Arsenal fans breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday afternoon when manager Mikel Arteta confirmed that their star boy Bukayo Saka resumed training after a few days of worrying about his injury sustained in the win over Nottingham Forest.Oleksandr Zinchenko and Mohamed Elneny are also back in contention for playing against FC Zurich in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.##NAJAVA_MECA_6778681##Arteta was happy to provide the media with how those three players are coming along.”They are at different stages. Elneny had a long-term injury, but he has recovered well and has been training with the team for a week or two. Zinchenko is just very recent, and he’s had two training sessions. Bukayo just missed one or two sessions and was fine today. We’re using our brains and our common sense, but obviously, he had a kick and wasn’t comfortable. We decided to get him off, and now he’s feeling fine.”The Lord is my Strength 😃 pic.twitter.com/AhTjtyEe71— Bukayo Saka (@BukayoSaka87) November 2, 2022 The boss also suggested that Bukayo could even be fit to face Zurich on Thursday night. Still, a game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge just three days later will mean further juggling of his squad in an attempt to remain top of the Europa League group and the Premier League table come Sunday evening.##NAJAVA_MECA_6778620##Premier League fixtures are surely the priority for the Spaniard. The Gunners are top of the table and are prepared to fight the odds and media predictions to stay there. Using the entire squad is important at this age of the season.”We have been trying to load the players pretty equally over the last five or six weeks, because we have been playing every three days and we have managed to do that. You have seen that we haven’t repeated too many blocks of four games for certain individuals, and we will try to continue to do that to get everyone as fresh as possible and with enough rhythm heading into the game.”
