Arsenal full squad revealed for Monaco as Gabriel Magalhaes and Jurrien Timber decisions madeMikel Arteta and Arsenal face a nervous wait over key players with injuries continuing to cause major issues. Despite the growing number of regular concerns, Champions League progression is almost assured for the Gunners. A win over AS Monaco will all but earn them a place in the knockout stages. The Dutch giants face Sparta Prague before finishing with Bayern Munich and Lille, making Arsenal’s position all the more comfortable. Arteta must balance those ambitions with an increasingly difficult Premier League picture. Not only has Gabriel Magalhaes been out for the past two games, there are also problems for Riccardo Calafiori, Thomas Partey, and Jurrien Timber. Calafiori and Oleksandr Zinchenko were both missing from Tuesday’s open session in north London. Addressing the squad state ahead of Monaco, Arteta said: “We have to manage a lot of the players. Some of them probably aren’t going to be fit. Some are still a doubt. We have 24 hours to make a decision and hopefully it’ll be the right ones.” It leaves plenty of questions for who will and will not be fit, especially with domestic action to follow at 3pm on Saturday.
