Every word from Arteta's pre-Slavia Prague presser

Mikel Arteta's press conference before Atletico MadridWe head to Slavia Prague looking for a fourth straight Champions League victory and ahead of the contest, Mikel Arteta has been speaking with the press.

Our last visit to the Czech capital came in 2021, when Bukayo Saka inspired a 4-0 victory in the Europa League quarter-final second leg.

Before meeting Slavia once again, Mikel spoke about squad fitness, managing a busy schedule and much more.

Read every word below, with a full video of the press conference to follow in due course.

on Viktor Gyokeres’ fitness:

He’s definitely not available. He hasn't trained today, and we need to do some more tests and scans in the next few days to understand…