Mikel Merino has been returning to light training ahead of the visit of Leicester City in Saturday’s Premier League clash at Emirates Stadium.
Our summer signing was withdrawn from his first training session with us at the end of August after picking up a shoulder injury, but he’s been partially involved with the squad in the build-up to this weekend’s game.
“Tomorrow is too soon, the next week we will see,” Mikel Arteta said in his pre-match press conference on Friday. “He had partial training today, he’s been working so hard and is looking good. It is just about the healing of that bone and how mature that is to expose him to contact.