Eduardo in line for return

Eduardo could return to the Arsenal squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League match at Stoke.

The Croatia international is back in training after recovering from a hamstring problem and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger will assess the striker’s fitness today.

William Gallas (calf), Abou Diaby (knee) and Andrey Arshavin (hamstring) are all still out injured, while Wenger will have to decide whether Sol Campbell or Mikael Silvestre partners Thomas Vermaelen in central defence.

Provisional squad: Almunia, Fabianski, Sagna, Eboue, Silvestre, Campbell, Vermaelen, Clichy, Traore, Song, Denilson, Rosicky, Walcott, Fabregas, Ramsey, Nasri, Bendtner, Vela, Eduardo, Mannone.