Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger reveals Eduardo's hard work in rehabilitation means the striker is set to feature for the reserves next week. The Frenchman said: "It is great news. Of course the problem for Eduardo is that, even though he is playing a game, we still must get him back to a competitive level.

"Basically we don't know how much patience he will need but if patience is needed we have to take it.

"I still believe that we have to give him at least one-and-a-half months' competition before he will be completely back at the level he was before.

"But he has a fantastic basis of fitness because he has worked unbelievably hard. I mean unbelievably hard. So he could still surprise us by being a little bit quicker."