Bukayo Saka faces ‘race against time’ ahead of Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest game

Bukayo Saka faces a ‘race against time’ to get himself acceptable for Arsenal’s Premier League apical 4 showdown against Nottingham Forest connected Saturday, according to reports.

Saka is inactive struggling with a limb injury, which he suffered against Chelsea connected November 10 and saw him limp disconnected successful pain.

It ruled Saka out of England’s important Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland during the planetary break.

Arsenal were hoping to person Saka backmost astatine 100 per cent for the top-flight clash against Forest this play but it has not panned retired that way.

Saka is inactive a question people for the conflict with Nuno Espirito Santo’s men, according to the Daily Mail, with the winger facing a ‘race against time’.

Given Saka is arguably Arsenal’s astir important player, that quality is surely a boost to Forest, who person massively impressed truthful acold this season.

Forest presently beryllium 5th successful the Premier League table, level connected points with fourth-placed Arsenal and lone down the Gunners connected extremity difference.

Arsenal fans volition beryllium hoping the reports astir Saka are conscionable different 1 of Mikel Arteta’s tricks, with Oleksandr Zinchenko precocious revealing that the Gunners brag loves to messiness with rival managers implicit wounded news.

‘I’ve seen Mikel Arteta archer injured players to travel connected the squad autobus and locomotion into the dressing country with their lavation bag, to enactment the different manager disconnected the scent,’ Zinchenko told The Athletic.

‘Arteta loves to play games with the opposition.’

Last month, Saka seemed destined to miss retired connected the clash against Liverpool, with Arteta claiming helium was ‘uncertain’ to play.

But Arteta ended up naming Saka successful his XI and helium scored aft conscionable 9 minutes successful the 2-2 gully astatine the Emirates.

‘I don’t privation to marque it casual for anyone,’ Arteta said aft that match. ‘The hostile has to marque definite they bash their homework – similar I person to.’

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