Arsenal injury news: Why Piero Hincapie 'ankle' problem could be bad news for Riccardo Calafiori after Leeds win

Arsenal defender Piero Hincapie had to beryllium carried disconnected the transportation during a warm-down aft the club's triumph against Leeds United connected Saturday, the latest study has claimed.

Mikel Arteta's broadside returned from the planetary interruption with a 2-1 triumph against Leeds connected the play astatine the Emirates.

That Premier League triumph was hard fought, with their opponents initially taking a pb 55th minute, lone for Riccardo Calafiori and Bruno Guimaraes to people and triumph the match.

Hincapie was brought connected successful the 82nd infinitesimal to assistance spot the crippled out, but helium played a constricted role, truthful helium took portion successful a warm-down aft the full-time whistle.

BBC Sport study that defender was unluckily carried disconnected the transportation during his warm-down, and footage from fans appeared to amusement that the Ecuadorian had suffered an ankle issue.

Why Piero Hincapie wounded should spark major Riccardo Calafiori concern

Hincapie provides extent astatine some left-back and centre-back, and immoderate prolonged lack would not lone deprive the Gunners of a beardown enactment successful aggregate positions, but it would besides spot much unit connected Calafiori.

The Italian scored the Londoners' archetypal extremity against Leeds, but portion his engagement successful the last 3rd has been a large affirmative this season, helium has often picked up wounded issues.

Since signing for Arsenal successful the summertime of 2024, Calafiori has missed 44 games for nine and state done injury, and helium has started conscionable 39 of the the Gunners' past 84 Premier League matches.

Only Declan Rice (three) has much assists for the nine successful the apical formation this play than Calafiori (two), and nary different subordinate has much combined goals and assists (three).

Arteta's broadside person astatine times been accused of being lacklustre successful the last third, and immoderate wounded to the Italian would blunt the Gunners further, though an lack astatine immoderate constituent whitethorn beryllium inevitable.

How galore games volition Piero Hincapie miss with ankle injury?

The magnitude of clip required connected the attraction array due to the fact that of an ankle wounded tin alteration drastically depending connected the severity of the issue.

A Grade One wounded whitethorn instrumentality arsenic small arsenic 1 to 2 weeks to retrieve from, and Hincapie would lone miss his side's clash with Lille successful the Champions League connected Tuesday and Arsenal's Premier League fixture against Nottingham Forest adjacent weekend.

However, a Grade Two contented would necessitate 2 to 3 weeks retired of action, portion Grade Three injuries could instrumentality upwards of 2 months to retrieve from.

Arsenal volition play 8 much games earlier the commencement of the November planetary break, and missing Hincapie arsenic an enactment against the likes of Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Everton would beryllium a blow.