It's been a good international break so far for Unai Emery, who has seen most of his players come through their games for their countries unscathed
Ahead of the busy festive schedule, this is the break that managers and coaches perhaps fear the most as a huge number of their squad fly out to various places around the world
Alex Iwobi and Lucas Torreira are yet to return, but apart from those two, Arsenal's international stars have returned with a clean bill of health as attention starts to turn towards Sunday's trip to Bournemouth in the Premier League
There were fears that Alexandre Lacazette could be a doubt after he rejected the chance to link up with France having been called up by Didier Deschamps, but the Gunners forward has been at London Colney this week and is expected to be fit
The same goes for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who didn't play for Gabon against Mali because of an injury issue
Having both Lacazette and Aubameyang fit will be a big boost for Unai Emery, following the broken ankle sustained by Danny Welbeck before the international duty
Welbeck is not expected back before the end of the season having now undergone two operations since the game with Sporting CP in the Europa League
A statement released by Arsenal said: "Both procedures went well, without complications
Danny will now recuperate and start his rehabilitation. It's too early to say how long this will take
"Everyone at the club will now be providing Danny with the best possible treatment and support in order to make him fit again as soon as possible
" Mohamed Elneny will be available for Arsenal again having missed the past few weeks with a thigh injury, but Laurent Koscielny will not yet be ready to return despite stepping up his rehabilitation from his ruptured Achilles
Arsenal still hope that Konstantinos Mavropanos will return to full training before the end of the month from the groin injury that has seen him sidelined all season
Stephan Lichtsteiner, who suffered a hamstring strain in the game against Sporting CP, will be assessed before Sunday's visit to Bournemouth
A decision will be taken on both Torreira and Iwobi once they return from international duty - but both are expected to be fine to feature at the weekend, providing they return injury free
Nacho Monreal is set to return to the XI for the first time since the 5-1 win at Fulham on October 7
Arsenal expected XI vs Bournemouth: Leno, Bellerin, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Xhaka, Torreira, Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette, Iwobi
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