Every Arsenal injury pullout during the international break: Details on 10 fitness worries for Mikel Arteta

Every Arsenal injury pullout during the international break: Details on 10 fitness worries for Mikel Arteta originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Arsenal are getting ready for the final push for Premier League glory.

Mikel Arteta's side have a nine-point lead at the top of the table with seven matches to go, while their nearest challengers Manchester City have a game in hand. The Gunners return to action after the international break with an FA Cup quarterfinal against Championship side Southampton and face Sporting CP at the same stage of the Champions League. A crunch showdown in the league with Carabao Cup final conquerors City also headlines an April schedule that could prove defining in a potentially historic season.

MORE: Kai Havertz makes Arsenal future admission after injury setbacks But Arteta has been hit by an unwanted deluge of fitness concerns during the March internationals, with a succession of players withdrawing from their national squads to return to London Colny. This has become a talking point complete with usual conjecture, claim and counter-claim across social and traditional media. Here's what we know about Arsenal's international break injuries.

Will Arsenal players withdrawn from international duty be back? Ahead of Arsenal's return to club action on Saturday against Southampton in the FA Cup quarterfinals, Mikel Arteta did not shed much light on who is available for the Gunners. Arteta seemed intentionally obtuse as he was asked by reporters in his pre-match press conference about which of the 10 players who withdrew from international duty would be ready to go as club football returned.