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Saka is close to making a return (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

Arsenal have been handed a major fitness boost for the Premier League and Champions League run-in.

Bukayo Saka is back in training and ready to start matches.

The England international has been missing since December due to a hamstring problem and the Gunners have struggled for consistency in attack without him.

Saka has been pictured back in training again during the international break though and ahead of a clash with Everton on Saturday and a potential title tussle with Liverpool in the coming weeks, manager Mikel Arteta had some good news for the club's supporters.

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"Bukayo Saka is good to go!

He can already start vs Fulham, yeah we will see that tomorrow," he said at his press conference on Monday morning.

"All of the careful things he's already done.

He really wants it."

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The absence of Saka and a number of other key attacking players has hit Arsenal hard in recent months, meaning the 12-point gap they have to make up to Liverpool now feels like a huge longshot.

It means the winger will have to hit the ground running.

After the clash with Fulham on Tuesday the Gunners head to Goodison Park for a lunchtime showdown with Everton.

The Blues will only have three more matches to play at their long-term home before moving in the summer.

Arsenal also remain in contention for the Champions League, although they are up against defending champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.


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