Mikel Arteta issues new William Saliba injury update with Arsenal star ruled out vs Forest

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William Saliba was injured at Anfield two weeks ago(Image: Getty Images)

Mikel Arteta has given the latest on William Saliba after the defender was not named in the Arsenal squad to face Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Saliba was injured in the warm-up before Arsenal's Premier League match against Liverpool before the international break.

He pulled out of the France squad and had been expected to be sidelined for a few weeks.

However, Arteta confirmed in his pre-match press conference on Friday that Saliba had trained with the team that morning, raising the prospect that he could start the 12.30pm kick-off against Forest.

Yet the Gunners manager has taken the safety-first approach by leaving him out, with Cristhian Mosquera deputising.

"He [William Saliba] trained yesterday, but at the end of the session he wasn't fully ready to start the game," he told TNT Sports.

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Saliba did the injury in the warm-up ahead of the 1-0 defeat by Liverpool two weeks ago.

He started the game anyway, but was forced to be substituted early on.

Mosquera, a summer signing from Valencia, came off the bench to replace him and performed well at Anfield.

He has been given the nod to start against Forest, ahead of Piero Hincapie, who joined Arsenal on deadline day from Bayer Leverkusen.

Cristhian Mosquera is filling in for William Saliba(Image: Stuart MacFarlane/Getty Images)

The visit of Ange Postecoglou's Forest to the Emirates Stadium is the first game back after the two-week international break.

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