Mikel Arteta pre-match press conference | Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

Mikel Merino Update let's go with Gary from Sky Sports than hi Gary um there's some suggestion on social media that marinos f up some kind of yes uh very unfortunate yesterday he had a collision and he's got a shoulder injury unfortunately and U it looks like he's going to be out for a few weeks yeah first session with us yeah that's really bad luck yeah it is and it was really exciting we're all very excited um everything was looking very good and he landed on the floor Gabby went on top of him and it looks like he's got a as more fracture probably wow you when you say weeks well we have to see it was in so much pain we have to wait and see with with saf to do some more test on that um and they would have probably more conclusive answers I was going to ask you whether or not you were excited by deadline day but I guess after news like that you're not going to be excited this is football you know overall U we have tried to do all the things that we wanted it was a lot to do uh still a few hours to go and um and nothing and we are prepared so how Wild Transfer Deadline Day this streams might might be something before the end of today let's see it's always possible and the last 24 hours in in the transfer window never rule anything and I well this wild this Raheem Sterling wildest streams Raheem Sterling now you know that I cannot talk about any play CU you spoke on last week about your admiration for him and vice versa how he work well together yeah um sounds like Chelsea are offering him around has he been offered to Arsenal no no and I'm not going to be talking about this kind of thing sorry okay one one deal we know Aaron Ramsdale that has gone through that's Aron yeah g to Southampton just your thoughts on that well first of all say thank you so much for what he's done for the club um for the team uh for myself so when he joined he brought a lot of joy brought his Charisma his energy and and he was really good at that time obiously things developed and he had a situation that he was difficult for him and he was insisting a lot that he is very happy when when he plays and we have tried to fulfill that desire that he had uh he looked really excited and happy the other day and uh he joining a great Club a great coach uh he looks really excited so I think we are all happy for him and I know that next the ball Keeper at the Neto moment is in the building he's in the training ground cuz I saw him arrive so I know you don't like talking about other te players but that would be someone to come in and be a number two again well it's clear that obviously we have lost Carl as a third goalkeeper and then we lost Aon so we have to replace them both so nto in the building having a medical I guess sorry he's having a medical at the moment we have to replace Aaron and we have to replace car and what about Al what about you told if you are agile and mobile enough and you have the courage it's right I I'll leave it that thank you okay Sarah from the pr Martinelli League um injury fresh injury aside getting in marinho and he color Fury and having improving that left hand side do you think that will assist in getting best out of Martinelli well hopefully obiously everything is very connected in order to especially the Wingers the front players um to shine and to be in positions with advantages against the defender which is the most difficult thing to do in football you need players behind you that they give you that opportunity and put you in those situation as often as possible and we have brought two players that are exceptional doing that can we Nwaneri expect some of the squad players like rer to play more and have some of an impact this season some of the youngsters com it will depend uh certainly they have now the the respect and admiration of all the all the team and they've done it in preseason and um and now they're going to have to earn their right to play but they have the same chances as anybody else and your players have spoken about how important Brighton the meticulous analysis you do of the opponent team is for your match days what have you made of Brighton's perfect start ahead of your match day tomorrow well we try to prepare like every manager every team does um giving them the exact information the relevant information that I can really help us and give us value to win the game and we have tried to do uh the same for tomorrow against a team that uh he's doing really well he won all the games with the new coach with a new coach in regime and um and it's going to be a tough match thank you Josh hi M hi Clean Sheet started with two clean sheets so far how pleased are you with the way that the team are defending from the front as well the pitch the yeah that's been a biggest strength of us um the commitment and um and implication of every player in every ball in every single action and then yeah in those two games it's true that we haven't given much away but the ones that we have given they were pretty clear and uh our goalkeeper has made two big saves to keep those clean sheets so there are Sly things to improve but I think obviously the commitment of the team in that in that front is superb and it's an early kick off tomorrow in those Early Kick off games especially is it important to to set the tone early to be on the front foot yeah we always want to do and we play at home as well and and get the our supporters going and create a special atmosphere and we know how