Arteta gives fitness update on Saka, Martinelli and Timber

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was coy about the chances of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli being fit for Luton

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00:00 "He's fine. Obviously we haven't trained, just recovered. We'll have a short live session

00:05 today to prepare the game and we'll see whether he's in the best condition to start the night.

00:11 He's because he was available to play against a really tough opponent three days ago,

00:16 so he certainly is today. Again, we'll train today and see the state of every player and

00:21 make the right decision tomorrow. He's doing very well. His back training

00:28 is not far off. The thing is that last step, he hasn't played any minutes.

00:32 Does he need, again with under-23s, two games. We're going to have to feel it now that he's

00:39 constantly training with us to see how long that's going to take him. That last part,

00:44 which is tricky and sometimes it takes a while, hopefully as quick as possible."

00:50 How would you rate his chances of playing again for the first time?

00:54 "I think he's got a good chance. I don't know percentage, but I think he's got a good chance.

00:58 and he's going to push it as far as he possibly can.