Arsenal Women have been boosted by the return of captain Kim Little and defender Leah Williamson for Saturday’s Women’s Super League clash with Liverpool.

Lionesses skipper Williamson has not featured for club or country this season after recovering from a knee injury sustained in the Euro 2025 final, whilst Little has been out since early November.

Renee Slegers provided an update on the duo: “Both Kim and Leah will be in the squad tomorrow, so that’s really positive news. They’re not fit enough to play 90 minutes- if you look at the difference, Leah has been away for much longer than Kim, so Kim is available for more minutes.”

Arsenal will be without goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar and forward Chloe Kelly for the remainder of the block, Slegers confirmed. The Gooner understands van Domselaar has been managing injuries since the back end of last season, which took a turn for the worse before the recent international break. The 25-year-old was not called up for the Netherlands as a result.

“Daphne won't be available [against Liverpool],” the Arsenal boss revealed. “She's been managing a quad tendon issue and it needed an injection. So she won't be available for the rest of the block. 

“Chloe Kelly came back with an injury, a little ligament in the back of her knee so she won't be available tomorrow and I don't expect her to be available for the rest of the block.” 

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Asked if the Gunners will look to bring in a goalkeeper in January, Slegers said: “Yes, definitely, because Manu is out and Daphne has been managing issues, so we're definitely looking. When we have more clarity then of course things will go forward and become public. 

“We're definitely looking at that position because we think we need a really strong goalkeeper union with three goalkeepers available and we're not in that situation at the moment so we'll have to solve that for the second half of the season.”