Ahead of our trip to the London Stadium to take on West Ham United in the Carabao Cup, Mikel Arteta has provided a fitness update on Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey.
Our skipper was rested on the weekend against Sheffield United having played despite struggling with a hip problem in recent weeks, and now the boss is weighing up whether to continue to leave him out of the side ahead of fourth round tie on Wednesday, or get some minutes under his belt ahead of Saturday’s visit to Newcastle United.
Mikel was appreciative of Martin’s desire to play through the pain barrier, and having named him on the bench against the Blades was pleased he didn’t require him to give him the best possible chance of being fully fit again soon.