Premier League injury update: Is Arsenal defender William Saliba sidelined this weekend?

The Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has provided insight into the availability of two players ahead of their match against Wolverhampton Wanderers this Saturday. Arteta has given an injury update on the duo, shedding light on their possible participation in the upcoming game.

Centre-back William Saliba, who is ranked at no.2 in FourFourTwo's list of the best centre-backs in the world right now, has missed Arsenal's past two games with a hamstring issue.

Youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly was meanwhile absent for the Gunners' Champions League victory over Dinamo Zagreb, and Ben White has been out since November after having knee surgery.

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Arteta had good news and bad news on both players at his pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to Molineux: neither have serious injuries are expected to be back next week at worst, with an outside chance of being able to be involved at the weekend.

The Arsenal boss said: “With Myles there is nothing serious on the scan, so it’ll be a matter of having a meeting with the medical staff today (Friday). We have a training session, so we’ll see whether it’s too early or not.

“With Wilo (Saliba) it’s something similar as well. I think he’ll be in for next week but this week, let’s see how it goes.”

White is meanwhile closing in on a return to training after his two-month lay-off.

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Arteta explained: “He hasn’t trained with the team yet, but I think he’s very close to doing that. He still needs to tick a few boxes in the next two or three days.

“If that’s going well and smoothly, I think he’ll be with us pretty soon."

Arsenal have hit on a decent run of form of late and have risen to second in the Premier League, level on 44 points with third-placed Nottingham Forest.

League leaders Liverpool sit six points clear at the top and still have a game in hand to play after their scheduled trip to face Everton earlier this season was postponed due to storms.