Mikel Arteta says Arsenal have no new injury concerns ahead of Saturday’s trip to Nottingham Forest, with the manager indicating one or more of the players currently unavailable could yet return, although he wouldn’t say who.
Arsenal head into their fourth match in 10 days and a third consecutive away trip across three different competitions with a squad as close to fully fit as it’s possible to get if you’re the Gunners.
On the sidelines are Cristhian Mosquera (ankle), Max Dowman (ankle), Piero Hincapie (groin) and Riccardo Calafiori (muscular).
Asked whether there were any new problems after the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg win against Chelsea, Arteta replied: “no”. Good news.
Pressed on whether any of Mosquera, Dowman, Hincapie or Calafiori could be available this weekend, he said: “It might be (time), so I need to meet now with the medical staff. We have a training session now and see if somebody is available for the weekend.”
When asked to clarify who that might be, Arteta added: “I cannot tell you, but I don’t know.”
It is unlikely to be either Mosquera or Dowman meaning that one of Calafiori and Hincapie, if not both, is who Arteta is talking about.
Arsenal go into the game having kept a clean sheet in each of their last three Premier League matches against Nottingham Forest.
Forest have lost six of their 10 Premier League home games this season and have conceded 17 goals at the City Ground.
Forest will be without Oleksandr Zinchenko (ineligible), John Victor (knee), and Chris Wood (knee), while Ryan Yates (thigh), Willy Boly, and Ibrahim Sangare all face late fitness tests.
The match will be shown on TNT Sports Ultimate, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ in the UK.