important is the the kind of energy is Al from BBC hi Mel hi I wanted Happy with the Squad? to ask you um if you don't do any more business would you be happy with the squad and do you think you can achieve your range without any more business I'm always happy with this squad I think I have we have tremendous players a magnificent group of human beings and uh we always want to be better and we cannot deny that the most important thing is to try to improve our own players and then yeah in terms of the numbers and the quality can we improve in the squad for sure Marin this year Eddie Nketiah and can you talk about Edan K he might be leaving we think you talk about what he's in a similar way to iron R yeah when that happens we can talk about that if he leaves do you think you have enough Firepower and sort of attack because last season there was a bit times in the season where people said maybe you need a strike you think you can find extra goals in in the sort of squad to to to achieve your end yeah is what we have one of the biggests that we had over the last two three years has been the the way we have shared the goals and um and we're going to to continue to do that if we can on top of that get players to score 25 30 goals on the season then is the perfect combination and that's what we are trying to do how do you do that how do you sort of make players score more goals than they didn't last Seas might put them in better situations train them more make them hungrier on that bring Clarity to the team that we can score goals in many many ways and uh and a score um uh in in all the ways that we can basically Nick from haters on the back “It will show unbelievably consistency” hi if you beat Brighton tomorrow that's nine wins in a row this is the first time ARS have done that since the 2004 Invincible season shows how difficult it is to be that many games and and the levels you're trying to reach of this yeah for sure and that would show unbelievable consistency is already difficult to do what we've done but we want to be better and tomorrow we going to have to really earn it because we're going to face a really good right on site just just ask one more Qui question Trossard about the Android trossard whether he starts on the bench or starts from the start he's made incredible contributions since he since he signed him yeah and he's playing against his former Club just you just talk about how big an impact he's made yeah huge uh again and not only starting from the Ben when he has a started games big games and last season you look especially the last quarter of the season the amount of run on games that he had he was huge and he's been really consistent with his threat on goal with his capacity to create um situations and and especially big chances and then without the ball what he's doing and I'm really really pleased with him there was an update on C Jus he was Gabriel Jesus out last week ins that since how is he he progressing really well he had a little um muscle injury and U he's doing quite a lot of his stuff already so we expect him to be with us pretty soon foror's sorry forrow no Defensive Depth and I know you spoke last season about how at the back you didn't have many numbers and maybe you got a bit Lucky in the sense that Gabrielle C Ben White would fit it doesn't look as if you're going to have similar leag smaller numbers up top does it feel like a risk going into the season with such a a small number of a small po players I you said you're happy with the plays You' got but obviously the Champions League draws yesterday there's going to be more games for it's more intense is it a bit of a risk we know about the depth of the squad and um it's something that we cannot change dramatically in one or two seasons it's something that we are constantly trying to build build the numbers build the robot of the squad as well which is something critical and on top of that bring more quality and um we are trying to bring some quality as well from our Academy that look like it's it's happening and that's going to be very very helpful and U and Trust the players that we have and uh and do the maximum that we can with the sad Simon Tomiyasu okay can I just ask one on on Tommy as we've not seen yet is he still got sort of weeks to go until the back we talking months like how long do you think we can be out for at the moment it's difficult to say it's a bit slow the the process of the first phase of that injury uh probably for the medical team to to say more on that is he done any sort of training or anything or no not yet not yet okay James hi obiously everyone's Transfer Window talking about transfers today and there are some teams that seem to be sort of scrambling a little bit in the window but do you feel in these final few hours fairly comfortable and you can look at it if as an opportunity rise as great if not I wouldn't just comfortable wor in the last hours of the transfer window in this league but uh that we've done um a lot of the things that we wanted to do um and still a few hours and and let's see would you s General would you rather the window close before the season starts yes I really yes if if that happens in the rest of Europe I think that will be very helpful for everybody because we are already competing and the fact that all the windows are still open obviously create a lot of uncertainty on the players and the clubs and the managers to to understand exactly what you need to do and when but uh I don't know my opinion okay we now move to 10:30 to9