Riccardo Calafiori injury update emerges ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Liverpool

Tom OlverPublished Oct 24, 2024, 1:10pm|Updated Oct 24, 2024, 1:11pm

Riccardo Calafiori’s wounded is not arsenic terrible arsenic archetypal feared and the Arsenal defender is expected to beryllium absent for ‘no much than a fewer weeks’.

The 22-year-old limped disconnected with a genu occupation successful the 2nd fractional of Arsenal’s Champions League triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk, with Myles Lewis-Skelly coming connected successful his spot astatine the Emirates.

After the 1-0 victory, Mikel Arteta admitted the show of Calafiori hobbling disconnected the transportation was ‘a spot of a worry’, particularly successful specified an important week, with the Gunnersfacing Liverpool successful the Premier League connected Sunday.

Given Arsenal are already without the suspended William Saliba, Arteta could beryllium faced with a enactment headache astatine the back, with Jurrien Timber, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney besides nursing injuries.

On apical of that, Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka are inactive yet to return, though determination are hopes the second could instrumentality successful clip for this weekend’s heavyweight contention astatine the Emirates.

According to Corriere dello Sport, Arsenal tin respire a suspiration of alleviation surrounding Calafiori’s fittingness arsenic the left-back’s medial collateral ligament wounded is lone a ‘slight problem’ and ‘nothing serious’.

The study claims the Italy planetary volition beryllium sidelined for ‘no much than a fewer weeks’, meaning helium volition much than apt beryllium backmost up of Arsenal’s engaged wintertime schedule.

Calafiori was retired of enactment for the champion portion of a twelvemonth aft injuring the aforesaid genu arsenic a younker subordinate astatine Roma backmost successful October 2018 and determination person been fears helium whitethorn person exacerbated the issue.

After landing awkwardly successful Arsenal’s 4-2 decision of Leicester past month, the full-back was pictured wearing a genu enactment astir the occupation area.

Calafiori has made 10 appearances successful each competitions since joining Arsenal successful a £42million summertime determination from Bologna.

Arteta volition apt supply an update connected the severity of Calafiori’s wounded erstwhile helium faces the media successful the run-up to Sunday’s gathering with Liverpool.

Third-placed Arsenal way Liverpool by 4 points successful the Premier League array aft falling to a 2-0 nonaccomplishment distant to Bournemouth past clip retired – the club’s archetypal decision of the top-flight campaign.

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