Mikel Arteta has confirmed an injury blow after ruling Hector Bellerin out of Arsenal’s trip to Crystal Palace this weekend.
Bellerin has missed Arsenal’s last eight matches in all competitions after suffering a hamstring injury following our 2-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at the start of December.
The Spaniard has been photographed at London Colney over the past week, raising hopes he could feature in the recent wins over Manchester United and Leeds, but he wasn’t included in either matchday squad.
The official team news update on Arsenal.com earlier today said that Bellerin was still being assessed by the medical team ahead of our trip to Selhurt Park to take on Palace on Saturday lunchtime.
However, speaking at his press conference this afternoon, Arteta confirmed to reporters that while Bellerin took part in partial training today the trip to Palace will still come too soon for the full-back.
Arteta suggested that Bellerin would be ’50/50′ for the following game so we could see the 24-year-old back in the squad against Sheffield United at the Emirates on January 18th.
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