Mikel Arteta confirmed a key step in Gabriel Jesus’s recovery as the forward returned to first-team training on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Jesus has endured recurring injury problems during his time in England, affecting both his spells at Arsenal and Manchester City, and this latest layoff required a prolonged period of rehabilitation. He was not included in Arsenal\u2019s squad for the early stages of the 2025\u201326 Champions League but is eligible for Premier League selection, the 28-year-old registered by the club at the beginning of the season.<\/p>\n
Asked for an update on Thursday, Arteta described the importance of the group setting as Jesus rebuilds his fitness. “Obviously, he\u2019s been doing everything on his own; now he\u2019s got players around him, very competitive players around him, and see how he copes with that,” he said. “But he\u2019s full of energy, I love the reaction of all his teammates when he first joined us and yeah, great to have him back.” When pressed on timing he added: “I don\u2019t know, now it\u2019s about making the steps day by day in a different surrounding.”<\/p>\n
Arteta also addressed the wider injury picture at the club. Kai Havertz has been sidelined for several months and has recently been joined on the treatment table by Noni Madueke, Gabriel Martinelli, captain Martin \u00d8degaard and Viktor Gy\u00f6keres. There is cautious optimism that some of those players could feature against Sunderland, with Arteta saying when asked if all would be absent: “I cannot confirm all of that, but you are not far.”<\/p>\n
With the Premier League pausing after the Sunderland fixture for the final international window of 2025, Arteta stressed that returns remain dependent on careful progress. “Some of them, all of them I don\u2019t know,” he said. “There are a lot of things that have to happen in the next two weeks, and everything has to be perfect, but I think we\u2019ll be very close with most of them to be in a really strong position.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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