Martin Odegaard, Jurrien Timber - Arsenal injury news and return dates before Bayern Munich tie

Arsenal and Mikel Arteta must quickly forget Sunday's defeat to Aston Villa with a huge Champions League clash against Bayern Munich to come on Wednesday. The Gunners have been fortunate regarding injuries over the last few weeks with Thomas Partey, Bukayo Saka and Takehiro Tomiyasu all returning to bolster Arteta's squad.

The likes of Saka and Gabriel Magalhaes have entered weekends as major injury doubts but Arteta's key core of players have always been able to feature. However, that could change against Bayern with club captain Martin Odegaard picking up a fresh issue in the defeat to Aston Villa.

Given the tinkering Arteta did at the weekend, the Arsenal boss faces a number of important decisions to give Arsenal the best chance of reaching the Champions League semi-finals.

With that said, football.london has taken a look at the latest Arsenal injury news before the trip to Germany for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich

The Arsenal captain was unable to complete the full game against Villa and was taken off with 10 minutes to go. Emile Smith Rowe replaced Odegaard despite his side looking to try and find a winner at the time.

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Injury: Unknown.

What Arteta has said: «He was feeling something. He could not continue.»

Potential return date: Bayern Munich (A) — Champions League — Wednesday, April 17.

Saka was seen limping towards the end of the Villa defeat. He came close to scoring in the first half but struggled to impact the game after the break. He is just two weeks on from returning to the