Oleksandr Zinchenko could potentially be sidelined for Arsenal’s Europa League outing tomorrow night.
The Gunners welcome FK Bodo/Glimt to the Emirates Stadium in their third European affair this season.
Arsenal secured a 2-1 victory away to FC Zurich in September to kick off this competition with a victory and Mikel Arteta will be hoping to make it two wins from two on Thursday.
However, the Spanish manager could be without Zinchenko.
The former Manchester City left-back has been a revelation since joining Arsenal in a £32 million transfer [Daily Mail] during the summer.
But according to Football London, the Ukraine international, who made his return from injury in the win over Spurs last weekend, was absent from Arteta’s training session at Colney today.
That being said, the report has also stipulated that it was a precautionary measure by Arsenal.
Fortunately for Arteta, he has a quality deputy in the form of Kieran Tierney who will have no problem whatsoever against the Norwegian outfit.
Tierney has been forced to play a bit-part role this season due to how excellent Zinchenko has been since swapping Manchester for London.
And if Zinchenko is left out of the squad then Arteta will still feel supremely confident that the Scotland international can successfully deputise for his teammate.
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