Mikel Arteta delivers Kai Havertz update before Brighton as Arsenal receive Ben White injury boost

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed that helium expects Kai Havertz to beryllium disposable for the Gunners' Premier League clash with Brighton & Hove Albion connected Saturday evening.

The German attacker sat retired the 3-1 triumph implicit Brentford connected New Year's Day owed to a sickness bug, which has seemingly been making its mode done the London Colney camp.

Havertz's lack proved trivial connected the evening, arsenic Gabriel Jesus, Mikel Merino and Gabriel Martinelli cancelled retired Bryan Mbeumo's opener to propel Arsenal to their 3rd consecutive Premier League win.

The 25-year-old was ne'er expected to beryllium sidelined for long, and speaking astatine his pre-game property league connected Friday morning, Arteta affirmed that helium was assured astir Havertz's availability for Saturday.

"Yes I deliberation so," Arteta replied erstwhile asked if helium expected Havertz to beryllium fit. "The ones with the unwellness I deliberation they're going to beryllium OK, they volition bid today, if everybody's good they should beryllium available."

Havertz connected way to beryllium acceptable arsenic Ben White update given

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Havertz's instrumentality means that Arsenal should beryllium missing 5 players for the travel to the Amex Stadium connected Saturday, including Jurrien Timber, who is suspended aft picking up his 5th caution of the play astatine Brentford.

Bukayo Saka faces respective weeks retired after hamstring surgery, portion Raheem Sterling, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are each connected the mend from genu problems, but Arteta has not ruled the erstwhile retired of the FA Cup third-round clash with Manchester United connected January 12.

"He's starting to bash immoderate worldly connected the pitch," Arteta said connected Sterling. "That's large news, arsenic speedy arsenic imaginable we privation him available. Let's spot however helium progresses adjacent week and spot if we tin get him disposable for the pursuing week."

Tomiyasu and White are longer-term absentees for Arsenal, but their recoveries are going well, Arteta revealed, adding: "Ben inactive a fewer weeks away, Tomi has done immoderate worldly connected the transportation but it's been a semipermanent wounded and we request to spot however that genu reacts."

White was initially not expected backmost from his November cognition until March, but Arteta confirmed that "it mightiness beryllium a possibility" that the Englishman is backmost successful contention earlier the extremity of the month.

How volition Arsenal regenerate Timber for Brighton clash?

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With each of Timber, White and Tomiyasu unavailable for the travel to Brighton, Arteta is bereft of immoderate elder right-back options and volition apt tract Thomas Partey successful that position, arsenic helium has done a fewer times already this season.

The Ghana planetary has operated astatine right-back against Fulham, Southampton, Liverpool and Newcastle United successful the existent Premier League campaign, though Arsenal lone won 1 of those matches.

However, Arteta's lone alternate would beryllium to manus 18-year-old Joshua Nichols his archetypal Premier League start, arsenic different enactment - Josh Robinson - was sold to Wigan Athletic connected New Year's Day.

Partey started successful midfield against Brentford, but Arteta is expected to bring Declan Rice backmost into the XI connected Saturday, thereby allowing the erstwhile Atletico Madrid antheral to supply exigency antiaircraft cover.

Arsenal stay six points down leaders Liverpool successful the Premier League table having played a crippled much than the Reds, but triumph connected Saturday would spot them trim the shortage to 3 points earlier Arne Slot's men big Manchester United connected Sunday.

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