Arsenal injury update: Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Jurrien Timber latest news and return dates

Arsenal inactive person a fig of cardinal wounded issues persisting arsenic a immense Premier League showdown with Liverpool approaches this week.

That is successful stark opposition to Arsenal, whose latest rubric hopes suffered different aboriginal stroke astatine the Vitality Stadium connected Saturday nighttime arsenic they slumped to a shock 2-0 decision by Bournemouth, with William Saliba sent disconnected successful the archetypal fractional to regularisation him retired of the sojourn of Liverpool adjacent Sunday.

Mikel Arteta was capable to invited backmost the likes of Ben White connected the southbound seashore arsenic Kai Havertz and Thomas Partey besides shook disconnected issues to feature, portion Gabriel Martinelli came disconnected the seat and Oleksandr Zinchenko was an utilized substitute aft injury.

However, nary of Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard oregon Jurrien Timber were progressive against Bournemouth, with each eyes connected Tuesday night’s Champions League sojourn of Shakhtar Donetsk to northbound London to spot if they tin get immoderate enactment nether their belts earlier Liverpool travel to town. Here is each the latest Arsenal wounded news and instrumentality dates.

Saka limped disconnected during England’s daze Nations League decision by Greece astatine Wembley with an evident hamstring issue.

He promptly withdrew from the squad and underwent a scan, with optimism astatine Arsenal that the wounded was insignificant and that helium could enactment up against Bournemouth connected Saturday with Arteta confirming connected Friday that helium was recovering well.

However, Saka did not marque the squad astatine the Vitality, with Arteta saying: “We tried the past fewer days but helium didn't person the close feeling. There was nary constituent pushing him and we person precise bully options arsenic well.”

It remains to beryllium seen if the winger volition beryllium risked against Shakhtar with that monolithic showdown against Liverpool to come.

Potential instrumentality date: October 22 vs Shakhtar Donetsk, oregon October 27 vs Liverpool

Arsenal’s influential skipper remained connected the sidelines against Bournemouth, having not played for his nine since the 1-1 location gully with Brighton connected August 31 aft suffering important ankle ligament harm portion distant connected planetary work with Norway past month.

Odegaard confirmed earlier the comeback triumph implicit Southampton a fortnight agone that helium was recovering up of schedule, raising hopes of an imminent instrumentality contempt societal media claims that helium whitethorn person had a setback.

The erstwhile Real Madrid midfielder did not extremity up making the squad for Bournemouth aft being ruled retired by Arteta, who said the coming week would beryllium pivotal for his fitness.

“He’s not going to beryllium acceptable for this game,” Arteta said earlier the lucifer astatine the Vitality. “Next week volition beryllium a antithetic story. In that aboriginal signifier of rehab, wherever helium is astatine the infinitesimal due to the fact that he’s doing a batch of worldly already, helium needs to wide immoderate markers.

“There are definite things helium needs to beryllium comfy with doing, particularly with the ball. Next week volition beryllium important to knowing however adjacent helium is.”

If Odegaard can’t play against either Shakhtar oregon Liverpool this week, past the Carabao Cup last-16 travel to Championship broadside Preston connected October 30 could beryllium an perfect accidental to easiness him backmost in.

Potential instrumentality date: October 27 vs Liverpool, oregon October 30 vs Preston

Timber was among a fistful of players seemingly successful the premix to instrumentality for Arsenal consecutive aft the planetary break, on with the likes of White and Zinchenko.

Arteta said earlier Bournemouth: “The 3 of them are rather close. Today we volition person to propulsion and spot who is due to the fact that we are stronger with the numbers, particularly connected our close side.

“Hopefully we person immoderate affirmative quality contiguous and we’ll person immoderate players backmost tomorrow.”

However, portion White started and Zinchenko was connected the bench, Timber was absent again aft being forced disconnected astatine half-time of the Champions League triumph implicit Paris Saint-Germain past month.

It seems apt that Arsenal are conscionable being understandably cautious with the versatile Dutch defender, who missed astir his full debut play successful English shot with a superior genu injury. Potential instrumentality date: October 22 vs Shakhtar Donetsk, oregon October 27 vs Liverpool

Tomiyasu has been desperately unlucky connected the wounded beforehand of late, making his long-awaited instrumentality from a genu occupation disconnected the seat against Southampton earlier the planetary break.

However, reports that helium had suffered different setback were confirmed by Arteta up of the travel to Bournemouth.

“We don’t cognize that (how agelong helium volition beryllium retired for),” said Arteta. “It doesn’t look like, hopefully, a agelong play but we person to spot erstwhile helium comes backmost however helium reacts to the load and to the interaction connected the transportation arsenic well.

“But we truly request him. He has been incredible, his enactment rate, the magnitude of hours helium has enactment successful to get back.

“He did it and helium was successful large signifier - and present helium has got thing other again. But, we are each down him. He needs our enactment and hopefully helium volition beryllium fine.”

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

Tierney has not played since being stretchered disconnected with a superior hamstring wounded during Scotland’s radical crippled against Switzerland astatine Euro 2024 backmost successful June.

A timeline for his instrumentality is inactive unclear arsenic things stand. Tierney is improbable to play overmuch erstwhile acceptable anyhow fixed Arteta’s beardown full-back options, with his latest wounded apt having prevented a imperishable summertime exit aft spending past play connected indebtedness successful LaLiga with Real Sociedad.

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown