Arsenal injury update: Gabriel, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White latest news and return dates

Arsenal person been dealt a caller scare connected the wounded front.

It has fixed Mikel Arteta caller anticipation aft a dip successful signifier earlier the interruption and the instrumentality of skipper Martin Odegaard from wounded cannot beryllium understated. Kieran Tierney, meanwhile, yet returned to the seat for the triumph successful the Portuguese superior to connection different invited boost.

Still, arsenic has seemingly been the lawsuit for Arsenal each season, wounded problems remain.

Gabriel Magalhaes – who scored the 3rd for the Gunners connected Tuesday nighttime – was forced disconnected towards the closing stages of the game.

With Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White besides retired of action, Arteta is debased connected antiaircraft numbers heading into the frantic festive schedule.

The defender volition request to beryllium assessed up of Saturday’s travel to West Ham.

Speaking aft the game, Arteta said: “We don’t cognize [the grade of his injury], due to the fact that helium said that helium was feeling immoderate discomfort.”

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

White is the objection to Arsenal’s vastly improved wounded picture, with the versatile defender having dealt with aggregate issues implicit respective weeks starring into the past planetary break, erstwhile the determination was made to nonstop him for a genu procedure.

It was initially unclear precisely however overmuch clip White would miss, earlier Arteta confirmed earlier the triumph implicit Forest that helium was facing months connected the sidelines.

"Ben White is going to beryllium retired for months, unfortunately," helium said. "It's been antithetic kinds of struggles, ne'er the aforesaid thing.

"We had to marque a decision, it hasn't been improving successful the past fewer weeks. We cognize Ben is going to propulsion each boundary, but it got to a constituent wherever we had to support the player.

"We decided to bash surgery, helium agreed with that and that's going to support him retired for a fewer months.

"We person to spot however helium reacts post-surgery, I don't expect it to beryllium fractional a twelvemonth but I can't accidental precisely however agelong it volition be."

Potential instrumentality date: Early 2025

White’s lack is compounded by that of Takehiro Tomiyasu, who missed the archetypal mates of months of the play with a genu wounded suffered implicit the summertime and made a little instrumentality disconnected the seat against Southampton successful aboriginal October earlier suffering different setback that has kept him sidelined ever since.

There is inactive nary timeline for the Japan defender’s imaginable return, with Arteta revealing earlier the triumph implicit Forest that helium was present acceptable for a alteration of scenery successful a bid to effort and assistance his recovery.

“Tomiyasu is going to beryllium retired arsenic good for a bit,” Arteta said. “He’s going to beryllium distant present for a fewer weeks for him to proceed with his grooming and to alteration his situation a small spot due to the fact that it’s been truly pugnacious for him arsenic you tin imagine.

“He’s 1 of the guys wherever the lone happening helium wants to bash is to enactment 24 hours to get amended and helium feels unspeakable erstwhile he’s not fit, truthful it’s a existent shame. We’re going to springiness him the champion accidental to effort and unlock thing to assistance him to person him backmost arsenic rapidly arsenic possible, but I deliberation we request to beryllium patient.”

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown