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Report: Arsenal now confident £20m defender and ‘phenomenal’ 26-year-old will be fit to face West Ham tonight
Arsenal are just hours away from restarting their Premier League campaign when West Ham United visit The Emirates.
The World Cup has presented Mikel Arteta a conundrum up front with Gabriel Jesus picking up a serious injury.
Arteta has had weeks and weekꦺs t𓄧o think about his starting line-up for this evening’s game.
The manager would hav🌼e been mulling over his squad whi﷽le away on a mid-season training camp in Dubai.
It allowed some players to stake their claims to start in a team that Arteta has barely rotated unless forced to🉐 this season.
It’s likely to see forward Eddie Nketiah lead the line for the first time inཧ the league this season.

He’s got some fantastic support in the likes of Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, and has the full support of his teammates.
Arteta also has plenty of think about🤪 w🐷hen it comes to who is going to play in defence today.
There have been a number of injury doubts, Arsenal are confident Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu are fit to play tonight.
It’s a big boost after Kieran Tierney was rested ♑against Luton last week in case both players were unavailable.
Arsenal confident Zinchenko and Tomiyasu are fit
that Arsenal a🌃re sure that the pair will both recover from their respective muscle injuries in ti𒐪me.
‘Neither Takehiro Tomiyasu nor Oleksandr Zinchenko took any part in any of the warm up friendlies as they continue to recover from respective musc♋le issues, but football.l💦ondon understands Arsenal remain confident they’ll be fit,’ .
and immediately broke into tไhe team at right-back.
He’s played less minutes this season due to the emergence of Ben White in that position, but his veꦛrsatil♍ity makes him a valuable option.

The ‘phenomenal’ Zinchenko has aꦕl✨so been brilliant since arriving at The Emirates.
In💛jury has meant the Ukrainian has missed a number of matches already, but he slots straight into the team when fit.
Aඣrteta will be glad to have both Zinchenko ♑and Tomiyasu fit today before West Ham visit the club.
He’s going to need as m🦹any of his squad available as possible if Arsenal are going to continue their unlikely title challenge.