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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Arsenal squad for FK Bodo/Glimt trip revealed as Mikel Arteta includes four wonderkids

Arsenal have included youngsters Matt Smith, Khayon Edwards, Catalin Cirjan and Bradley Ibrahim in the squad for this evening's Europa League clash against FK Bodo/Glimt.

The quartet were present during Wednesday morning's training session at London Colney and latest images show they boarded the plane that flew out to Norway later in the day as the squad that Gunners manager Mikel Arteta will able to select from is becoming clearer.

During the Spaniard's pre-match press conference, it was confirmed that star striker Gabriel Jesus had not made the trip to Norway: "We thought that with everything he has been through in the last few weeks we thought it was better that he was staying there," he told reporters.

READ MORE: Arsenal predicted XI vs Bodo/Glimt as Reiss Nelson starts but Granit Xhaka drops to the bench

However, in typical Arteta fashion, he refused to reveal who else had been left at home: "A few players that were injured," he added in response to being asked which other Arsenal stars along with the Brazil international hadn't travelled. "You will find tomorrow. I can’t give you everything."

With Emile Smith Rowe and Mohamed Elneny long-term absentees, they certainly have not made the trip to Norway, whilst it is almost a guarantee that Oleksandr Zinchenko has also stayed behind having missed the last two games with a calf problem and he's still not been spotted in training.

But Arteta was right in saying that all would soon be revealed. Now, as captain Martin Odegaard was the player selected for press conference duty, he has obviously made the trip to his homeland and images show that William Saliba, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Matt Turner, Eddie Nketiah, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Ben White, Karl Hein, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney, Bukayo Saka, Reiss Nelson and the aforementioned young quartet have all travelled.

Therefore, from the pictures football.london have access to, below is confirmation of the Arsenal players in line to feature against Bodo/Glimt this evening.

Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Karl Hein

Defenders: Kieran Tierney, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Takehiro Tomiyasu

Midfielders: Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Matt Smith, Catalin Cirjan, Bradley Ibrahim

Forwards: Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson, Khayon Edwards

It's also worth noting that there's no sign of Aaron Ramsdale, Rob Holding, Cedric, Thomas Partey, Fabio Vieira, Granit Xhaka, Gabriel Martinelli or Marquinhos in the latest batch of pictures, but it could be simply the case of them being missed by the photographer rather than anything else.

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