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Arteta gives a triple injury boost update on Saka, Gabriel and Timber
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29/10/2024
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta gives a triple injury boost update on Saka, Gabriel and Timber
29/10/2024
Sobha Realty Training Ground, London, UK
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00:00
How is Gabriel after the injury?
00:03
We are still assessing him, he doesn't look bad at all. He was much better the next day
00:08
so hopefully he will be fine.
00:10
Has he had a scan?
00:13
He's done some tests, yes.
00:15
Do you know roughly how long he's taking?
00:16
No.
00:17
Do you read the timbre?
00:19
Jurgen is fine. Obviously he was very excited to be out for a while and he could not continue
00:26
the game but there is nothing, no new injury at all.
00:29
Was that cramp?
00:32
He could not continue so we decided to make a very safe call but he was fine.
00:37
And Riccardo Calafiori?
00:39
He will be out for a few weeks I would say.
00:44
William Saliba is back potentially after his suspension, potentially tomorrow night.
00:49
Will you play him or go in for the weekend?
00:51
I will decide that and when I decide we will see the team.
00:53
What have you got to weigh up in terms of that decision?
00:56
With William, the same as with the rest.
00:59
Put the strongest team that we possibly can to win again.
01:02
And Martin Overgaard as well. Is he back on the grass this week?
01:09
He's been on the grass for a few weeks but there are still a few boxes to tick.
01:13
How fast we can do that last stage of the rehab is a question that we will have to
01:18
answer once we have players around and he starts competing with the team,
01:23
something that he hasn't done yet.
01:24
Do you think he will be back before the international break?
01:28
Hopefully yes but we will have to see at that stage how it goes.
01:31
Just in terms of how you treat tomorrow night, obviously a busy schedule,
01:35
a few injuries, how do you balance the need to keep winning and the momentum
01:39
against protecting those 13 players?
01:41
We will try to find the right balance. As you said we have four very demanding matches
01:47
now in different competitions, we want to win them all and we have to start tomorrow
01:51
to create a good momentum again and we will put a strong team out there.
01:55
Can I just get your reflections on Eric Tena's sacking yesterday?
02:01
Well we're sad to see one of our colleagues losing his job.
02:07
I think he's done a really good job, he's won titles there, he has changed a lot of things.
02:12
He's a phenomenal coach and it's difficult when this happens.
02:17
Unfortunately it's the exposure that we have as managers and we are always there in the line.
02:23
Especially when you look at the game and how they lost the game, it was incredible.
02:28
They made that decision and we wish him all the best for his new chapter.
02:35
You mentioned managers' exposure and scrutiny,
02:39
are you in a slightly different position to everybody else?
02:42
We kind of think that the support you've had from Edu and the board and the project
02:48
and trusting the process, you're kind of unsackable.
02:52
No, nobody's unsackable. I think when you earn that,
02:55
when this happens you have earned something and you have earned that back somehow.
03:00
But here we are here to win football matches, never forget that.
03:03
But you have been here five years already,
03:06
in the great scheme of things of Premier League football managers that is a long time.
03:10
Yeah, it is a long time, it's unusual. Unfortunately, it's very unusual.
03:16
I have continued to do my job in the best possible way and again,
03:20
football matches are the most important thing and you have to win many of those to keep your job.
03:25
In terms of that then, how important is the League Cup?
03:28
I mean, you've not won it as a manager,
03:31
you're a city where Pep won it all the time and clearly saw it as being important,
03:36
despite the fact that many people think it's the trophy that is the least important.
03:40
Yeah, well it's important because it keeps everybody alive,
03:43
you maintain the winning habit which is really, really important
03:47
and you show that you care about every competition regardless of what you play.
03:51
So you have to compete for every match, you are in or you are out,
03:55
the margins are so small and tomorrow we're going to face a really tough opponent.
