Olivier Giroud faces a late fitness test to see if he can play a part in Arsenal’s game against Chelsea on Saturday.
The France striker missed last weekend’s Premier League win at Hull and the midweek EFL Cup game against Nottingham Forest with a toe injury.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said Giroud trained with the squad on Thursday and would be assessed on Friday for any ill effects, before a decision on his availability is made.
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey had already been ruled out of the Chelsea game with a hamstring injury, and Wenger said he did not expected the Welshman to return until after the international break.
Club captain Per Mertesacker, full-back Carl Jenkinson and striker Danny Welbeck are all long-term absentees with knee injuries.
Chelsea are hopeful that their skipper John Terry will be fit, having missed the last two games with an ankle injury.
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