Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta could be handed another huge Gunners injury boost alongside Bukayo Saka

Arsenal and their injury problems could yet beryllium starting to easiness astatine precisely the close clip successful the season.

With Bukayo Saka edging person to a comeback, Gunners brag Mikel Arteta whitethorn soon person different hugely important subordinate backmost astatine his disposal.

And the latest update connected Mikel Merino suggests his instrumentality whitethorn not beryllium excessively acold away.

Arsenal handed caller Mikel Merino wounded update

Merino is reportedly acceptable to resume moving wrong the adjacent 'two to 3 weeks' arsenic helium continues his betterment from ft surgery.

The Spain midfielder has been retired since January aft suffering the wounded during Arsenal's 3-2 defeat to Manchester United backmost successful January, a lucifer successful which helium besides scored.

Recent images of Merino walking without the protective footwear had already hinted that helium was making bully progress, and reports from Spain present suggest helium is approaching the adjacent large signifier of his rehabilitation.

Arteta precocious said Merino is “out of his footwear now” and doing plentifulness of enactment already, adding that the midfielder has reacted highly good to country and is pain-free.

Mikel Merino instrumentality would beryllium a invited rubric contention boost alongside Bukayo Saka

If Merino tin instrumentality earlier the extremity of the season, it would beryllium a large boost for Arsenal’s hopes of finishing strongly.

Merino has been severely missed not lone successful midfield, but besides due to the fact that of his versatility. Earlier this season, helium proved susceptible of filling successful arsenic a makeshift striker, giving Arteta different invaluable enactment successful attack.

His comeback would apt travel astir the aforesaid clip arsenic Saka, who is besides believed to beryllium astir a week distant from returning from injury.

Having some players backmost for the last weeks of the run could alteration Arsenal’s squad extent successful the second stages of the rubric race.

Saka would reconstruct creativity and cutting borderline connected the wing, portion Merino would bring physicality, quality and flexibility done the middle.

For Arteta, it could hardly travel astatine a amended time.