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Arsenal Handed Boost as Mikel Arteta Confirms Key Player Is Fit to Feature Against Bournemouth

Mikel Arteta said Arsenal are managing several injury concerns, with Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber both missing recent matches and training.

  • Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber remain doubts for Arsenal's Premier League clash with Bournemouth after neither player was spotted in open training on Thursday.
  • Manager Mikel Arteta provided limited updates during Friday's pre-match press conference, confirming roster changes since Thursday's session without specifying returnees. The Gunners have battled numerous injury concerns throughout the international break.
  • Norway boss Stale Solbakken revealed captain Martin Odegaard suffered a "minor setback" after recent games. Despite this, Arteta confirmed on Friday the midfielder is available for the visit of the Cherries.
  • While players including William Saliba, Declan Rice, and Leandro Trossard returned to action recently, Piero Hincapie remains sidelined with a hamstring injury and Riccardo Calafiori missed Thursday's training session.
  • Odegaard has endured an injury-stricken start to the year, missing 11 matches with muscle and knee problems. Eze has not featured since Arsenal's Champions League victory over Bayer Leverkusen last month.
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Buenos Aires, 10 April (NA) – The Arsenal of England will play in the morning of this Saturday before the Bournemouth, for the thirty-second date of the Premier League, the highest category in the British country. As the Agencia Noticias Argentinas learned, the meeting, which is scheduled for 8:30, will be held in the Emirates stadium and will be seen through ESPN and Disney + Premium. After 22 years of drought in league and accumulating three c…

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xcancel.com broke the news on Friday, April 10, 2026.
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