Arsenal will search to cement their grip on the highest of the Premier League desk with victory over Brentford on the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Forward of the match, Mikel Artera spoke to the media in his pre-match press convention right this moment and he gave an replace on staff and harm information which included the most recent health information of Gabriel Jesus, Emil Smith Rowe and Reese Nelson.

Jesus has been on the sidelines since struggling a knee ligament harm through the World Cup in early December. The Brazil worldwide underwent surgical procedure and was dominated out for 3 months.

We noticed footage this week of Jesus doing gentle coaching at London Colney and Arteta confirmed the striker is doing “very well”. Nevertheless, the Gunners boss declined to place a timeframe on the 25-year-old’s potential return and mentioned they must see how he progresses over the approaching weeks.

Smith Rowe additionally had an injury-plagued season after lacking the primary half of the season with a groin drawback. After a short comeback in opposition to Oxford within the FA Cup in early January, the striker has been on the sidelines with a latest thigh harm.

Nevertheless, Arteta confirmed that Smith Rowe is again in gentle coaching and is shut to creating a comeback – though the weekend’s conflict with Brentford is coming very quickly.

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Arsenal’s different huge harm absentee is Nelson because the winger has been out with a thigh harm because the mid-season break in December. The 23-year-old has additionally been stepping up his restoration on coaching grounds not too long ago, however Nelson is unlikely to be out there tomorrow.

Arteta has been quoted as saying it earlier than Football London:

Arteta on harm information
Those that have been round for a very long time like Emile, Rhys and Gabby are even nearer. They’re beginning to do some enterprise overseas however they aren’t able to contribute but.

Arteta on Gabriel Jesus
Gabe is okay. Nonetheless early phases, he is pushing however doing nice. We have to respect some schedules and a few processes, however he is doing a very good job. It’s a must to see now whenever you put some load on that knee and put some motion and the way it reacts.”

Arsenal can even miss Mohamed Elneny in opposition to Brentford because the Egyptian worldwide faces a race in opposition to time to play once more this season after he underwent surgical procedure as a result of a critical knee harm.

Nevertheless, Jesus seems to be getting nearer to creating a comeback with some experiences indicating that he will likely be out there for choice on the finish of this month. His return to health could be an enormous enhance for Arsenal as it could give Arteta one other first-class choice going into the ultimate third.

Arsenal head into the weekend seeking to bounce again from their defeat by Everton final outing. They nonetheless maintain their five-point lead over Man Metropolis to allow them to prolong their result in eight factors with a win tomorrow.