William Saliba is already back in Arsenal training following his ankle injury and is in contention to play against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

The France international picked up the injury in the warm-up before kick-off ahead of the game against Liverpool prior to the international break.

While he started the match, Saliba came off after just five minutes with Cristhian Mosquera onto replace him.

The centre-half subsequently withdrew from the national team squad with the French Football Federation confirming a sprained ankle meant he could have no role to play.

Reports in the French press later claimed Saliba could be sidelined for three to four weeks as a result of the injury.

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