Unai Emery has claimed injured defensive duo Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding could both be back in action sooner rather than later.
Holding injured in December and will play for the Under-23s in a match on Monday against Blackburn, while Bellerin, who injured in January, will make a comeback in around a month.
Speaking to
Football London Emery said: "
I want to have very competitive players in each position, with David Luiz, with Holding when he is coming to help us, training regularly and playing minutes. He is going to play tomorrow for the Under-23s.
"Also Hector Bellerin is coming back, I think one month more. Today we had Sead [Kolasinac] out and Kieran Tierney injured. We want to be strong defensively but above all being an offensive team."