William Saliba is straight back into the Arsenal starting line up for their Premier League clash with West Ham at the Emirates. The Frenchman only returned from the World Cup on Friday, but after barely featuring for Les Blues in Qatar he has been put straight back into the Gunners' starting XI.
There is no place, however, for Oleksandr Zinchenko, who is on the bench. The Ukrainian had been a fitness doubt in the build up and missed all five of Arsenal's warm up friendlies after dealing with muscle problems, but he is fit to take a place among the substitutes.
Takehiro Tomiyasu isn't in the squad, though, as he continues to recover from a hamstring problem. There had been some hope he could make it for the West Ham game, but he is not in the group.
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Reiss Nelson and Emile Smith Rowe are both also out for the Gunners, while Gabriel Jesus is set to be sidelined for a while with a knee injury. In his absence Eddie Nketiah starts.
It's a relatively thin looking Arsenal bench which contains youngsters Marquinhos and Amario Cozier-Duberry. Matt Turner is also back among the subs after returning from World Cup duty.
Arsenal starting XI vs West Ham: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney; Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli.
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