Hello, and welcome along to live coverage of the Arsenal press conference ahead of the away trip to Chelsea in the Premier League. The Gunners are coming off the back of a brilliant win in the league against Manchester City which they were able to bask in over the course of the international break.
It has also allowed time for players to rest and recover. Gabriel Martinelli obviously returned to score against City but was not yet fully fit but hopefully will be totally available to start this weekend.
William Saliba and Leandro Trossard pulled out of France and Belgium duty respectively to help recover from their own injury concerns. However, there is little known so far on when they might be back and so the hope will be Mikel Arteta can give some insight into that.
The same can be said for Bukayo Saka who of course also pulled out of England duty after being unavailable for the clash with Man City. Whether he’s been able to recover from his own issue this past fortnight also is something the Spaniard will be pushed on.
From the match perspective Arteta has a very good record in west London having never lost at Stamford Bridge. Two former Blues will return in the form of Jorginho and Kai Havertz who could both have some involvement in the game.
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Havertz did feature for Germany during the break but Jorginho has fallen out of the Italian national side despite his strong display against the champions
