Takehiro Tomiyasu is back in training at Arsenal as he bids to make an eagerly-awaited comeback against Brentford on Saturday.
The versatile Japan international has proved a big hit with the Gunners since joining from Serie A side Bologna in a £19.8million deal on transfer deadline day last summer, becoming a key fixture at right-back and impressing in his 17 appearances under Mikel Arteta to date.
However, Tomiyasu has not played since the Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg defeat by Liverpool on January 20 after initially trying to play through a lingering calf problem originally suffered at Leeds in December.
The 23-year-old has subsequently missed the goalless Premier League draw with Burnley and Thursday's hard-fought win at Wolves, while he also sat out Japan's recent World Cup qualifiers against China and Saudi Arabia.
However, there are hopes that Tomiyasu will return to contention this weekend when Arsenal seek revenge on London rivals Brentford - to whom they lost on the opening day of the season - with a top-flight clash at the Emirates, says the London Evening Standard.
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