Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists William Saliba will play again this season.

The France defender is recovering from a back injury and is out of their clash with West Ham.

Arteta said, "William is still not available but he is progressing well. We hope to have him in the next couple of weeks, but we will see.

"He is not far off getting back to training on the grass. We need to be cautious because of the nature of the injury he has had, but he is evolving well."

On Gabriel Martinelli's form, he also said: "He's playing more games that's for sure. He's got another year of experience, huge understanding with his team-mates. The way he approaches every single session. The way he approaches his training, his life.

"He strives to be the best. When that happens and you have the consistency that he has in how he deals with every situation every day, only good outcomes are going to be in front of him.

"I'm not surprised about that but still he has a lot of things to improve."