Mikel Arteta confirms surprise Champions League return for forgotten Arsenal man

Kieran Tierney is backmost from wounded and disposable for Arsenal again, with the Scot travelling with the squad for the Champions League clash with Sporting connected Tuesday.

The 27-year-old has not played for the Gunners since the 2023 Community Shield erstwhile helium came disconnected the seat against Manchester City astatine Wembley.

He spent past play connected indebtedness successful Spain with Real Sociedad and has not featured yet this play due to the fact that helium has been struggling with a hamstring problem.

However, helium has been grooming and is disposable again, with Arteta confirming that helium could diagnostic successful Lisbon this week.

‘We person Kieran Tierney aft a agelong injury, it’s large quality that he’s back,’ Arteta told a pre-match property league connected Monday.

‘He’s been grooming with the squad and he’s astatine the level to participate.’

There is besides bully quality connected Declan Rice aft the England midfielder was named connected the seat against Nottingham Forest astatine the play and didn’t get connected the transportation successful the 3-0 win.

Rice was struggling with a insignificant injury, but Arteta confirmed up of the Sporting clash: ‘Everybody successful the squad is afloat acceptable and disposable to commencement the game.’

That leaves conscionable Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu who are retired of enactment for the Gunners, some suffering with genu injuries.

Arsenal bounced backmost to winning ways with the comfy triumph implicit Forest aft 3 games without a win.

That tally included a decision astatine Inter Milan, which near Arteta’s men 12th successful the Champions League array with 2 wins, a gully and a decision from their 4 outings.

They instrumentality connected Sporting this week, with the Portuguese broadside 2nd successful the array lone down Liverpool, with 10 points from 4 matches.

However, they are present successful the post-Ruben Amorim era, with Joao Pereira present astatine the helm.

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