The Egyptian suffered the setback in January this year and this forced the Gunners to sign Jorginho before the winter transfer window closed.

Elneny has since not made a competitive appearance for the Gunners, but he is not far off, having been spotted in today's training session.

The longest-serving player in the squad was working with his teammates, and he could be involved for the Gunners before the end of the month.

Arsenal have had an impressive start to the top-flight campaign and they are currently on 10 points after the first four games of the season.

They had a tough outing against Manchester United last time around, but prevailed in the end with late goals from Declan Rice and Gabriel Jesus .

Arsenal have had nervy games since the start of the campaign and the fans will be hoping for more routine victories in the coming weeks.

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