Bukayo Saka has nursing a hamstring injury since December.

• Mikel Arteta had an encouraging update to deliver
• Saka faces a race against time to be fit for Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Real Madrid

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta revealed. That Bukayo Saka will return to competitive training sessions during the international break.

He makes his way back to full fitness from a serious hamstring injury.

Saka’s recovery is morphing into more than a mild obsession for Arsenal fans. The club’s talismanic winger has sidelind with a torn hamstring สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที since December yet still ranks as the team’s most prolific creator this season – in fact, no other player can boast more than half the tally of Saka’s ten Premier League assists.

Season-ending injuries to Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus have exaggerated Saka absence even further. The Gunners have force to line up with defensive midfielder Mikel Merino as a striker for the previous five matches.

However, there is a growing flicker of hope that Saka’s return is on the horizon.

“He’s going to be here next week. Hopefully with the ball with his feet,” Arteta told reporters before the visit of Chelsea on Sunday afternoon. “That will mean he’s shooting and running. He’s done quite a lot already on the pitch. The next is to integrate more competitive training and see how he copes.”