Arsenal injury update: Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Odegaard latest news and return dates

The defender had to beryllium replaced aft appearing to twist his genu aft slipping connected the turf, and is present considered a immense uncertainty to look Liverpool connected Sunday.

Saka remains sidelined aft limped disconnected during England’s daze Nations League decision to Greece astatine Wembley with an evident hamstring issue, and is not expected to beryllium acceptable to look Liverpool.

There was optimism astatine Arsenal that the wounded was insignificant and that helium could look Bournemouth connected Saturday, but the winger missed the decision and the constrictive triumph implicit Shakhtar, and Arteta confirmed helium is “unlikely” to beryllium acceptable for the top-of-the-table clash.

"He wasn't capable to bash the league successful the mode that we wanted. He wasn't inactive feeling bully truthful it wasn't bully news,” Arteta told Prime Video earlier the game, and past added aft the game: “I don’t cognize [if Saka volition beryllium acceptable to look Liverpool]. He hasn’t been capable to bid yet truthful that’s unlikely.”

Potential instrumentality date: October 30 vs Preston

When it rains, it pours for Arsenal with Riccardo Calafiori being forced disconnected against Shakhtar Donetsk connected Tuesday night.

The Italian defender was replaced with 20 minutes remaining aft stretching awkwardly and appearing to jar his genu and perchance twist his ankle.

Calafiori tried to proceed aft receiving treatment, but soon needed to beryllium replaced.

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

Arsenal’s influential skipper has 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.

“I’ve been moving precise hard connected my betterment successful the past fewer weeks, and missing retired connected large Champions League nights similar this conscionable makes maine much determined and motivated to get backmost arsenic soon arsenic possible,” Odegaard wrote.

“I’m feeling amended and amended each day, but erstwhile it’s an ankle wounded you person ups and downs arsenic well. Some days you consciousness truly good, and past sometimes you tin person a small reaction. But successful wide it’s getting amended and I consciousness similar I’m getting person now.”

Potential instrumentality date: 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, Timber was absent again for the decision to the Cherries and past the triumph implicit Shakhtar. Speaking connected Monday up of the Shakhtar game, Arteta said: “It is going to beryllium close. We person to spot however helium deals with grooming with the full group. But helium is beauteous close.” Potential instrumentality date: 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