Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has provided an update on Declan Rice\u2019s injury, while two players are \u201cboth out\u201d for this weekend\u2019s game against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday night, Arsenal had a rare game without star midfielder Rice<\/strong><\/a>, who missed the emphatic 4-1 win against Aston Villa with a knee problem.<\/p>\n The Gunners<\/strong> <\/a>are back in action on Saturday evening as they visit AFC Bournemouth, who are now winless in ten matches under Andoni Iraola.<\/p>\n Ahead of this game, Arteta has confirmed that the swelling on Rice\u2019s knee is yet to improve, while Riccardo Calafiori and Cristhian Mosquera are \u201cboth out\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously we haven\u2019t trained yet so today is going to be the first training session properly with the players who started against Villa, so we will know more this afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n READ: Big Weekend: Man City v Chelsea, Man United, Andoni Iraola, Rodrigao Bentinha, La Liga returns<\/a> On Declan Rice, he was asked whether the swelling on the midfielder\u2019s knee had gone down:\u00a0\u201cNot yet. We have another session today. Let\u2019s see how he comes through today and how he\u2019s feeling, but it was too early that game [vs Aston Villa] for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Arteta has also offered a verdict on Arsenal potentially making a signing or two this month.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are open to every option,\u201d Arteta added when asked about making signings in January.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously if we can find a solution that is short, medium or long it is always much better because it gives you stability and you don\u2019t have to constantly start a process with new players.<\/p>\n \u201cBut let\u2019s see what happens, let\u2019s see what the news is over the next few weeks and hopefully we can try to make the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE ARSENAL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> On Kai Havertz\u2019s retun to full fitness, Arteta continued:\u00a0\u201cIt helps the team, it helps every individual [to have to fight for their place].<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s what we want to have the options, with the manner of the games we have and the schedule.<\/p>\n \u201cSo far we haven\u2019t had the options, so looking forward to having everybody on it, everybody performing and being able to change profiles and to change them during the game as well, to pick the best players in the best condition every time.\u201d<\/p>\n Arteta also remained coy on the prospect of Ethan Nwaneri leaving Arsenal on loan this month. He said:\u00a0\u201cEvery player is important, every player has a role, which can change throughout the season for different reasons, so everybody has to be ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has provided an update on Declan Rice\u2019s injury, while two players are \u201cboth out\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[161,2920,94,225,80,12,101,79,16,2970,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-669208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-declan-rice","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-mikel-arteta","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-uncategorized","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115826161341905255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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