Premier League aspect Arsenal are frightened that Bukayo Saka may now miss not less than two months with a torn hamstring, in accordance with reviews.
The Gunners winger picked up a hamstring damage in a 5-1 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday with Arsenal six factors behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, who’ve a recreation in hand on them.
Saka hobbled off with Arsenal main 2-1 and Mikel Arteta confirmed on Monday that the England worldwide will now miss “many weeks.
The 23-year-old is now set to have scans with a specialist with the Daily Mail claiming that Arsenal ‘eager to analyze additional’ earlier than coming to a conclusion about how lengthy Saka might be out.
The report provides:
‘Nevertheless, Mail Sport understands there are issues that Saka’s lay-off will stretch into late February and even early March — information that comes as a significant blow to Arsenal as they attempt to cut back Liverpool’s six-point lead over them on the prime of the desk. Arsenal docs are reluctant to place a timescale on Saka’s return given his observe file of recovering swiftly from accidents.’
On Saka’s damage, Arsenal boss Arteta informed reporters: “It’s not wanting good. He’s going to be out for a lot of weeks.”
On whether or not he feared the winger may miss the remainder of the season, Arteta mentioned: “No [there’s no fear]. I’m very optimistic he’ll be again earlier than the tip of the season.”
When requested if Saka’s damage was on account of taking part in an excessive amount of, the Arsenal boss added: “It’s in all probability an accumulation of quite a few seasons. Bukayo and Declan [Rice], they’ve performed over 130 video games in two seasons so what’s going to occur in the second, the third one, the fourth one? If that continues the identical manner, it’s in all probability unsustainable.
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“And we’ve to search out methods to bodily flip them into monsters. That they’ll deal with something. The truth that you play and get well shouldn’t be sample since you don’t prepare. And the physique wants to coach. You begin to lose loads of components within the bodily side that’s key to efficiency.
“That’s a problem which, OK, we’re looking for methods to do it.”
When requested how Saka responded to being injured, Arteta replied: “He was gutted.
“You’ll be able to inform he’s not been injured [seriously before] as a result of he was actually emotional, he was actually down. We have to elevate him up as a result of he’s a part of what we do. It’s a part of his job, and he might be high-quality, however he’s going to wish just a few days.
“He’s going to right away realise that he’s so necessary in that dressing room. His power degree, his physique language, the way in which he communicates with the remainder of the crew, as a result of it’s the one manner in the meanwhile that he will help, so he higher do this nicely.”