Arsenal receive fresh injury update amid links with Champions League chief
All the latest news and transfer rumours surrounding Arsenal as they prepare to return from the international break.
Arsenal are now just days away from returning to action, with a fascinating clash with Nottingham Forest lying in wait on Saturday. The international break is still yet to conclude, but when it does, the Gunners will have their fading title hopes tested by a Forest side that currently sits just goal difference behind them.
Mikel Arteta will be hoping his players return fit and ready to go, though Ben White has already been ruled out for a month or so, and Leandro Trossard looks to have picked up at least a knock. As Arsenal assess that issue, we have rounded up all the latest news and transfer rumours surrounding the Gunners.
Trossard latest
Belgium boss Dominic Tedesco has issued an update on Leandro Trossard’s apparent injury, mourning the luck his side has had with injuries during their now concluded Nations League campaign. “I believe we had 21 injured players in the previous qualifying stage, and today we lost Leo Trossard and Zeno Debast to injuries,” he said as quoted by UEFA.
“We had a team that had never played together, never trained together. We started well, but ultimately, under really difficult circumstances, this is not the result we hoped for, and that's why we are very disappointed.”
Sporting director latest
Arsenal’s search for a new sporting director has well and truly begun, with Edu Gaspar on gardening leave until the end of the season following his resignation decision.
According to reports in France, the Gunners are now considering a possible move for Brest chief Grégory Lorenzi, who has done a fine job in charge of the Ligue 1 club, helping transform them from battling relegation to qualifying for the Champions League last season. Lorenzi has been linked with a move to a number of French clubs recently, but he decided to stay where he is in the summer.