04:00
And whilst it would be lovely if you could sit here and roll off your team,
04:03
which I'm sure you're not going to do,
04:06
how much of tomorrow is going to be about giving players and experienced players
04:12
who haven't had a lot of game time, game time, and maybe some other young players
04:15
like we've seen who are scaling when they come through,
04:18
giving them a little bit more of a taste of what the first team is about,
04:21
because that's important for them as well.
04:23
Yeah, it is important. There are players who obviously haven't played that much
04:27
and they will have their chance tomorrow, that's for sure.
04:30
But you have to earn the right to play and when you have that right,
04:35
you have to perform and you have to perform in a way to impact the team to win the game.
04:40
And that's what we're going to demand to anybody,
04:42
whether you are young, you are an experienced player
04:44
or you've been playing regularly for us.
04:47
Simon, you can start.
04:48
Hi, Mikel.
04:49
Hi.
04:49
First, on a different note, we saw you and a few of the squad
04:53
very suited and booted last night, what was that in aid of?
04:57
Yeah, it was a beautiful evening, yeah.
05:00
So we have created a partnership between two great foundations
05:05
basically what they do.
05:06
It changed the lives and hopes of a lot of children,
05:09
that a lot of families, that especially they have a lot of special needs
05:14
and we've been collaborating with them for almost 10 years
05:17
and it's amazing what they do.
05:19
It gives you so much perspective about life and we have the power,
05:24
we have the ability to connect with a lot of people
05:27
and to draw a lot of attention and to raise money,
05:31
which is very important because at the end,
05:33
these children, this family needs one infrastructure,
05:36
they need doctors, they need attention
05:38
and they need it in a consistent way.
05:40
So doing it once and feeling good with yourself is not good enough.
05:44
It's something that we have to build and create for many years to come
05:48
and it's amazing what they've been doing.
05:51
And also, when you're trying to juggle that team selection,
05:55
you were obviously at City when Pep was bloodied in,
05:58
Phil Fodor, which I think was one of the most high-profile young players
06:02
and there was a lot of time where he was being pestered,
06:04
you're not playing Phil, you're not playing Phil.
06:05
How difficult is it for you with this group you've got
06:08
and how much did you take from your time at City when Pep was managing Phil?
06:11
Well, obviously I was there and obviously we knew the quality of that squad
06:16
and how strong those teams were when you were putting them against any opposition,
06:20
but we have a really good squad as well.
06:22
It's true that at the moment, obviously, we are missing quite a lot of players,
06:25
especially in certain positions, but you have to be really strong
06:28
and you can make changes, but the team has to have a balance,
06:31
it has to have a chemistry, it has to have an energy
06:34
that has to be really good to end the right to win the game,
06:37
especially when you're playing away from home.
06:39
Can I just ask you one on Alex?
06:41
Obviously the last two games, you've turned to Miles in that left-back position.
06:46
Is Alex still a key player for you in this squad going forward?
06:49
Yeah, well, that's decisions that are always difficult to make.
06:53
You make them with the only intention to get the results
06:56
and get the performance that you want,
06:58
but Alex has already proven for many years,
07:01
something that Miles has to do, that he has the ability to do it.
07:05
Another one of your left-backs, Kieran Tierney,
07:08
we've not seen him this season, but is he getting any closer to a return?
07:12
I think he's quite close, he's looking really good.
07:14
I think he's over the period where he was still struggling,
07:19
so yeah, he looks really sharp out there.
07:21
He hasn't trained with the team yet,
07:23
but hopefully he can do that in the next week or two.
07:26
In the last round against Bolton,
07:27
it was obviously a big night for Jack Porter,
07:29
the U17 goalkeeper.
07:31
Is there a chance that maybe we'll see another young goalkeeper
07:34
tomorrow night for Tommy Settford?
07:35
And what have you seen from him since he's arrived in the summer?
07:39
Yeah, well, obviously we brought him because we know that he's got the qualities
07:42
that we're looking for for our goalkeeping area,
07:46
but unfortunately he's been injured, so he hasn't really played,
07:49
and let's see whether we play him tomorrow.
