Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta outlined the fitness of Mohamed Elneny and his other senior players.

The Gunners boss was speaking to reporters ahead of their Europa League tie against FC Zurich on Thursday.

Arteta also outlined the importance of Elneny, as it allows the likes of Albert Sambi Lokonga to play further up the field in matches.

He told reporters: “They are in different stages [recovery], obviously [Mohamed Elneny] had a long-term injury but he has recovered in a really good way. He has been training with us for a week or two now.

“[Oleksandr Zinchenko] is very recent and he's trained just two training sessions. Bukayo [Saka] has missed one or two and trained today."

He then added on Elneny's return influencing other players: “That situation arose because we had Thomas [Partey] out and then we had Mo out, and we had to adapt the position of Sambi because he was our most natural player to do so.

“Now with Mo coming back, we have another position open."