The Greek winger is nearing a return for Arsenal as Mikel Arteta provides the latest on the 24-year-old

Christos Tzolis is edging closer to a return to action for Arsenal - even though he will not be available to face Everton this weekend.

The match just comes too soon for the Greece international, who has been absent since picking up a hamstring problem for his country in a 2-2 Nations League draw against Holland in Thessaloniki on October 1.

Tzolis has been completing his rehab at the Sobha Realty Training Centre but is still yet to return to full team training with the group. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

There is a realistic chance he could be back in the squad for next weekend's trip to Liverpool or potentially, if he makes progress this weekend, he has an outside chance of being involved at Fleetwood Town in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night.

Arsenal will not take risks with Tzolis' recovery particularly after now losing Bukayo Saka to a quad injury. Eberechi Eze has hit a patch of form having scored two goals in his past three outings and he's ready to start again on the left flank versus Everton.

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Max Dowman is also pushing for more minutes and looks certain to start on Tuesday at Fleetwood after netting twice in round three in the 4-2 win at Ipswich Town.

Meanwhile, defender Piero Hincapie is back and ready to face Everton after returning to full team training. The Ecuador international was back on the grass doing some individual work earlier this week ahead of the Champions League draw at Bayern but he didn't travel to Germany.

Hincapie injured his ankle during a bizarre incident in Arsenal's post-match warm-down, also described as a training session, on the pitch at the Emirates after the 2-1 Premier League win over Leeds United. Arteta said on Friday: "Piero, he's trained with us and is available for tomorrow as well."