Arsenal injury news: Mikel Arteta provides positive team news update ahead of Real Madrid clash | OneFootball

Mikel Arteta provided a positive injury and team news update ahead of the first leg of Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final clash with Real Madrid.

The Gunners have no fresh injury concerns following the 1-1 draw with Everton on Saturday.

Bukayo Saka also got more valuable minutes off the bench having recently returned from three months out with a hamstring injury and Arteta says he is ready to be involved against Madrid.

“He is in a much better place,” Arteta said.

“Gradually we have built his minutes in the last six or seven days, he has coped with that really well and he is in a good place to be able to be used.”

Ben White started the game against Everton having missed the Fulham clash prior with an injury, playing 60 minutes.

And Arteta says everyone involved in the draw with Everton should again be available.

“Yeah it looks like it [everyone is available],” he said.

“We have another training session this afternoon. Ben finished the game. He was fine after the game. The rest went through the game and they were able to do some bits yesterday ready to train today.”

Gabriel, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Riccardo Calafiori are all set to miss out again, however.

Jakub Kiwior started alongside William Saliba in Gabriel’s absence on Saturday, with the Brazilian ruled out until the end of the season with a hamstring injury.

But Arteta would not reveal whether he would do the same again when his side face the reigning Champions League winners.

The Arsenal boss is full of confidence going into the game even without one of his first-choice central defenders, however.

“8pm tomorrow night, 11 players, 60,000 people, really super convinced that we are ready to win and to beat them,” he said. “That’s the mindset that I want.

“The rest, be the team that we have been the last quarter of the season, with all the up and downs and things that we have to deal with, continue to do that because that’s our super strength.”