Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta gives worrying David Raya update after Erling Haaland claim

Arsenal volition instrumentality connected Leicester City successful their adjacent Premier League lucifer but Mikel Arteta's Gunners find themselves dealing with a fig of important wounded concerns

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal volition spell into their Premier League gathering with Leicester arsenic 1 of a fistful of sides inactive unbeaten, but their squad extent is being enactment to the test.

Arteta made a fig of changes for the Carabao Cup lucifer against Bolton connected Wednesday night, but that didn't halt the Gunners running retired 5-1 winners. Teenage imaginable Ethan Nwaneri scored 2 of those 5 goals, portion Raheem Sterling opened his relationship aft arriving connected transportation deadline day.

Next up is simply a Leicester squad inactive waiting for a archetypal league triumph nether Steve Cooper, but Arsenal person immoderate wounded worries. Martin Odegaard's instrumentality is inactive immoderate mode away, portion David Raya missed the Bolton crippled - with teen Jack Porter thrown successful for his debut.

Raya's fittingness is simply a large interest going into the weekend, portion there's been adjacent much fallout from past weekend's gully astatine Manchester City. Here are Mirror Football's latest lines from astir North London.

Arteta gives Raya update

Arsenal volition request to marque a precocious cheque connected David Raya's fittingness earlier Saturday's sojourn of Leicester City, Mikel Arteta has said. Raya received attraction successful the 2nd fractional of past weekend's gully with Manchester City but sat retired the Bolton crippled successful midweek.

"We don’t cognize yet," Arteta said erstwhile asked astir the Spanish goalkeeper aft Wednesday's win. "He’s got a muscular wounded truthful we request to check."

Neto could beryllium brought successful for a debut aft being cup-tied successful midweek, but Arteta was besides impressed with 16-year-old Jack Porter against Bolton. "I deliberation helium reacted truly well, helium was truly composed yesterday successful grooming and contiguous arsenic well," Arteta said of the youngster. "His team-mates truly helped him arsenic good connected that. What an acquisition and what a mode to interruption a record.”

Gunners' plans for Nwaneri

Mikel Arteta hinted Ethan Nwaneri could beryllium adjacent to a maiden Premier League commencement aft impressing against Bolton. The teen made his debut 2 years ago, erstwhile helium was conscionable 15 years old, but has been restricted to a fistful of appearances successful the league truthful far.

Nwaneri, who turned 17 successful March, has been successful the matchday squad for each of Arsenal's matches this play but had lone played 4 minutes against Spurs earlier the Bolton game. However, aft watching the youngster people either broadside of half-time against the League One side, Arteta hinted determination could beryllium much to come.

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"Ethan was truly good," the manager said. "A truly beardown performance. He feels portion of america and is playing with that assurance and belief. To commencement successful the Premier League is different step. On his travel helium is up of wherever we expected. He volition person minutes. He deserves it."

Haaland reddish paper statement rages connected

Gary Neville has go the latest pundit to argue Erling Haaland should person been sent off against Arsenal. The Norwegian striker threw the shot astatine Gabriel's caput precocious successful the crippled but escaped punishment.

Speaking connected The Overlap US, erstwhile referee Christina Unkel expressed her astonishment Haaland had got disconnected scot free. Neville agreed, though helium admitted helium missed the incidental successful real-time.

"Tthe information of the substance is that, arsenic a shot subordinate - and this is not thing that would beryllium a regularisation successful 2024, it would beryllium a regularisation successful 2014 oregon 2004 oregon immoderate - if I threw the shot astatine Carra's (Jamie Carragher) caput straight from what would beryllium a fewer metres distant successful a game, I deliberation I would beryllium reddish carded," Neville said.

"I deliberation I would judge that that would beryllium a reddish paper if you purposely propulsion the shot astatine idiosyncratic a mates of metres distant - arsenic overmuch arsenic maine and Carra laughed astatine earlier erstwhile we saw it due to the fact that it's rather comic - the information of the substance is it is simply a reddish paper successful football."

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