Saka ready to start on Tuesday, Arsenal boss Arteta confirms

Bukayo Saka is back from injury and is ready to contribute for Arsenal, coach Mikel Arteta has confirmed.

Saka will thus be named in the squad to face Fulham in the Premier League on Tuesday night.

The 23-year-old has been out since December after sustaining a hamstring tear in the win at Crystal Palace which needed surgery.

His absence has been badly felt by Arsenal, who have struggled for offensive momentum since the hamstring injury and are now 13 points behind Liverpool in the English Premier League title race.

Arsenal do have the small matter of the UEFA Champions League quarter final against Real Madrid to think about but Arteta will have one of his most dangerous forwards available.

"Bukayo Saka is good to go! He can already start vs Fulham, yeah, we will see that tomorrow. All of the careful things he’s already done," Arteta said in his pre match press conference.

"It’s about putting him on the grass in the right moment. He’s pushing. He really wants it.”

He also confirmed that defender Ricardo Calafiori will be out for a few weeks.

"Calafiori unfortunately picked up an injury with the national team. Unfortunate but lucky it wasn’t much worse. Hopefully a matter of weeks,” said the Arsenal coach.

Arsenal face Fulham at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. Kick off is at 21:45 pm local time.