Mikel Arteta has provided an injury update on Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres ahead of his side’s trip to face Sunderland on Saturday.

The Swedish international scored in the 2-0 Premier League win over Burnley last weekend but had to be replaced at half-time at Turf Moor.

Arteta later described Gyokeres’ issue as ‘muscular’, with the striker missing out on the midweek Champions League win over Slavia Prague.

The 27-year-old was not named in Sweden’s squad for the upcoming international break, and Arteta suggested that he will be unable to feature for the visit to the Stadium of Light at the weekend.

‘No news, we remain the same and nobody new that can join the squad so all the same,’ the Spaniard said in his pre-match press conference.

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