Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has warned Gabriel Jesus as he returns from injury after three months out.

Arteta insists Jesus will not be granted an automatic berth back into the starting XI.

Arteta said: “He's not far now. I don't want to give a timeline but he is doing certain things with the team and certain things away from the team.

“He's not very close but he's not far at all. He is feeling better every day and feeling confident with the way the injury is evolving. We are in a good place with him. At the beginning we were pretty concerned and thankfully it wasn't that bad.

“Gabi has bene through that before, his mentality is incredible and the team has done a really good job with him. We don't know [exactly when he's back]. He needs to do much more with the team.

“But let's see how the next week, 10 days develop, and we will have a better picture after that. [Straight back in the team?] Probably that would not be fair on him because when he was in the team he was phenomenal. But when he's back like everybody else he'll need to earn his place in the team"