Mikel Arteta gives massive injury update about star Arsenal defender ahead of Tottenham Hotspur clash

Arsenal are currently competing for the English Premier League title race. The Gunners were in excellent form since they dropped points against Aston Villa. However they are still in the race alongwith Manchester City, Mikel Arteta's side needs to win each of the remaining games and hope that City drops points in any of their remaining fixtures. Arguably the most balanced side in the PL in the ongoing season, scoring 82 times and conceding only 26. 

They will be up against one of the most important fixture on Sunday as Arsenal will be facing Tottenham Hotspur in the White Hart Lane for the North London Derby. Ahead of the game the Spanish head coach has dropped a hint of possible comeback on the for Dutch centre back Jurien Timber who was out injured after suffering from an ACL injury. He was substituted in the second half of his Premier League debut against Nottingham Forest in August and did not comeback since then. 

The 42-year-old manager gave an insight of the return of the centre back on Sunday. The technical side are yet to decide to keep him in the side for the game. Timber has returned to the tranining and the head coach do not know whether it would be very soon to bring him back to the side or not. 

Will Arsenal win the league?

The North London derby is a must win for the Gunners inorder to keep the pressure on Pep Guardiola's side. Arteta said Gunners must just continue to perform until the finish line. They are chasing the title after 20 years, in the last season winning only three of their last nine games and bottling the lead. 

He said, "Now we are there," he commented. "We have to look at ourselves and try to perform in the best possible way to win our matches and I can’t wait to see what happens. That’s what we discuss. It sounds a bit repetitive but it’s what we have to do."