Rice picked up the wound in Arsenal’s defeat by Newcastle and disregarded the Gunners’ loss to Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday night time.

Then every other time, the 25-one year-used has been included in Lee Carsley’s 26-man-squad for England’s upcoming games in opposition to Greece and the Republic of Ireland, and there is optimism he’ll be fit for Arsenal’s Premier League game at Chelsea on Sunday (16:30 GMT).

Mikel Arteta’s aspect journey into the match with their London competitors on the encourage of two 1-0 defeats.

Arsenal are seven sides off the tip of the table and accept as true with lost two of their previous three league games.

Rice’s midfielder companion Martin Odegaard returned from a two-month wound lay-off in the defeat on the San Siro.