Mikel Arteta has provided injury updates on several of his players ahead of Arsenal's Premier League return against Burnley on Sunday.
The Gunners go into the game off the back of a poor run of form that has seen them slip to 15th in the table with just 10 goals in 11 games.
They have lost their last three games at the Emirates, but with 2,000 fans set to be in attendance at the weekend they will be hoping to turn things around.
Going into the game there are fitness doubts over several of the Arsenal players for what is a vital game in helping to get their season back on track.
Mikel Arteta was able to provide an update on the fitness of Gabriel Martinelli. The Brazilian made his return to action in an Arsenal shirt on Tuesday after football.london was able to exclusively reveal that he would be starting the under-21s game against AFC Wimbledon in the Papa John's Trophy on Tuesday.
He had to come off after just 45 minutes however, but Arteta was insistent that this was purely precautionary.
"Martinelli played his 45 minutes for a long time and came through OK and has trained" he told Premier League Productions.
The Spaniard was also able to provide the latest on David Luiz. The 33-year-old was ruled out of Sunday's North London Derby defeat after a gash he sustained following a clash of heads with Wolves' Raul Jimenez failed to heal in time.
"Luiz we will assess today and tomorrow to see if he can compete or not" said the Arsenal manager.
There was further news on Thomas Partey too. The Ghanaian suffered a recurrence of the thigh strain he had picked up against Aston Villa during the defeat to Spurs. The injury was made even more disastrous by the fact that it forced him to walk off the pitch right in the build up Harry Kane 's second for Jose Mourinho 's side.
"Thomas is out for a few games" said Arteta.
"It is the same area where he got injured previously and we will have to see how long it takes to heal."
The absence of senior players means that there could be a chance for some of the youngsters who have been impressing in the Europa League to play against Burnley.
One of those is Eddie Nketiah who became the Gunners top scorer this season with a goal against Dundalk on Thursday night. Arteta admitted this could see the 20-year-old given some Premier League game time.
"The main reason we decided to keep Eddie at the club and not send him on loan was because we saw his hunger and his ability to score goals consistently" he said.
"He has been doing that since he joined the first team and has been performing really well. On Thursday night he was a threat again and, like everyone else, he has a chance to start the game on Sunday."
