Unai Emery provides crucial update on recovery of key Arsenal man

Oli Fisher

Arsenal boss Unai Emery has offered an update on injured Gunners captain Laurent Koscielny, who has been out since April.

Shkodran Mustafi has been playing alongside Rob Holding of late with Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Laurent Koscielny both out injured.

Koscielny has been sidelined since rupturing his Achilles in the Europa League semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid last season.

The 33-year-old is back in training and Emery will look at how to reintroduce him into the team following the upcoming international break.

“The most important is how he’s feeling every day,” he said of the club captain.

“He can feel better in each training with us and for him. With calmness, he’s nearer, closer to being with us in the competitive games.

“At the moment, we are happy with him. He is feeling well and after (some) months without every training with the team, I think the most important thing is he is every day with us and getting better every day.

“We are going to think after the international break how we can continue working and how he can start playing games.”

Sokratis trained with the group on Wednesday morning while Nacho Monreal continued his recovery from a hamstring issue by completing a session on his own.

 

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