Arsenal have been rocked because it has emerged that one other star is ready to share the sidelines with Bukayo Saka for the forseeable future, lacking what is ready to be the busiest time of the yr.
Arsenal accidents piling up as Saka hamstring timeline revealed
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal aspect have seen accidents hamper their season for the reason that opening day of the marketing campaign, and now their worst fears have been realised.
After lacking captain Martin Odegaard for a month of the Premier League between worldwide breaks, Saka will now even be absent over the festive interval and past.
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The Arsenal talisman went down within the first half of their 5-1 win over Crystal Palace with nobody close to him, and had to get replaced by Leandro Trossard, going straight down the tunnel. Now, Mikel Arteta has revealed the extent of the problem, admitting that his star man will miss “many weeks” with the hamstring problem.
“It’s not wanting good. He’s going to be out for a lot of weeks”, the Gunners boss epxlained. “It’s an enormous blow, but it surely’s going to be an enormous train for us to beat one other problem”.
Saka has been very important to Arsenal’s revival in recent times, with the 23-year-old having managed 5 objectives and 10 assists already this season, greater than another participant in north London.
Now, the Gunners might want to look elsewhere for solutions, with Gabriel Jesus a possible substitute for the winger, whereas Gabriel Martinelli crammed in for the rest of the conflict in opposition to the Eagles. Quizzed on the scenario, Arteta advised as many as 4 of his gamers might fill in.
“Gabi [Martinelli] has performed there, Ethan [Nwaneri] has performed there, Leo [Trossard] can play there in relation to how the unit strikes. Kai [Havertz] can play there. We are going to speak to them and perceive how they really feel about it.”
In but extra dangerous information for the Gunners, although, one other star has been dominated out for nearly the identical period of time as Saka.
One other Arsenal star sidelined with knee harm
That comes as loanee ahead Raheem Sterling has additionally picked up an harm and will probably be sidelined for weeks. The England worldwide arrived from Chelsea over the summer time, however has struggled for recreation time in north London.
With Saka now injured, it could have been an ideal alternative for the ahead to step up, however he was absent from the squad in opposition to Crystal Palace and Arteta has now revealed that’s as a result of he too has been injured. Requested in regards to the 30-year-old, the Gunners boss confirmed that, like Saka, he will probably be out for “weeks”.
“He’s gonna be out for weeks. He wants additional testing tomorrow to know the extent of his harm. It’s his knee.”
Arsenal’s present harm record | ||
|---|---|---|
Participant | Harm | Seemingly return |
Bukayo Saka | Hamstring | February |
Raheem Sterling | Knee | February |
Oleksandr Zinchenko | Unknown | December |
Takehiro Tomiyasu | Knee | Unknown |
Ben White | Knee | March |
It continues Arsenal’s misfortune with accidents, which has seen all of Gabriel, Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori miss video games in current weeks, and now threatens to all however finish their push for the Premier League title. With January across the nook, they might be pressured to dip into the switch window for a substitute.
