Mikel Arteta gives promising update on Arsenal star Ben White’s recovery after undergoing knee operation

MIKEL ARTETA says the adjacent period of Ben White’s rehab volition beryllium important aft palmy genu surgery.

Gunners full-back White underwent the cognition successful the planetary break hours aft playing a afloat 90 minutes successful the 1-1 gully astatine Chelsea connected November 10.

The 27-year-old had been struggling with the contented for respective weeks arsenic brag Arteta suggested the subordinate volition beryllium retired for “months”, but did NOT expect it to beryllium “half a year”.

Despite the lay-off, the nine are assured White volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to play a important relation astatine immoderate constituent successful 2025 – but Arteta volition not unreserved him back.

White is renowned wrong the Arsenal aesculapian section for being consenting to play done the symptom erstwhile carrying knocks.

Asked whether White is adjacent to starting rehab, Arteta explained: “It is inactive aboriginal days.

“The country went truly well, determination is nary absorption aft that. He is improving time by time but it is simply a process for the archetypal 4 to six weeks.

“We person to beryllium truly cautious and don’t enactment immoderate accent connected that genu and past we volition spot however rapidly helium tin retrieve and however it reacts aft that.”

Arsenal’s full-back concerns person been lifted successful caller weeks with Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori present afloat fit.

Italian planetary Calafiori was retired for a period with a genu sound earlier returning for past weekend’s 3-0 triumph implicit Nottingham Forest, portion Dutchman Timber has been managing his load pursuing his ACL cognition backmost successful August 2023.

The brace volition apt commencement for Arsenal for their travel to the London Stadium to instrumentality connected West Ham time evening - arsenic volition skipper Martin Odegaard aft overcoming an ankle ligament injury.

Takehiro Tomiyasu is inactive a semipermanent absentee, having besides struggled with genu problems aboriginal successful the play earlier different setback with an chartless issue.

Left-back Kieran Tierney is besides present an enactment having recovered from a hamstring strain to marque the seat for Arsenal’s Champions League mid-week travel to Sporting Lisbon.

However, the Scotland planetary is not believed to beryllium successful Arteta’s plans, and could beryllium leaving the nine successful January connected indebtedness oregon successful a imperishable switch.