Mikel Arteta gives latest update on Arsenal duo ahead of UCL clash against PSV

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has given the latest update on two of his Arsenal players ahead of the UEFA Champions League clash against PSV Eindhoven.

The elite tournament comes back at the Emirates after six seasons as the Gunners take on the Dutch side on Wednesday at the Emirates Stadium. And ahead of their clash against PSV, there are a couple of injury concerns for the Arsenal manager.

Mohamed Elneny is still recovering from an injury while the latest to add to Arsenal's injury list was Gabriel Martinelli, who was taken off in the weekend's Premier League match against Everton.

The Brazilian had some kind of muscular issue and was seen wrapping his leg with an ice pack during the match. And now Mikel Arteta has given the latest update on Martinelli ahead of the match.

Arteta said on Tuesday that Gabriel Martinelli will not play any part in Wednesday's match against PSV.

"He felt something in his hamstring and we need to do some further tests to assess if there is any big damage or not. But he will be out for tomorrow's game, that's for sure," Arteta said on Tuesday in the pre-match press conference.

Mohamed Elneny is the only player in this Arsenal team who was part of the Gunners when they played Champions League football for the last time in 2017, and the Gunners boss says the Egyptian is in the final weeks of his rehabilitation.

"He's in a good place, obviously it's been a while and it's been a very significant injury, but I think he's in the latter stages of that rehab process. He's been training for almost two weeks with the team and he is in a good place. It's always great to have him around," the Arsenal manager added.

Another key Gunners midfielder Thomas Partey is out injured as well and the North London club hopes to get him back by October.

Arsenal will miss Martinelli's services but it looks like Leandro Trossard will get the nod against PSV on the left wing for the Gunners. The Belgian came on for Martinelli in the last match and scored the winning goal for them.