Arteta provided a rather grim injury update on Friday afternoon (Picture: Getty)

Arsenal have been handed an injury boost with Bukayo Saka, William Saliba and Declan Rice all seen arriving with the travelling squad for Saturday?s clash against Bournemouth.

Mikel Arteta has been contending with a growing injury list, revealing six players have been unable to train this week due to various injury issues.

Gabriel Martinelli has missed the last three games with Declan Rice going off injured at half-time during Sunday?s 2-2 draw with Tottenham. Bukayo Saka also suffered a knock in the north London derby, a game which Leandro Trossard also missed through injury.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Arteta revealed Saliba and Fabio Vieira were also dealing with knocks.
Having not been pictured in a latest training gallery shared by Arsenal on Friday afternoon, it appeared the chances of some of those individuals being involved on Saturday were slim.

But video footage of the Gunners squad arriving at their team hotel in Bournemouth shows Saka, Saliba and Rice among the group ahead of tomorrow?s 3pm kick-off.

Footage shared by @FPLTommyGun shows Saliba stopping to sign a few autographs followed by Rice. Another clip shows Saka signing shirts for young fans.

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