculation erstwhile again - stressing helium was not funny successful rumours claiming helium could marque a large determination to the Premier League.

He told Estadio Deportivo: "There volition ever beryllium rumours and present that January is approaching, determination volition beryllium too, but I don’t discarded vigor connected extracurricular noise. I’m blessed with the mode I’m handling it and I’m going to grip it."

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