Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager, is hopeful that Eduardo da Silva will make a successful return following his rehabilitation from a broken leg.

The 25-year-old Croatia striker is making good progress having spent time back in his native Brazil, and is on target to meet his nine-month recovery schedule. He is set to return to England and watch his team-mates in the Emirates Cup on August 2, after which he will be assessed by the Arsenal medical team.

"We hoped he would be back earlier, but it is very difficult to say," Wenger said. "It will be three or four weeks more [until he comes back to England], but I don't really know yet."

Wenger also admits he needs "one more body" in his Arsenal midfield - but refused to be drawn on whether that would be Gareth Barry. The Frenchman has seen his options in midield depleted following the departures of Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva and Alexander Hleb.

While youngsters Aaron Ramsey, the Wales Under-21 international, and Samir Nasri have arrived, Wenger is looking to add an experienced head before the transfer window closes next month. Arsenal, currently at a pre-season training camp in Austria, fielded a youthful side against Hungarian side Szombathelyi Haladas, which finished 1-1.

"We will need one more body in there," Wenger said. "At the moment we do not have Alex Song who is going to the Olympic Games, Abou Diaby was not here [against Szombathelyi] and nor was [Cesc] Fabregas.

"If we find a reasonable target then we will do it - but there is no special name on the list. We have some time. We have until August 31."

Wenger insisted it was business as usual concerning Emmanuel Adebayor, who has so far sent out mixed messages over his future amid suggestions of a lucrative move away from Emirates Stadium. "I speak to everybody," Wenger said. "We don't make a case of anybody especially. We prepare as a team and we focus on preparing well. Adebayor is like everybody else.

"The day we sell someone we will inform you like we always did. As for the rest we will not go into individual happenings on the football market. Otherwise we would never finish."

Arsenal have cause for concern over the fitness of Kolo Toure, who is understood to have contracted a mild strain of malaria during his recent holiday in his native Ivory Coast.