Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admits the twin threats of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette will improve the team immensely.

Both stars are over their recent COVID-19 positive diagnoses, and may even play against West Bromwich Albion in the Carabao Cup second round on Wednesday.

The Gunners have a small matter of a Premier League clash against Manchester City over the weekend.

"That's really good news because we really need them," Arteta said, per Sky Sports.

"We know that a big part of what we want to do, as I've mentioned before, is going to be determined in the boxes and these are the two players that have the biggest goal threat in the team.

"They are both so important to us as they are able to put that ball in the net. We need them firing, we need them at their best and the team has to help them to deliver that.

"I think we sometimes get really carried away because of the youth, the quality and the talent and the potential that we have through the squad, but the ones that are going to determine our success and who have to lead our success are the senior players.

"These are the ones who have to drive everybody else and then our young players and our development players, they have to be adding to that.

"The base and the foundation should be giving them that. They have that responsibility and hopefully, when we have all the players back fit and healthy, they will be the drivers of that and the leaders of that."