Arsenal injury news: The Gunners begin welcoming their international stars back from international duty for this weekends Premier League game with Leeds
Arsenal return to Premier League action this weekend against Leeds United. The game is the first of the final ten games of the season as the hunt for their first league title in nearly 20 years continues.
The international break came at possibly the worst possible time for the Gunners. Mikel Arteta's men have won their last six league games to see them stretch their lead over Manchester City to eight points.
Fortunately for Arsenal, they have avoided any serious injuries to their international stars throughout the break. However, there do still remain a number of injury concerns to contend with before facing Leeds.
Partey has featured 30 times for Arteta's side this season and his absence in midfield will be a major loss. However, it remains unclear whether he will miss Saturday's game.
There is hope that Eddie Nketiah may make a return to the Arsenal squad. The Hale Ender has been missing since the 4-0 win over March at the start of the month. "He's still in the boot. He's still a few weeks away and we need to be patient," Arteta said.
"It was a nasty injury and he has a big challenge ahead of him. Thank God it could have been worse. So he's not in a bad place."
The impressive forward has given his own update on social media too. Alongside an image on Instagram he wrote: "Grafting! *muscle emoji* #SoonBack." He then added another image to his Instagram story with the caption: "Rehab crew, monster mentality *brain emoji* *finger point emoji*."
“I’m really desperate to be honest. The team are doing really well and it’s something I want to be a part off," he told reporters. "I’m working hard everyday. Like I said, coming away here and getting minutes that I really need is really good for me.”
Elsewhere midfielder Mohamed Elneny is still out with a long-term knee injury.