Granit Xhaka pictured with his Arsenal team mates during pre-match walk around Manchester (Photos)

Granit Xhaka traveled to the north-west with the rest of the team, so it seems that he will be fit and prepared for Arsenal's crucial championship match against Manchester City. 

The international player from Switzerland was sick on Friday night, missing the thrilling 3-3 draw between Southampton and Arsenal at the Emirates. He was also questionable to go to the Etihad on Wednesday.

When the squad bus arrived in front of The Hyatt Hotel in Manchester, Xhaka was the first player out. He seemed to have recovered from the sickness.

He then went on Wednesday morning's team stroll around the city, something they typically do before away games, while joking and laughing with teammates Martin Odegaard and Ben White.

Since Saliba's injury, Arsenal has been unable to maintain a clean sheet and has allowed seven goals in three Premier League games. They have given up two-goal leads to Liverpool and West Ham before losing three times at home to bottom-of-the-table Southampton.

Given Arsenal's dismal run and the monumental job they face in attempting to contain a free-flowing City assault and Premier League leading scorer Erling Haaland, there have been rumors that Arteta could change his formation.