Latest Arsenal injury news on Arteta and Podolski

The news is rolling in for Arsenal at the moment and fortunately the majority of the time it’s good. The much anticipated debut of Mesut Ozil went well, opening his account on the assist front with the Gunners just 11 minutes into the game, whilst Arsenal also walked away with all three points. The game may not have been entirely comfortable for the whole 90 minutes, however Arsenal dominated in chances and looked like a real attacking force. So with another three points on the board and Arsenal on top of the league for now, we can look ahead to the first group stage Champions League game of the season, this Wednesday against Marseille in France. And luckily for Arsenal we may have a few of our stars that missed out yesterday, return for the Marseille game, with Per Mertesacker missing through illness. Also Thomas Vermaelen could make a start for the Gunners, after finally making his comeback for the closing minutes of the Sunderland game. Other players are also close to returning with suggestions concerning Arteta and Podolski stating that both players are making rapid recoveries. Arteta could be ready to face West Brom in the Capital One Cup, which would be a nice game to ease back into. Mikel Arteta was originally ruled out for 6 weeks, after picking up an injury during pre-season and although it has already been around that duration of time, Arteta is already back in training and so all the signs are positive for a good return. Lukas Podolski is another long term injured player, with the German expected to miss 3 months after injuring his hamstring in the 2nd leg of the Champions League qualification stage. But now he is recovering well and the expected date may be shortened by quite a lot with suggestions that he may in fact be able to play a small role in the Napoli game at the start of October. It’s good to hear that these Gunners are on their way back from injury because although we now have a decent starting eleven, our bench is truly appalling; especially from the names we had on it yesterday. But then again as it was stated after the game, Arsenal do in fact have 9 first team players injured and so what more should we expected. Hopefully all those that are injured are in for a healthy return.