Arsenal 'considering' Premier League midfielder as Mikel Arteta confirms injury blow

Arsenal are said to be interested in a deal to land Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton. The Gunners have already spent plenty to improve their midfield between Declan Rice and Mikel Merino, but they may not be done there.

According to CaughtOffside, Wharton is of interest to the Gunners, who would likely need to spend well over £50million to land the England international. Spending that much on another midfielder would be surprising given Arsenal’s other needs.

Arteta confirms injury

Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Gabriel Martinelli picked up an injury against Sporting CP on Tuesday night, forcing the Spaniard into a substitution.

"We had to make the change because he was feeling some discomfort,” Arteta said. “I was about to make the change for Raz [Raheem Sterling], poor thing, I couldn't make the sub. We had to get him out."

Saliba on Arsenal form

William Saliba has been speaking about Arsenal’s big win over Sporting and their ongoing title charge. “I think we had two or three weeks before the international break when it was really tough, but now, we get back and we play two really good games,” Saliba said. “But it’s not enough, we have to keep going like this and we have a big game on Saturday.

“But it’s good, it’s good for the confidence that we won today and let’s keep going like this. The coach always told us to believe because we are a really good team. We had some bad times, but now better times are coming so we have to stick together and keep going like that.”