Arsenal: Mikel Arteta confident over major fitness boost for Brighton trip in sickness bug update Mikel Arteta is hopeful that Kai Havertz will be fit for Arsenal’s trip to Brighton on Saturday.
Havertz was one of a number of Arsenal players hit by a sickness bug ahead of the Gunners’ game at Brentford on New Year’s Day.
Mikel Merino and Gabriel Martinelli then struck early in the second half as Arsenal won to close the gap on league leaders Liverpool to six points.
The Gunners are next in action on Saturday, when they travel to Brighton, and asked if Havertz will be back for that match, Arteta said: “I think so, yeah.
Arsenal did not let the sickness bug in camp disrupt them too much, though, as they ran out convincing winners at Brentford.
