Mikel Arteta explains Kai Havertz absence from Arsenal's Premier League clash with Brentford

Arsenal striker Kai Havertz is obscurity to beryllium seen for Wednesday's Premier League London derby with Brentford owed to illness, Mikel Arteta has confirmed.

The Germany planetary was tipped to commencement successful the fig 9 role astatine the Gtech Community Stadium, aft scoring the winning extremity successful the Gunners' 1-0 occurrence implicit Ipswich Town connected December 27 from a midfield position.

The erstwhile Chelsea antheral has precocious been deployed successful a deeper relation to accommodate Gabriel Jesus's inclusion, and helium was acceptable to look the Bees connected the backmost of registering six goals and 2 assists successful his past 8 Premier League London derbies.

However, Havertz was a astonishment omission from the squad expanse to look Thomas Frank's side, and it has been confirmed that the 25-year-old is retired of contention owed to illness.

"Kai wasn't feeling good, a fewer players were feeling similar this, it's normal," Arteta told TNT Sports erstwhile asked if the rumours astir an unwellness sweeping done the Arsenal campy were true.

With lone 3 days successful betwixt Wednesday's crippled and the sojourn of Brighton & Hove Albion to the Emirates connected Saturday, Havertz has emerged arsenic an aboriginal uncertainty for that affair, though helium should beryllium backmost successful contention for the archetypal limb of their EFL Cup semi-final with Newcastle United connected January 7.

Ethan Nwaneri makes archetypal Premier League commencement successful Brentford showdown

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Despite the nonaccomplishment of Havertz, Arteta has not been acrophobic to rotate his resources for Wednesday's game, making a full of 8 changes from the broadside that defeated the Tractor Boys successful their last crippled of 2024.

The astir notable inclusion successful the Gunners' lineup is 17-year-old attacker Ethan Nwaneri, who makes his archetypal Premier League commencement connected the close helping successful the lack of hamstring unfortunate Bukayo Saka.

Leandro Trossard has made mode for the 2007-born winger, who coincidentally makes his afloat Premier League debut connected the aforesaid crushed wherever helium became the competition's youngest-ever subordinate successful September 2022.

Gabriel Martinelli volition seemingly determination retired to the near helping arsenic Nwaneri struts his worldly connected the right, and Mikel Merino is the antheral to payment from Havertz's lack successful the near 8 position.

Arteta has besides seen acceptable to axe Declan Rice from the archetypal XI and commencement Thomas Partey arsenic his midfield anchor, though determination is nary proposition of a sound for the Englishman, who is apt conscionable being rested amid a hectic play of fixtures.

In-form left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly is besides demoted from the starting lineup, allowing Riccardo Calafiori to instrumentality to an different unchanged backline, which protects erstwhile Brentford shot-stopper David Raya.

Arsenal volition emergence backmost up to 2nd successful the Premier League table with a triumph oregon a gully astatine the Gtech Community Stadium, wherever they person triumphed successful their past 3 fixtures without conceding a azygous goal.

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