Will a warm weather break boost Gunners?

Arsenal's strong position in the Champions League means that Mikel Arteta can start thinking about taking his side on a warm weather break.

Last season, the Gunners went to Dubai and after the break returned in excellent form as they took their title challenge to the final day, eventually losing out to Manchester City.

Arsenal are all but through to the last 16 of the Champions League after their win over Dinamo Zagreb and are set to finish in the top eight of the competition.

If they manage to do that they will avoid the extra two matches that come in the play-off round next month.

There is a break in the Arsenal schedule for Arteta to take his team away as after they play the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Newcastle on 5 February, they are not in action until 10 days after that when they travel to Leicester in the Premier League.

Arteta has spoken about how the break last season gave his side a massive boost and was asked about the prospect of taking his team away in this campaign.

"Yeah, if we earn the right to do that, that will be great, because obviously it's been a super busy schedule with a lot of demands and with things that happen, even more demands, especially on the players. So if we can achieve that it would be great," Arteta said.

Injuries have been an issue this season for Arsenal and they welcomed back Ethan Nwaneri and Riccardo Calafiori to the squad after a period out.

However, Myles Lewis-Skelly missed the Champions League game against Dinamo Zagreb with a jarred knee and is set to undergo a scan on Thursday.