Arsenal will have defender Laurent Koscielny back from a one-match suspension for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League game at Chelsea.
However, injured midfielder duo Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky (both calf) remain sidelined.
Forward Gervinho is away at the African Nations Cup with Ivory Coast.
Provisional squad: Szczesny, Gibbs, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Sagna, Cazorla, Diaby, Coquelin, Walcott, Wilshere, Giroud, Mannone, Koscielny, Ramsey, Podolski, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santos, Arshavin, Jenkinson.