Arsene Wenger spoke to the press ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Manchester City.

The boss confirmed that Aaron Ramsey is close to a return but still out, while Danny Welbeck should return to training in a week’s time.

He also spoke highly of Pep Guardiola, adding that he respects the new City manager for sticking to his philosophy, even though they’re a tad inconsistent.

Wenger also gave contract updates on a few players. Well…sort of. The update was essentially that there are no updates.

It seems that, as well as Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, Arsenal are indeed trying to tie down Francis Coquelin, Olivier Giroud and Kieran Gibbs.

Watch the presser in full below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL_M9TUUJrw