Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on the fitness of Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Ricardo Calafiori and the possible return of Kai Havertz from injury soon ahead of their Premier League clash with Brentford
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00:00Bukayo and Deca came off early in that Real Madrid game.
00:05Are they OK after the game?
00:07And also, is Ricciardo pressing well enough to maybe make this weekend or even the second lead?
00:13Yeah, so with Deca and Bukayo, they are both fit.
00:16So it was just a matter of two kicks and they recovered well.
00:19So they are available for tomorrow and Ricci is progressing really well.
00:23I think to give you a timeline difficult because he needs to step up,
00:28especially having more people around and how Dani reacts after that.
00:32But he is in a good place, I think.
00:35It was 104 days since Saka got injured to when he then returned.
00:40From the announcement of Havertz's injury,
00:43it will be 108 days to the last game of the season.
00:47Is there a chance that we could see Kaia back?
00:50So we have some extra days there.
00:53Let's see, every injury is the same.
00:56The mindset of those two, though, very, very similar.
00:59Great injury history, great work ethic.
01:03Desperate to get back playing as quick as possible.
01:06And a great medical staff as well to look after them.
01:09So hopefully we can have him, but let's wait, I think.
01:13Once you get to the last stage of that rehab,
01:15is when you can understand better how close you are to make that next step.
01:21You.
01:28That's it?
01:33You can find them in the next step.
01:34What else have happened to you?
01:36How close their homes are, in the next step.