Mikel Arteta handed unlikely injury boost as he names Arsenal XI for Newcastle clash

Arsenal question to Newcastle connected Saturday for a important clash successful the Premier League rubric race, with Mikel Arteta being handed a invited boost up of the travel to the Magpies

Gabriel has recovered from wounded to instrumentality his spot beside William Saliba for Arsenal's travel to Newcastle.

David Raya volition commencement successful goal, with Saliba and Gabriel starting astatine centre-back unneurotic for the archetypal clip since the decision to Bournemouth. Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber are the 2 full-backs.

Ahead of them Declan Rice partners Mikel Merino arsenic the 2 holding midfielders. In the front-line, Leandro Trossard continues successful the No.10 role, with Bukayo Saka connected the right, Gabriel Martinelli connected the near and Kai Havertz up front.

Ben White has been relegated to a spot connected the bench, alongside Neto, Jakub Kiwior, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jorginho, Raheem Sterling, Ethan Nwaneri and Gabriel Jesus. The quality that Gabriel volition commencement is simply a immense boost for Mikel Arteta, aft the defender was forced disconnected with wounded during past week's gully with Liverpool.

Saliba meantime had been suspended for that apical of the array clash aft being sent disconnected against the Cherries. Speaking earlier the game, Arteta conceded that Gabriel had been incapable to bid until Friday's session.

"We person a grooming league today. If helium tin implicit that, he’ll beryllium available. He hasn’t had immoderate grooming sessions yet, but if he’s capable to bash that today, he’ll beryllium disposable to beryllium successful the squad," helium said connected Friday.

"I deliberation determination are 2 aspects - one, we've been rather unlucky with immoderate of them and particularly to hap successful precise akin positions, and past evidently the demands that those players are having each every week. If you enactment that into position arsenic well, you person a smaller squad due to the fact that each the restrictions that are hitting each the clubs which means you cannot person 30 prime players successful the squad.

"The infinitesimal 1 subordinate has to play much minutes affects them and there’s a knock-on effect for the remainder of squad, which is rather hard to manage. The league presumption aft 9 games is precise tricky erstwhile you spot the fixtures that they’ve had arsenic good and definite situations that they’ve been done arsenic well, but they’re a fantastic team.

"They’re truly good coached, they’re precise intense. It’s a large stadium to play in, you cognize what you’re going to look there, truthful we're looking guardant to it. You privation to beryllium first, you privation to triumph each game. We cognize the situations that we person to play with this season, but we’re close successful the mix. We cognize the pugnacious situation that we’re going to look tomorrow, but we’re afloat acceptable for that."