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Tom Canton & Bailey Keogh

Arsenal dealt huge squad blow ahead of PSV clash as Gabriel Martinelli misses training

Gabriel Martinelli missed Arsenal training on Wednesday ahead of the Gunners' next home Europa League group stage match against PSV Eindhoven, football.london understands.

Arsenal have trained for the last time ahead of their second home match of the Europa League group stage. Mikel Arteta's side are set to face PSV with the hope of maintaining their form after a tough victory against Leeds United on the weekend.

The Gunners kicked off their Europa League campaign with a 3-1 victory against FC Zurich in Switzerland. PSV Eindhoven were set to be Arsenal's second fixture in the group stages, but due to the cancellation of the fixture following the death of Queen Elizabeth II it means the clash is now the fourth match in the group stage.

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The Brazilian missed the training session with his senior teammates. Martinelli started the game against Leeds United and completed the whole match without substitution.

Oleksandr Zinchenko was also absent from the session at London Colney as the Ukrainian continues to recover from a reoccurring muscular problem. In the absence of Martinelli, the Arsenal manager will have to use one of his depth options against PSV.

Gabriel Jesus, Eddie Nketiah, Reiss Nelson, Fabio Vieira and Marquinhos are all available to Mikel Arteta. Any of the five will could make up the front three to try and leave a comfortable gap between themselves and the Dutch giants in the group.

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