Mikel Arteta had positive injury updates to share surrounding Jurrien Timber (muscular), Ben White (knock) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee).
Speaking to the media in his pre-Southampton press conference at Sobha Realty Training Centre on Friday afternoon, Mikel said that late decisions will be made on all three players.
“We had to modify training for a lot of players,” he explained. “We’ve done the same today because of the load that they had, so it’s a decision to make this afternoon, whether to involve them, yes or no.
“They are close, and Tomiyasu as well is quite close to be involved, so good news.