Arsenal boss Arteta gives injury updates on Saka, Calafiori and Timber 

Arteta will make late calls on Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber ahead of Sunday’s massive game against Liverpool.

The trio could be available for the weekend, but it was too early to confirm either way, Arteta insisted in his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon. 

Speaking at London Colney Arteta said: “We’re going to do our very best to somehow have them available but it’s very uncertain.

“[Saka] has done a bit of training on the grass. How far we can get him to Sunday, that’s a different question. We have another day, which is a good thing, but we’ll see.

“[Calafiori] needs some more tests. Yesterday he had some, today he’s going to have some more and after that we will know. Last time we thought it was really bad and he ended up playing two or three days after, so let’s see how it is.

“Timber, again, it’s the first session that he could have some involvement. He’s been out for a while, we expected him to be further back than where he is at the moment but, again, we have to wait and see.”

No updates were provided on Martin Odegaard (ankle), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), or Kieran Tierney (hamstring).

William Saliba will be missing as he serves a one-game suspension following last weekend’s red card against Bournemouth.

“Well we have different options, players that have already played there before,” Arteta added.

“It’s true that that partnership has been very stable as you said, he’s played every single moment.

"[Saliba's] not available, we have to find a different solution which is something that, as a team, we need to be good at as well.”