Injury updates on Saka, Calafiori, and Timber

Mikel Arteta will make late calls on the availability of Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber for Sunday’s game against Liverpool.
Mikel Arteta will make late calls on the availability of Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber for Sunday’s game against Liverpool.

All three could be available, but on Friday it was too early to confirm either way, Mikel Arteta said in his pre-match press conference.
Speaking at Sobha Realty Training Centre, he explained: “We’re going to do our very best to somehow have them available but it’s very uncertain.
“[Saka] has done a bit of training on the grass. How far we can get him to Sunday, that’s a different question. We have another day, which is a good thing, but we’ll see.

“[Calafiori] needs some more tests. Yesterday he had some, today he’s going to have some more and after that we will know. Last time we thought it was really bad and he ended up playing two or three days after, so let’s see how it is.

“Timber, again, it’s the first session that he could have some involvement. He’s been out for a while, we expected him to be further back than where he is at the moment but, again, we have to wait and see.”

No updates were provided on Martin Odegaard (ankle), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), or Kieran Tierney (hamstring). One thing we do know is that William Saliba won’t be involved this weekend as he serves a one-game suspension following last weekend’s red card against Bournemouth.

It’s important that we’re able to find a solution and be good at adapting to that, Mikel said.

“Well we have different options, players that have already played there before,” he added. “It’s true that that partnership has been very stable as you said, he’s played every single moment. He’s not available, we have to find a different solution which is something that, as a team, we need to be good at as well.”

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