Arsenal injury news: Mikel Arteta in late double boost for Manchester City showdown

Arsenal winger Noni Madueke is seemingly disposable to look Manchester City connected Sunday afternoon.

The Gunners caput into 1 of the biggest fixtures successful their caller past holding a six-point pb implicit Pep Guardiola's broadside successful the Premier League table.

Ahead of the travel to the Etihad Stadium, Mikel Arteta has already confirmed that Bukayo Saka volition stay sidelined for the North Londoners.

Nevertheless, erstwhile asked to remark connected Madueke's fittingness astatine his pre-match property conference, the Spaniard suggested that it was a lawsuit of waiting to spot however the winger came done grooming connected Saturday.

That was a effect of the England planetary suffering an contented and needing to beryllium withdrawn against Sporting Lisbon connected Wednesday.

? Noni Madueke & Martin Ødegaard with the Arsenal squad connected their pre-match locomotion this morning. ✅?️‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/MgvUoXQE9g

Odegaard, Madueke pictured successful Manchester

Martin Odegaard was besides among a enactment of players who were described arsenic being "quite close" to a return.

However, arsenic posted connected X relationship 'afcstuff', some players were pictured going for a pre-match locomotion connected Sunday morning.

While that does not needfully warrant their selection, it suggests that the brace are options for Arteta.

In the lawsuit of Odegaard, helium past featured for Arsenal against Sporting Lisbon successful Portugal connected April 7.

The Norway planetary has not completed 90 minutes for Arsenal since the commencement of 2026.

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