Arsenal duo Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori return to training ahead of PSG tie

Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori both took part in training today ahead of Arsenal’s crucial Champions League semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

Timber, who sat out Saturday’s defeat to Bournemouth, and Calafiori, recovering from a knee injury picked up during the March international break, are expected to travel with the squad to France this afternoon – a timely boost for Mikel Arteta.

After the game, Arteta expressed doubts about Timber’s fitness, stating he wasn’t confident the 23-year-old would be ready in time to face PSG.

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The Spaniard said: “Confident? At the moment, no, because he wasn’t able to play here, and we play in four days.”

Speaking about channelling the rage, anger, and frustration from the Cherries match into a positive performance against PSG, the Arsenal manager said: “Well, we certainly wanted to create a really good vibe, a positive result would really help us to build what we wanted towards Wednesday.

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“So what we have created now is a lot of rage, anger, frustration and a bad feeling in the tummy.

“So make sure that we use that for Wednesday to have a massive performance in Paris, win the game and be in the final.”

Club captain Martin Ødegaard was also involved in the session.

The Gunners are aiming to overturn a one-goal deficit as they chase a place in their first Champions League final since 2006.

Meanwhile, Kai Havertz and Jorginho are making progress in their recoveries but remain unavailable for selection.

Takehiro Tomiyasu, Gabriel Jesus, and Gabriel Magalhães are not expected to return until next season.

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