Arteta Provides Injury Updates On Five Arsenal Players Ahead Palace Clash

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed that Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori are both available to be in the Gunners squad for Saturday’s Premier League game at Crystal Palace.

Arteta confirmed this in his pre-match press conference at Sobha Realty Training Centre on Friday.

He said that the duo can return to the squad, having missed Wednesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final win over Palace.

The Spaniard also reported that Oleksandr Zinchenko could be available to make the squad.

He, However, said Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu both remain sidelined with their respective knee injuries.

Arsenal saw off Palace in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals thanks to a Gabriel Jesus hat-trick on Wednesday.

Jean-Philippe Mateta had given Palace an early lead before Jesus netted three times to turn the game around.

Former Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah pulled a goal back for Palace but Arsenal held on to progress into the semi-finals.

Arsenal will now take on Newcastle United in the last four while Tottenham Hotspur will battle Liverpool.