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📋 | #GW2 TEAM NEWS - ARSENAL

🏥 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of GW1. Lacazette remains out but Aubameyang has since returned a negative test and will return to training to be assessed ahead of Sunday.

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🏥 | Alex Runarsson and Willian also tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the Brentford game. Runarsson remains sidelined, while Willian's fitness will be monitored ahead of the Chelsea match.

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🏥 | Gabriel Magalhaes (knee) and Thomas Partey (ankle) are aiming to be back in training by the end of this month, with Eddie Nketiah (knee) pencilled in for an early September comeback.

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🗣️ | Mikel Arteta on Aaron Ramsdale: "We will see [if he's involved in GW2], there is still some paperwork getting done, he has his medical almost done as well, and there are still a few things with Sheffield to be resolved, so we are going to have to wait."

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🗣️ | Arteta on the players with Covid-19: "It's still very uncertain. I cannot give you any answer today because I don't know if they are going to be able to train in a few hours, if they are going to be able compete at the weekend... I don't know."

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🗣️ | Arteta on the players with Covid-19: "They had some tough days, Laca still hasn't trained so he's not been very good, Auba had a training session yesterday. But yeah, they were affected by the virus, and Alex [Runarsson], something similar as well."

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🗣️ | Arteta on if Bukayo Saka is ready to start on Sunday: "Let's see how he is in the next few days. He felt good after the match the other day, he's still lacking some fitness but he's in a better place."

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🗣️ | Arteta on Martin Odegaard: "You’ve seen the numbers and what we did after Christmas when Martin was in the team and we had people like Emile, the team performed at a completely different level."

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