Arsenal are ready to battle Liverpool to sign Hugo Larsson from Eintracht Frankfurt during the January transfer window, with Mikel Arteta seemingly of the belief that the young Swede will be a star of the future.

There had been positive news with the return to fitness of Martin Odegaard, and he impressed in his first start back against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. However, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice were both forced off in that match,

Arsenal will be hoping that several fitness concerns begin to ease over the course of the November international break. Mikel Arteta has been forced to deal with several injury concerns across the first 11 matches of the Premier League season,

The Arsenal manager is determined to squeeze every last drop of talent and effort from his players, but he still has a long way to go

Mikel Arteta has suggested that Arsenal’s recent injury situation has been a nightmare, after Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka became the latest players to suffer knocks.NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND:

Captain Martin Odegaard made his first start since September, however, England duo Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice went off at Stamford Bridge.