Piero Hincapie and Kepa Arrizabalaga took part in training on Tuesday morning as Arsenal prepare to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
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Arsenal Tuesday morning received good news with the injured duo Piero Hincapie and Kepa Arrizabalaga both are involved in training.
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The Gunners held an open training session in front of the media, as is standard, the day before the Champions League match, which allowed us to get some information about the fitness of the team’s key players.
Although Hincapie practiced on grass, he was doing only individual work on this occasion. It looks like he will be ready for Wednesday’s big away game Bayern Munichan earlier assessment of his injury suggested he would be out for another week or more.
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As for Kepa, the goalkeeper only missed Sunday’s game Nottingham Forest with a knock, so if he’s already back in training, he should be able to start against Bayern.
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David Raya obviously the goalkeeper is more likely to start, but Champions League squads are usually made up of three goalkeepers, so there is room for both Kepa and a goalkeeper. Evening Meslier on the bench.
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Arsenal’s other two injured players were never expected to feature in this game Christos Tzolis and William Saliba not expected this month.
Saliba recently returned to training on grass, but like Hincapie, is only taking part in individual training at this stage.
The France international will need to rejoin full training before he has the chance to feature in the match-day squad and will likely need some time to get back up to speed on the training pitches with his teammates.
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