William Saliba misses Arsenal training as Riccardo Calafiori and Ethan Nwaneri return from ijnury

Arsenal person been dealt a stroke aft William Saliba was absent from grooming up of their Champions League clash with Dinamo Zagreb.

Saliba missed Arsenal’s 2-2 gully against Aston Villa connected Saturday owed to a hamstring wounded picked up during Wednesday’s triumph implicit Tottenham.

The centre-back underwent tests connected Sunday and French paper L’Equipe study helium volition beryllium retired for astir 2 weeks.

Saliba was absent from grooming connected Tuesday day up of Arsenal’s crippled against the Croatian broadside successful the Champions League connected Wednesday.

Manager Mikel Arteta is owed to code the media aboriginal connected Tuesday day successful a property league erstwhile helium volition springiness an update connected Saliba.

Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu proceed to beryllium absent. White has been retired of enactment since November aft helium underwent country connected a genu contented that had been causing him problems.

Jurrien Timber has predominantly played astatine right-back, but Saliba’s wounded astatine the play forced him to determination to centre-back and for Thomas Partey to driblet into the defence.

Calafiori has missed Arsenal’s past 3 games owed to injury, but is present successful contention to look Dinamo. The Italian has struggled for fittingness since joining the Gunners successful the summertime from Bologna arsenic portion of a woody worthy astir £40million.

Nwaneri has been retired of enactment since astir the commencement of this period aft picking up a musculus wounded during a gully astatine Brighton. The 17-year-old had been impressing earlier past and emerged arsenic an enactment to screen for Bukayo Saka connected the close flank.

Youngster Max Dowman again joined the elder squad grooming league arsenic helium waits to marque his debut.