Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on Aaron Ramsdale, Bukayo Saka, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Santi Cazorla return
Arsenal may have Bukayo Saka and Takehiro Tomiyasu available to face Crystal Palace on Monday, but goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale looks likely to miss out. Ramsdale, who has been one of Arsenal’s standout performers this season, missed the 1-0 win over Aston Villa before the international break with a hip injury and was forced to withdraw from the England squad as a result. Ad/> He has not yet returned to full training so could again be replaced by Bernd Leno.
Premier LeagueFive subs to be allowed in Premier League from next season2 HOURS AGO “Aaron is a doubt, he’s still feeling not great, he hasn’t trained yet and we don’t know what he’ll be able to do on Monday,” said Gunners manager Arteta on Thursday. “He wanted to play against Villa but it was a significant injury. He had to take his time.
The physios are doing everything they can to make him available but we will see in the next few days when he starts to do real training.” Saka also missed out on international duty with England after testing positive for Covid-19. Five subs to be allowed in Premier League next season What are Liverpool's chances of winning the quadruple? However, he has been training and is expected to be available to face Palace as Arsenal aim to strengthen their top-four position. “Bukayo is feeling good, he’s training today, hopefully he is still feeling as he was yesterday,” said Arteta.
“I don’t know how much he would have played (with England). Sometimes when a player is in a good moment, you don’t want to stop it. “It’s what it is, he had Covid and we had to take him out of the national team.