Centre-back William Saliba is back in Arsenal first-team training as he nears a return to playing.

The defender has not played at all this season because of a back injury which he was managing at the end of the 2025-26 campaign.

The issue ended Saliba's World Cup early when he came off in the 30th minute of France's semi-final defeat by eventual winners Spain. The 25-year-old did not have surgery.

Arsenal signed Ezri Konsa with Saliba expected to be out for the long term and the England international has been one of the Gunners' standout performers this season.