{"id":249924,"date":"2025-11-07T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249924\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:00:25","slug":"is-granit-xhaka-fit-to-face-arsenal-fc-sunderland-team-news-after-regis-le-bris-confirms-injury-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249924\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Granit Xhaka fit to face Arsenal FC? Sunderland team news after Regis Le Bris confirms injury latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/newsletter_arsenal_embed_desktop.png\" alt=\"Arsenal Football Newsletter\" width=\"158px\" height=\"158px\" class=\"sc-gytJtb kpUGLA\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Currently unbeaten at home in the league, victory over the Gunners would move Sunderland to within four points of the summit heading into the international break.<\/p>\n<p>However, they will take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/mikel-arteta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta<\/a>\u2019s side without Alderete.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed for an update in the pre-match press conference on Friday, Le Bris explained that the Paraguay international will not be risked this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Le Bris reporters: \u201cHe had to step back because of symptoms. It\u2019s not serious, but the protocol is strict. He won\u2019t be available this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully he will go away with his national team and gain some valuable minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OmarAldereteSunderland0711205.jpeg\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2334\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sidelined: Omar Alderete<\/p>\n<p>AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Le Bris also offered an update on Habib Diarra, who underwent groin surgery in September and is scheduled to return to action in before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHabib is in a good place,\u201d Le Bris added. \u201cWe won\u2019t rush the process because he is still young and it was a significant injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is Granit Xhaka fit to face Arsenal?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/granit-xhaka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Granit Xhaka<\/a> is in contention to face his former club for the first time in a competitive fixture since his departure in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder opened his account for Sunderland against Everton on Monday night and is looking forward to an emotional reunion with his old team-mates and manager, Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the quality that Arsenal has,\u201d Xhaka told Sky Sports. \u201cIt will be an emotional game for myself. I had seven amazing years there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still have contact with many players, with the coaching staff, and to play against them, here in Sunderland, is very special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, I can enjoy it as well and let\u2019s see who is the better team on this day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Currently unbeaten at home in the league, victory over the Gunners would move Sunderland to within four points&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,9735,2119,101,2873,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-249924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-granit-xhaka","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-sports","tag-sunderland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}