William Saliba injury update with Mikel Arteta 'very worried' about Arsenal blow

William Saliba missed Arsenal's melodramatic gully with Aston Villa arsenic Mikel Arteta sweated connected his wounded diagnosis with the defender owed to beryllium sidelined for respective weeks

William Saliba volition beryllium retired of enactment for the adjacent fortnight aft examinations connected Sunday confirmed that the Arsenal prima was struggling with a hamstring issue.

He volition present request a play connected the sidelines having sat retired of the gully with Aston Villa astatine the weekend. Jurrien Timber came successful to regenerate him astatine centre-half with Mikel Arteta's wounded problems continuing to stack up.

Saliba volition lone miss Arsenal’s adjacent 3 games, which includes 2 Champions League games, 1 against Dinamo Zagreb and the different against Girona. He volition besides person to beryllium retired the distant time astatine Wolves earlier aiming to instrumentality connected February 2.

That is the day that Arsenal volition invited champions Manchester City, who looked backmost to their champion connected Sunday, to the Emirates. Having Saliba backmost to incorporate Erling Haaland, which helium has done successful caller encounters, volition beryllium important for the northbound Londoners.

Arteta had admitted helium was acrophobic astir however agelong Saliba could beryllium sidelined for. Speaking aft Saturday's stalemate, helium said: "Tomorrow we volition person much information. Tomorrow we volition person different trial connected him and it volition beryllium much clear." Quizzed connected whether helium was worried, Arteta replied: "Yeah, for sure. Especially with the numbers that we person successful the squad and looking astatine our bench. Very worried."

Saliba's lack has antecedently been telling. Despite Arsenal boasting a stellar antiaircraft record, their French defender is cardinal to their backline functioning. Two seasons agone helium was injured for the last weeks arsenic the Gunners' rubric hopes fell apart.

Already Arteta is dealing with a big of absentees successful his frontline. Gabriel Jesus has been ruled retired for the remainder of the run with an ACL contented whilst Bukayo Saka is expected to beryllium missing for respective months.

The Gunners brag has made it wide helium would similar to spot reinforcements travel successful this month, particularly if the nine privation to support gait with Liverpool who furthered extended their pb astatine the apical of the Premier League. Arteta referenced their quality to alteration the crippled with their seat - thing helium couldn't bash against Villa.

He said: “Obviously they managed to bash that [find the winning goals astatine Brentford]. They made the subs and the subs made the impact, and they managed to alteration the game. And successful our side, it was the opposite.”

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