25/11/2025
Arteta On Madueke, Martinelli and Odegaard: "Yeah they are and we're going to have a meeting now to decide on Martin. We are confident he can be in the squad."
Arteta On Havertz and Gyokeres: "Really good both of them, in the next few days they will have scans to see if we can push them for the weekend."
Arteta On welcoming back players like Martin who competes with a player like Eze who has just scored a hat-trick:
"I do because the priority is for the team to be as efficient as possible and to win football matches. We're going to have to deal with those situations."
Arteta On Kompany: "My feeling was that Vincent was going to be excellent at whatever it was he was going to do."
Arteta On facing Kane and Olise: "For sure and this is the kind of game in the competition that we want to face."
Arteta On scoring from open play: "We have to be very efficient in all departments, and I am upset that we didn't score from a set piece."
Arteta On if beating Bayern makes Arsenal part of that European elite: "I don't know you talk about performances and consistency, hopefully yes. But we have never won the Champions League in our history, they have six."
Arteta On Gabriel Jesus: "Yeah, he's quite close to be fair and it's earlier than expected. In the next few days he'll have another chance with a game that we're going to organise for him."
Arteta On Gabriel Heinze: "His experience, he is a winner, he's won at the club's he's been at. We've known each other for 23 years."
Arteta On the depth they have now: "It is, and it has to be, and thank God that we have improved the depth of the squad compared to previous seasons. It's a different league and we need to be conscious of that."
[Tom Canton]