The games Gabriel Martinelli will miss with latest Arsenal injury blow confirmed

Gabriel Martinelli is facing implicit a period connected the sidelines successful different large wounded stroke for Arsenal.

The Brazil planetary was forced disconnected during Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb clash against Newcastle United, with the Gunners crashing retired of the contention aft a 4-0 aggregate defeat.

Despite making an attack to motion Ollie Watkins from Aston Villa and involvement successful Mathys Tel and Alvaro Morata, Arsenal failed to marque a azygous summation to their squad during the January transportation window.

Martinelli’s lack volition present adhd to those concerns with The Athletic reporting helium could miss up to six games with a hamstring injury.

That timeline volition spot him miss Premier League games against Leicester City, West Ham United and Nottingham Forest.

He volition besides beryllium a uncertainty for the travel to Manchester United connected 9 March and the travel to Chelsea the pursuing week.

Arsenal volition besides statesman their Champions League knockout run during that period.

Martinelli was taken disconnected successful the first-half astatine St James’ Park connected Wednesday, leaving the transportation aft conscionable 37 minutes.

‘He felt something, I deliberation it was his hamstring and helium wasn’t comfy to continue,’ Arteta said aft the match.

‘So we volition person to person immoderate MRI scan time to spot the grade of the injury.’

The Gunners are already without Bukayo Saka with Gabriel Jesus acceptable to miss the remainder of the season.

Saka had not featured since the triumph implicit Crystal Palace connected 21 December wherever helium picked up a hamstring injury.

While helium has been included successful the radical that travelled to Dubai for warm-weather training, helium is not expected to instrumentality to enactment until adjacent month.

With Saka and Martinelli absent, Arteta volition person conscionable 1 subordinate of his first-choice onslaught disposable successful Kai Havertz. The Germany planetary is the club’s sole enactment up beforehand with Raheem Sterling struggling since making his indebtedness power from Chelsea.

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