Ahead of the London Derby Boxing Day round of fixtures, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has a new player unavailability concern. Forward/midfielder Kai Havertz is suspended for the visit from West Ham United, having accumulated five yellow cards.
He’ll serve a one match ban here, and then return to the side after that.
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Arteta will have plenty of replacement options for the German, however. There are a handful of players that Arteta can plug n play for Havertz here. Meanwhile the Gunners remain out a quartet of long-term injury absentees:ย Takehiro Tomiyasu (calf), Fabio Vieira (groin), Thomas Partey (muscle) and Jurrien Timber (knee).
None will be back in the lineup any time soon, but Partey is said to be getting closer than the rest of the bunch, and the midfielder could be back in the lineup in the middle of next month.
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