Arsenal injury news: Fresh injury blow for Mikel Arteta as £34m-valued forward suffers suspected muscle injury on international duty

Arsenal person been handed different frustrating wounded scare during the planetary interruption aft Christos Tzolis was forced disconnected aboriginal portion playing for Greece.

The 23-year-old winger started Thursday evening's Nations League clash with the Netherlands successful Thessaloniki, but his engagement successful the 2-2 draw was chopped short.

Tzolis thought helium had enactment Ivan Jovanovic's broadside up with a debased onslaught aft getting the amended of Arsenal workfellow Jurrien Timber, lone for the effort to beryllium ruled retired for Vangelis Pavlidis’s offside.

The Greek guardant past went down clutching the backmost of his limb and, aft lengthy attraction connected the pitch, was replaced by Giorgos Masouras successful the 18th minute.

Arsenal await Tzolis hamstring assessment

According to The Standard, the Gunners present look an anxious hold to observe the afloat severity of the evident hamstring occupation up of their instrumentality to home enactment against Leeds United adjacent weekend.

Losing the talented wide subordinate would correspond a important stroke for Mikel Arteta fixed his highly awesome commencement to beingness successful the English capital.

Tzolis has rapidly established himself arsenic a cardinal fig since completing a £34m transportation from Club Brugge successful July by providing 4 assists crossed his opening 8 appearances.

The wide attacker has besides started each 5 of their Premier League fixtures truthful acold this term, and his imaginable lack volition heavy disrupt their attacking rhythm.

Tzolis injury: Arteta faces mounting wounded crisis

This latest carnal setback simply adds to an escalating wounded situation presently plaguing the North London outfit.

Declan Rice and Ben White were some forced to retreat from the caller England squad portion Kai Havertz returned aboriginal from Germany work aft sustaining his ain hamstring issue.

Defensive duo Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie are besides nursing respective knocks, and William Saliba remains sidelined with a troublesome backmost ailment until November.

However, Arteta did person 1 portion of affirmative quality connected Thursday nighttime erstwhile nine skipper Martin Odegaard was passed acceptable to commencement for Norway against Wales pursuing a caller ankle scare earlier featuring for 90 minutes successful the 2-1 loss successful Cardiff. 

Tzolis injury: Who could regenerate Greek guardant successful Arteta XI?

While Tzolis's imaginable wounded setback could regularisation him retired for weeks or months, depending connected its severity, the Gunners are ostensibly good stocked successful that country of the pitch.

Even though determination are reservations astir Eberechi Eze's exertion disconnected the ball, the erstwhile Crystal Palace talisman is the undeniable first-choice replacement for that left-wing berth.

Noni Madueke could besides beryllium deployed successful that position, even though helium prefers featuring connected the close flank, typically occupied by Bukayo Saka.

Saka is besides adept astatine playing arsenic a chalk-on-your-boots near winger, having been utilised successful that presumption earlier successful his first-team vocation successful North London.