Arsenal injury update: Martin Odegaard, Riccardo Calafiori and Mikel Merino latest news and return dates

Arsenal proceed to prime up results contempt a lengthy wounded list.

The Gunners were seconds distant from a connection triumph with 10 men distant to Manchester City, but conceded heavy into stoppage-time and had to settee for a point.

Mikel Arteta’s broadside were without the likes of Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko for that match, portion much changes were required during the match.

Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber some went down and had to beryllium replaced successful the second-half, arsenic Myles Lewis-Skelly finished the lucifer astatine left-back.

The midfielder came disconnected portion connected planetary work with Norway against Austria aft onshore awkwardly connected his near ankle, and helium was aboriginal pictured connected crutches arsenic helium returned to London.

A steadfast timeline for his instrumentality has not yet been provided by Arsenal, with further scans recovered, but Arteta has said “hopefully not months” for Odegaard’s clip connected the sidelines.

“The scans showed that he’s got immoderate harm particularly connected 1 of the ligaments successful the ankle,” the Arsenal brag said.

“It’s thing rather important truthful we’re going to suffer him for a while.”

Potential instrumentality date: November 2024

Calafiori has had wounded issues to contend with since his summertime arrival, missing the northbound London derby aft a freak collision with Ousmane Dembele during the planetary break.

The Italian has since returned and made his afloat Arsenal debut against City, scoring a stunning equaliser to people the juncture arsenic helium impressed astatine left-back.

Calafiori went down disconnected the shot successful the second-half and had to beryllium replaced, but Arteta suggested that was owed to the defender not yet being up to afloat lucifer fitness.

“They haven’t played 90 minutes successful this discourse that's for sure, particularly successful the past week with what they've had to do,” helium said of Calafiori and Timber.

“Everybody is truthful consenting to assistance the team. We volition find solutions.”

Potential instrumentality date: Wednesday September 25, vs Bolton

Merino is continuing to retrieve from a enarthrosis wounded that has prevented him from making his debut for Arsenal.

He picked up the contented successful his archetypal grooming league for the club, but reports suggest Merino has been seen without a sling arsenic helium moves towards returning to fitness.

It was reported astatine the clip that the midfielder would miss 2 months of action, meaning his debut volition not travel until astatine slightest aft the adjacent planetary break.

Potential instrumentality date: Late October 2024

It has been a engaged week for Timber, who has started each 3 matches since the planetary break.

The Dutchman was shifted to right-back against City and played 90 minutes, until helium was incapable to proceed successful stoppage-time and came disconnected for Lewis-Skelly.

However, Timber spoke aft the lucifer and provided a affirmative update connected his fitness.

"It's been a agelong clip since I've played truthful galore games, particularly successful 7 days, truthful that's truly good,” helium said.

Potential instrumentality date: Wednesday September 25, vs Bolton

There has been nary motion of Zinchenko successful an Arsenal garment since helium featured for Ukraine against Czechia earlier this month.

The left-back has missed the past 3 Arsenal matches with a calf injury, arsenic helium was again not named successful the squad against erstwhile nine City. No authoritative update has been provided by the club.

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

Tomiyasu has not yet played a azygous infinitesimal for Arsenal this season, having suffered a genu wounded successful the summer.

The Japanese defender has not returned to grooming and a caller vague update from Arteta suggests that a instrumentality is not imminent.

"At the moment, it’s hard to say," the Arsenal brag said.

"It’s a spot dilatory the process of the archetypal signifier of that injury. It’s astir apt for the aesculapian squad to accidental much connected that."

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown

Tierney has been retired since helium picked up a superior hamstring wounded for Scotland astatine Euro 2024.

As a result, the left-back was not capable to unafraid a summertime determination distant from Arsenal, and has amazingly been named successful the club’s Champions League squad, contempt remaining connected the sidelines.

Arteta said past month: "He needs to absorption connected recovering successful the champion imaginable way, it’s been a pugnacious clip for him again with the past injury. We person to effort to enactment him and marque definite helium gets backmost fit."

Potential instrumentality date: Unknown