Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard injury updates as Arsenal take 'significant' decision

Gunners prima Saka was forced disconnected successful the closing stages of the 1-1 gully with Chelsea earlier the planetary break, and helium subsequently became 1 of the raft of withdrawals from the England squad

Bukayo Saka is inactive facing a contention against clip to beryllium acceptable for Arsenal's instrumentality to Premier League enactment against Nottingham Forest - though determination is much affirmative quality connected team-mate Leandro Trossard some connected and disconnected the pitch.

Gunners prima Saka was forced disconnected successful the closing stages of the 1-1 gully with Chelsea earlier the planetary break, and helium subsequently became 1 of the raft of withdrawals from the England squad on with team-mate Declan Rice.

Gunners brag Mikel Arteta offered a bleak update astatine full-time astatine Stamford Bridge, saying: "It doesn't look good, due to the fact that for 2 players of that value to archer you they cannot proceed successful the crippled [versus Chelsea], evidently it's not bully news."

Arteta's contiguous interest was apt to beryllium that some players didn't articulation up with the England squad, and helium volition inactive beryllium hopeful that some tin diagnostic against Forest arsenic the Gunners look to get their Premier League play backmost connected track.

Meanwhile Trossard is thought to person suffered 'severe bruising' erstwhile successful enactment for Belgium against Israel connected Sunday night, with the Gunners hopeful that helium volition beryllium acceptable for the play aft helium was withdrawn successful the archetypal fractional successful a lucifer played successful Budapest.

There were contiguous concerns that Trossard had followed successful the footsteps of Saka and skipper Martin Odegaard successful suffering a superior stroke connected planetary duty, but those fears person present been allayed.

In summation to the affirmative wounded quality Trossard has entered talks implicit a caller Gunners woody with a 'significant' wage emergence arsenic per the Mail Online, with the guardant acceptable for an summation connected the £90,000 a week woody helium signed erstwhile helium joined the nine from Brighton successful January 2023.

His existent declaration expires successful the summertime of 2027, but Arsenal are hoping to necktie him down to a longer woody to bespeak his increasing value to the nine nether Arteta, arsenic good arsenic stave disconnected immoderate transportation involvement successful him from Saudi Arabia.

Any wage emergence is apt to bump Trossard into the realms of six figures a week, with the guardant hopeful helium tin repay his club's fait successful him connected the transportation arsenic soon arsenic this weekend.

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