Odegaard and Jesus available, White we will see - Arteta
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus will be available for their clash with Brentford but they will have to see about the fitness of Ben White
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00:00 Will we get a bit of team news if we can to start with? Martin, under guard, available?
00:05 Hopefully, yes. We have another training session today but he's been progressing well and hopefully
00:10 he will be available.
00:11 So he picked up a concussion, is that right? Against Newcastle, so you've just been following
00:15 protocols?
00:16 Yes, because we didn't know obviously how many days, it depends on certain things and
00:20 at the end he got more delayed than we wanted but we have to protect the player.
00:26 Gabriel Jesus played for Brazil, obviously he wasn't ready for the game but is he now
00:30 available?
00:31 Well, he's available. He played 96, 97 minutes in a really competitive match. So, yes, we
00:39 have, as I said, another session, they had a long flight and I have to see the condition
00:45 of every single player to make the final call in the line-up.
00:47 With Ben White, he trained away from the others yesterday in the gym, what about him?
00:52 Again, hopefully if he's able to train today he will be eligible to play but it's a question
00:58 mark to be resolved in the next few hours.
01:00 So they're all racing to be in contention?
01:02 Again, yes.