Mikel Arteta hopeful of Ben White injury boost after 'positive' Arsenal development Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta hopes Ben White could return to action before the end of January.
“The knee looks good, he has reacted really well the first few weeks, everything is going smoothly and now he needs to start to load and that knee needs to start to get through many more things that, up to now he hasn’t been able to do, but hopefully he’s good.
And asked if White could return before the end of this month, Arteta said: “It might be a possibility, but obviously he hasn’t done anything yet with the team.
Thomas Partey is likely to come into the team, with Arsenal heading to the south coast knowing that a win will take them to within three points of Premier League leaders Liverpool.
The right-back is recovering well and his return would be a major boost for Arsenal, who are currently also without Takehiro Tomiyasu.
