Mikel Arteta has issued update on the fitness of Arsenal trio Bukayo Saka, William Saliba and Ezri Konsa before they welcome Hull City to north London on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Arteta was first asked about Saka\u2019s injury, with the winger left out of Thomas Tuchel\u2019s England squad owing to the injury he picked up in our 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich last month. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking obviously about weeks,\u201d Mikel said. \u201clet\u2019s see after the international break. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to start hitting the pitch and start to have more activity and see how he feels, but unfortunately he\u2019s going to be out for a while. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to put these guys under too much pressure. They are doing their best to get back fit, Bukayo is desperate to get back with the team, but it\u2019s still quite early.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Saka will miss out on Saturday\u2019s squad, as well as the upcoming international break, Saliba could be involved in both. <\/p>\n
Saliba was back on the bench for the first time this season after suffering a back injury playing for France in the World Cup, and could join up with his national team again after we face the Tigers. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been in very close contact [with France], I think they\u2019re announcing at 5pm this evening, so they have all the information. <\/p>\n
\u201cNow it\u2019s about them, about Zinedine [Zidane] in this case, to give the call. We will accept whatever it is. It\u2019s more between them, because William needs minutes as well. <\/p>\n
\u201cI know how much he loves to be around the national team, it\u2019s a new manager, a really exciting one as well, so whatever he\u2019s decided is fine for us.\u201d<\/p>\n