Arsenal handed triple injury boost for Sporting clash but Mikel Arteta rules two stars outArsenal have been hit with a raft of injury concerns in the build-up to their Champions League quarter final first leg against Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday nightView 2 Images Mikel Arteta gave an update on Arsenal's injury worries (Image: Rene Nijhuis/Getty Images)Mikel Arteta has been given a huge fitness boost ahead of Arsenal’s make-or-break week. ‌Arsenal face Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of the Champions League on Tuesday night. Arsenal are also without Eberechi Eze and Mikel Merino, who are long-term injury absentees due to calf and foot injuries respectively. ‌Arsenal have lost back to back games with Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final and then lost at Southampton in the FA Cup on Saturday. Arteta added: "What Sporting have done at home is remarkable and you have to be very good to achieve such consistency."

Source: Daily Mirror April 06, 2026 18:45 UTC