Mikel Arteta has warned national team bosses not to overwork his Arsenal players during the upcoming international break. He is especially concerned about his players' fitness levels after watching Bukayo Saka. No outfield player has made more appearances for Arsenal this season than Saka. The same is true of Emile Smith Rowe, 20, who has been called up to represent England's Under-21s. Asked whether the youngster could be rested against Olympiacos in the Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday night, Arteta told reporters: "It's true that we have some players with some significant loads there. But our priority now is to win these next two games and then whatever happens with international duty. If anything, they will have to adapt to what we want "We're not going to do it the opposite way around because we are the ones that have to look after our players here every day. But at the end, we're the ones who pay our players so if anybody has to adapt, that's the national teams and not us." Arteta also provided a promising update on Saka which allayed fears the teenager will be sidelined for many weeks with a hamstring injury. "He was doing another test and obviously he felt something muscular. But he's been much, much better and they've both been really well. So we'll make the decision this afternoon on what we'll do."
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