Robin van Persie is in contention to play a part in Arsenal's Champions League second-leg tie against AC Milan next week.
The Dutch striker, who has played just three games in five months because of a combination of injuries, returns to first-team training tomorrow and has been pencilled in to start the League match away to Wigan on Sunday week.
But if he responds well to training, there is an outside chance he could make the bench for Saturday's home game against Aston Villa and Tuesday's Champions League showdown in Milan, which is delicately poised at 0-0 after the first leg.
Though the match at the San Siro is likely to be too early for the 24-year-old to start, Van Persie is hopeful of at least featuring in Arsenal's 18-man squad.
Arsene Wenger has promised not to rush Van Persie's comeback after a series of setbacks in his recovery from injury. The Dutchman initially injured his knee on international duty last October, but then succumbed to a muscular injury before sustaining a thigh strain.
The horrific broken leg suffered by fellow striker Eduardo means Van Persie is in line for an earlier-than-expected recall, but Theo Walcott is also ready to fill the striking void left by the Croatian.
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