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Is William Saliba injured this weekend? Premier League injury update on Arsenal defender

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 Arsenal defender William Saliba in action.
William Saliba has been sidelined with a hamstring issue. | Credit: Getty Images

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has delivered an injury update on two of his doubts to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday afternoon.

Centre-back William Saliba, who is ranked at no.2 in FourFourTwo's list of the best centre-backs in the world right now, has missed Arsenal's past two games with a hamstring issue.

Youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly was meanwhile absent for the Gunners' Champions League victory over Dinamo Zagreb, and Ben White has been out since November after having knee surgery.

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Myles Lewis-Skelly of Arsenal walks onto the pitch prior to the Premier League 2 match between Arsenal U21 and Manchester United U21 at Meadow Park on August 16, 2024 in Borehamwood, England.
Myles Lewis-Skelly is a doubt for the weekend | Credit: Getty Images

Arteta had good news and bad news on both players at his pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to Molineux: neither have serious injuries are expected to be back next week at worst, with an outside chance of being able to be involved at the weekend.

The Arsenal boss said: “With Myles there is nothing serious on the scan, so it’ll be a matter of having a meeting with the medical staff today (Friday). We have a training session, so we’ll see whether it’s too early or not.

Ben White of Arsenal acknowledges the fans during the warm up prior to the Premier League match between Aston Villa FC and Arsenal FC at Villa Park on August 24, 2024 in Birmingham, England.
Ben White has been out of action with a knee injury | Credit: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

“With Wilo (Saliba) it’s something similar as well. I think he’ll be in for next week but this week, let’s see how it goes.”

White is meanwhile closing in on a return to training after his two-month lay-off.

Arteta explained: “He hasn’t trained with the team yet, but I think he’s very close to doing that. He still needs to tick a few boxes in the next two or three days.

“If that’s going well and smoothly, I think he’ll be with us pretty soon."

Arsenal have hit on a decent run of form of late and have risen to second in the Premier League, level on 44 points with third-placed Nottingham Forest.

League leaders Liverpool sit six points clear at the top and still have a game in hand to play after their scheduled trip to face Everton earlier this season was postponed due to storms.