07:52
In front of him, in front of the goalkeeping position,
07:56
there's been so much instability in the back four this season.
07:59
I remember last press conference you were talking about,
08:01
it's not just the back four, it's the rest of the team,
08:02
it's the unit, it's the midfield.
08:04
I'm just wondering, how does that instability impact the whole team?
08:07
Because it felt like, just as you were getting something going yesterday,
08:09
the back four was in the back, sorry, against Liverpool,
08:11
and the back four was working, Gabriel comes off and throws another spanner.
08:14
How does that impact the rest of the team?
08:16
Well, I planned for a lot of things for that game.
08:19
Three different, four different scenarios, actually.
08:21
I didn't plan for the one with Gabi because normally it doesn't happen.
08:24
It happened, we have to adapt to it very early in the match as well,
08:29
and, yeah, it is not ideal.
08:31
It's what is happening at the moment that's making us think and learn a lot,
08:37
and, yeah, we'll be stronger.
08:38
There's no other way to look at it.
08:40
Just finally on Myles as well,
08:42
obviously you've thrown him in these big games,
08:43
I'm just wondering what you've seen from him
08:45
that makes you so confident to throw him in?
08:46
Because City, Liverpool, they're massive games,
08:49
maybe most of their team,
08:50
but you wouldn't throw him in what you've seen from him?
08:52
First of all, huge personality.
08:54
He doesn't care, he plays with full belief,
08:59
with a lot of commitment.
09:00
He's got the qualities that we want in that position,
09:03
to play outside, to play inside,
09:05
defensively he's a really strong player and really wants it.
09:09
When a player is like that, I don't care if he's from the academy, whatever,
09:12
we need to give them the opportunities
09:14
and he has the right to play those games.
09:17
James, I'll let you go.
09:18
Hi, Mikel.
09:19
After the Liverpool game on Sunday, Jamie Carragher on Sky
09:22
compared your managerial approach and tactical idea to Jose Mourinho,
09:28
and I just wondered, he even said that you're more similar to Jose in some ways than Pep,
09:34
I wonder what you made of that comparison?
09:36
I don't talk about myself.
09:41
That's their job, to talk about others,
09:43
so I let him give his opinion the way he can.
09:48
Has he been a reference for you at all, Jose?
09:50
Jose?
09:51
Yeah.
09:51
For sure, I know since I was 15 years old, he coached me.
09:54
At one?
09:55
Yeah, he was in Barcelona.
09:58
I mean, he's won, I don't know, 26, 28 titles,
10:01
so it is someone to really admire the way he's done it,
10:06
the way he's changed the culture in clubs,
10:08
the way he's done it in different countries.
10:14
Do you take it as a compliment in that case?
10:17
I take it as an opinion.
10:19
I don't like myself comparing to nobody,
10:22
because I'm myself, so I don't know.
10:24
I don't do things because other people have done things,
10:27
I do things that I believe are the best thing for the players and for the team,
10:32
to get us success and play the way we want to play, that's it.
10:37
Hi.
10:37
What would your message be to the travelling fans who will be there to support you?
10:43
Keep doing what they're doing.
10:44
They've been absolutely phenomenal.
10:45
We really thank you for the time, the effort and everything that they invest in,
10:50
and we are really grateful.
10:52
Hopefully we're going to perform really well and give them a lot of joy.
10:56
OK, there's a question from Spanish media.
11:12
What's your message to the fans who will be there to support you?
11:18
We're going to see a lot of changes tomorrow for these players.
11:23
It's not a question of giving.
11:24
If they play, it's because they deserve it, just like everyone else.
11:28
In the end, we have to reward the people who behave in a certain way every day
11:32
and have the level to play the way we want to play.
11:35
And if that's the case, I don't care.
11:37
If they're academy players, young or old, they'll play tomorrow.
11:41
And are there academy players who have the chance to play tomorrow?
11:46
Yes, all those who are in the first team and play with us have the chance tomorrow.
11:51
OK, perfect. Thank you very much.
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