Speaking at Friday’s press conference, Mikel Arteta gave the impression that Ben White is fit, despite the defender appearing to suffer a groin injury in Arsenal’s weekend win over Sunderland.

“They are all good, we have another training session this afternoon, so we are really positive about everybody.” – Mikel Arteta when asked if Ben White was fit

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However, later in the morning, Thomas Tuchel said that White was unavailable for a call-up to the England squad.

Meanwhile, Arteta seemed to give the green light regarding Piero Hincapie, Cristhian Mosquera (muscle) and Jurrien Timber, who each missed the midweek win over Ipswich Town. He had previously said that Timber’s omission was merely game-time management.

“Yeah, we have another session, they are all willing to be part of it, and we have another session to try to make sure that they are fit.” – Mikel Arteta, when asked if Messrs Hincapie, Mosquera and Timber were included in his original “all good” comment

William Saliba (back) remains out.

There wasn’t a great deal of note in the rest of the presser. Arteta gave praise to Ezri Konsa, while he also discussed Eberechi Eze on the left wing.

“I heard some great things about Ezri before he joined and when you have him daily you just realise the magnitude of the player that we signed, not only the player but the person, the way he presents himself, the way he’s able to connect with people immediately. We talk about Big Gabi, when you see those two in the corridors talking the way they interact with each other, it seems like they’ve been here for a long, long, long time together, which is great because that’s a partnership that in my opinion is extremely important on the field and then his attributes, the quality that he delivers to the team is something that really makes us better.” – Mikel Arteta on Ezri Konsa

“He’s always played there in his career, that’s where all his biggest moments in his career and the highlights of his career have come and I think it’s a place that he feels very, very, very comfortable. As well he can occupy different spaces through them but that’s the space that generally he has created big moments for previous clubs as well to win matches.

“In form, in the opponent, in the relationship that we have within that unit, there are a lot of factors [in deciding who starts between Eze and Christos Tzolis on the left].” – Mikel Arteta on Eberechi Eze on the left wing