While Arsenal have had a good start this season both in the Premier League and Champions League, some injury blow might hit the Gunners and Mikel Arteta. Arsenal already suffered a huge injury blow after their captain Martin Odegaard got injured in the last international break. It is expected that the Norwegian international might miss club football till the end of November. Now, another injury crisis hits the Arsenal camp. Arsenal’s star player and England international, Bukayo Saka, got injured during England’s match against Greece.
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka picked up an injury during the international break
Noni Madueke came in just after the start of the second half in place of Bukayo Saka in the Greece game after the Arsenal winger picked up an injury during the match. Although the injury is not clear till now. However, it is expected that he is suffering from a hamstring injury. The 23-year-old winger could not continue the match before returning to the bench. Noni Madueke of Chelsea came in as a substitute for Bukayo Saka in that match. England ultimately lost the match to Greece by 2-1.
After the match, Bukayo Saka was ruled out from the England squad for the Nations League. So, the Arsenal winger will not travel to Finland for the next fixtures for the Three Lions. Saka was sent back to Arsenal camp for further assessment of his injury. This is a huge blow for Arsenal as Saka is one of the most important members of the Arsenal squad and his absence will definitely impact a lot to the Arsenal squad in the upcoming days. It is still not clear whether Saka picked up a hamstring injury or something else. But according to the report published by Skysports, it looks like a hamstring injury for Saka. That means the England international could miss club football for the upcoming one month or more than one month.
Who will make his mark in place of Saka?
Saka’s contribution to the Arsenal team is immense. The 23-year-old already scored three goals in the ten appearances that he made this season so far across all competitions. Bukayo Saka started all seven matches in the Premier League, scored two goals, and provided five assists in those seven matches. So, it will be a big miss for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta. Mikel Arteta has some options available in the squad who could replace Mikel Arteta including the newly signing Raheem Sterling. Now, the question is how the Spanish manager is going to build up the squad without Bukayo Saka and who will replace the English international in the arsenal’s starting lineup.
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Mikel Arteta is now going to face Bournemouth in the premier league after the international break. Bournemouth secured two wins in the seven matchdays in the premier league. In fact, the club managed to win twice in this season so far. On the other hand, Arsenal are in a great form, currently in the third position in the league. The Gunners haven’t tasted a loss this season in the league till now. So, it is quite expected that Mikel Arteta’s men will definitely win the match against Bournemouth and continue their unbeaten run in the Premier League.
Now, it will be interesting to see, how Mikel Arteta will react to the unavailability of Bukayo Saka and how he reshuffles the squad. After the Bournemouth match, Arsenal is going to welcome Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, followed by Liverpool in the Premier League. so, lots of important matches are coming in for the Gunners.
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