Arsenal may be without several key first-team players for today’s Premier League trip to Bournemouth.
Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard all missed training this week.
Saka suffered a kick to his leg in Sunday’s home draw with Tottenham, while Rice came off at half-time with a back problem. Martinelli and Trossard, meanwhile, have hamstring problems.
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Fabio Vieira and William Saliba did not play during Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Brentford in the Carabao Cup.
Mikel Arteta will have to make a final decision on his squad before the Gunners travel to Bournemouth on Friday night, with Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber definitely absent.
“[Rice] not available [on Wednesday],” said Arteta. “He should leave the London derby [early] and he hasn’t trained yet.
“There will be another session in an hour or two so there will be more news about him today.
“Again, [Martinelli] not training. We want him back, we need him back, but right now he’s not there. Same situation [for Saka and Trossard].
“They are all in the same pool. [Saliba] as well as someone knocking. Fabio was not involved in the previous match. We have a few. We have to look and adapt to the situation because that is a big number.
“My hope is that everyone is fit and available, because we need them with the number of games we’ve got under the belt in the last two weeks and what’s to come in the next seven to 10 days. we have them, so hopefully we will get good news today.”
Predicted Arsenal XI (4-3-3): Raya; White, Tomiyasu, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Rice, Havertz; Then, Jesus, Nelson
Injuries: Partey (groin), Timber (knee)
Doubts: Martinelli (hamstring), Rice (back), Saka (foot), Saliba (foot), Trossard (hamstring), Vieira
Referee: Michael Salisbury
Time and date: Saturday September 30, 3pm BST
Venue: Vitality Stadium