Huge blow! Bukayo Saka injury 'timeline' emerges as Arsenal 'fear' revealed

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed that prima winger Bukayo Saka volition miss "several weeks" owed to a hamstring injury.

The England planetary was forced disconnected during the Gunners' commanding 5-1 victory against Crystal Palace implicit the weekend.

Images astatine the extremity of the lucifer showed the 23-year-old leaving Selhurst Park connected crutches, owing to what was aboriginal revealed to beryllium a hamstring issue.

Given that Saka has been progressive successful 15 of the team's 34 goals this season, scoring 5 and mounting up 10, his wounded is simply a important stroke astatine a important constituent successful the run for Arsenal.

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Arteta confirms Saka wounded absence

Speaking to the media this week, Arteta confirmed that the England guardant would beryllium sidelined for "many weeks" owed to the musculus contented helium sustained implicit the weekend.

He said: "It's not looking good. He's going to beryllium retired for galore weeks. "It is what it is. He's injured, we cannot alteration it. We're going to usage this clip present to assistance him."

Saka is expected to consult a specializer aft undergoing further scans, which should supply much clarity connected the magnitude of his recovery, but the Daily Mail study that determination are concerns that the winger's lay-off could agelong into precocious February oregon adjacent aboriginal March

The 23-year-old has already dealt with 3 hamstring issues this season, though this 1 - believed to beryllium a teardrop - is the astir severe.

Arteta besides stated that helium was "putting immoderate ideas together" to negociate Saka's lack and highlighted that Arsenal had acquisition successful coping without cardinal players, referring to Martin Odegaard's wounded earlier this season.

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Injury concerns mounting for Arsenal

Arteta tried to stay optimistic successful his interview, saying that Saka's wounded volition beryllium a invaluable accidental for the squad to travel up with ways to flooded different situation this season.

Unfortunately for the Gunners, Raheem Sterling volition not beryllium 1 of the solutions to woody with the setback, arsenic helium is present besides expected to beryllium sidelined for respective weeks.

The Chelsea loanee started the team's EFL Cup quarter-final triumph against the Eagles successful midweek but was absent astatine the play owed to a genu injury, arsenic confirmed by Arteta.

Saka and Sterling are present added to a increasing wounded database that besides includes defenders Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko.

The Gunners volition resume Premier League enactment connected Friday erstwhile they instrumentality connected Ipswich Town astatine the Emirates Stadium.

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