Arsenal star Gabriel Jesus posts 20-word injury update after Gunners' fears confirmed

Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus has been successful infirmary for country aft suffering a cruciate ligament wounded during Arsenal's FA Cip lucifer against Manchester United

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has shared a photograph from infirmary arsenic helium begins his comeback from an ACL injury.

The Brazil planetary went down injured successful the FA Cup lucifer against Manchester United, with galore fearing the worst. Sure enough, Jesus - who missed a chunk of the 2022-23 run with a abstracted genu wounded - is present expected to beryllium retired the remainder of the season.

After spouse Raiane Lima shared a photograph of the 27-year-old connected his infirmary bed, Jesus shared an update of his own. He was each smiles successful the photograph arsenic helium held up a brace of crutches successful a infirmary hallway.

"There volition ever beryllium answers to everything, which we volition lone cognize aboriginal on," the caption for his representation read. "I judge and spot successful God."

The update comes conscionable implicit a week aft Arsenal issued a connection of their ain connected the injury. "Further to being substituted with an wounded during our lucifer with Manchester United connected Sunday, Gabriel Jesus has received extended assessments, scans and specializer reviews which person confirmed that helium has sustained an wounded to the anterior cruciate ligament successful his near knee," it read.

"Gabby volition acquisition country successful the coming days and volition soon statesman his betterment and rehabilitation programme. We volition proceed to support everyone updated with Gabby’s recovery, with everyone astatine the nine afloat focused connected supporting Gabby to guarantee helium is backmost to afloat fittingness arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Arsenal's fig 9 has joined team-mate Bukayo Saka connected the sidelines aft the England prima suffered a hamstring wounded successful December. Saka has undergone surgery, and is expected backmost successful clip to play a portion aboriginal this season.

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Arsenal person welcomed Ethan Nwaneri backmost to training, giving them different enactment successful the wide guardant areas. The 17-year-old started and scored against Brighton successful aboriginal January but lone managed 45 minutes against the Seagulls, with a musculus wounded keeping him retired of the Gunners' past 2 league games.

“It was a large setback due to the fact that helium was getting immoderate consistency and much minutes," manager Mikel Arteta said of Nwaneri's injury. "We made him play successful a antithetic presumption and helium was doing truly well, past abruptly this happens. It’s understandable with the load arsenic well, it goes done the extortion instantly and this is what we person to manage.”

Nwaneri is among those successful contention to diagnostic for Arsenal against Dinamo Zagreb successful their Wednesday nighttime Champions League game. Arteta's squad person 13 points from their archetypal six matches, and a triumph against the Croatian broadside would enactment them successful rod presumption to advancement to the circular of 16 without the request for a play-off.

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