Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said that he is pretty positive over the fitness of Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka ahead of the Premier League meeting against Brentford.
The Gunners continued their scintillating start to the campaign on Monday with a convincing 6-0 rout of Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Saka was one of the stand-out performers with two assists.
However, he was substituted at the half-time interval as he was feeling unwell before the game.
Meanwhile, Martinelli was also brilliant with a goal and an assist to his name. He was taken off shortly in the 64th minute following a little cut on his left foot from a challenge.
Speaking in today’s press conference, Arteta said that there are no fresh positives from Monday which suggests that Jurrien Timber, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu may not feature.
However, the Spanish tactician said that the club are ‘pretty positive’ that the duo could be involved when Brentford make the trip to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday evening.
Not much. We’ve got some players back last Monday and then we had Martinelli and Bukayo with little issues. We’re pretty positive that hopefully they can be part of that. But we’ll have to see