Arteta hoping Timber will win fitness race for Champions League final

Arsenal manager weighing up options at right-back.

RACE AGAINST TIME: Arsenal's Jurrien Timber is hoping to win his Champions League fitness fight. Pic: Nick Potts/PA Wire.

Mikel Arteta is crossing his fingers that Jurriën Timber will have a chance of facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final as he weighs up his options at right-back.

Arsenal confirmed on Tuesday that Ben White would miss the rest of the season with a knee injury that is expected to rule him out of the World Cup, although Arteta said the defender must “wait and see” regarding the summer. Timber has not played since Arsenal’s win over Everton on March 14 owing to a groin issue. The Netherlands defender is understood to have been close to returning at the end of last month before experiencing a setback.