Injury update on Kai Havertz, Brian Brobbey, Jamal Musiala as concerns emerge over Arsenal, Sunderland, Bayern Munich stars

By Oliver Thomas | 24 Sep 2026 22:07, Last updated: 24 Sep 2026 22:10

Premier League champions Arsenal volition beryllium swearing implicit the fittingness of Kai Havertz aft helium was forced disconnected with an wounded successful Germany’s 1-1 gully with the Netherlands successful the UEFA Nations League connected Thursday night.

Havertz was handed a commencement up beforehand successful Jurgen Klopp’s first starting lineup arsenic the caller Germany caput coach for the eagerly-anticipated League A Group 1 showdown with Xavi’s Dutch side.

However, the 27-year-old’s nighttime successful Amsterdam was chopped abbreviated connected the half-hour mark, aft helium was caught connected his genu by a precocious situation for Dutch midfielder Quinten Timber – the member of Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber.

Havertz was past seen clutching the backmost of his thigh aft receiving on-field attraction and gingerly walking disconnected the pitch, suggesting that helium whitethorn besides beryllium feeling a hamstring issue.

The guardant has antecedently suffered with some genu and hamstring injuries and underwent 2 surgeries implicit a seven-month play past year, forcing him to miss important chunks of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons.

Mikel Arteta volition anticipation that Havertz’s caller occupation is not a superior one, with Arsenal facing Leeds United successful their adjacent Premier League lucifer astatine the Emirates Stadium connected October 11.

Havertz has established himself arsenic Arteta’s first-choice centre-forward truthful acold this season, playing up of Viktor Gyokeres, and has chipped successful with 3 goals successful 7 appearances crossed each competitions.

Havertz, Musiala, Brobbey each prolong injuries connected planetary duty

Havertz is not the lone Germany prima successful the attraction room, arsenic Bayern Munich playmaker Jamal Musiala was forced to propulsion retired of Klopp’s starting lineup earlier kickoff with a thigh contented picked up during the warm-up.

Musiala missed the archetypal fractional of past play owed to a terrible near limb fracture, portion helium has lone played the afloat 90 minutes erstwhile successful 4 nine appearances for Bayern truthful acold this term.

The 23-year-old, on with Havertz, has present emerged arsenic a large uncertainty for Germany’s 2nd Nations League fixture astatine location to Greece connected Sunday.

Meanwhile, Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey lasted conscionable 35 minutes for the Netherlands, arsenic helium was taken disconnected with a suspected hamstring injury.

The 24-year-old ran towards the shot earlier pulling up and signalling to the Dutch aesculapian squad that helium needed to beryllium substituted.

Brobbey has been a standout performer successful the aboriginal stages of this play for Sunderland and astir precocious netted his archetypal Premier League hat-trick successful a 5-3 decision astatine Manchester City past weekend.

The erstwhile Ajax striker is present a uncertainty for the Netherlands’ adjacent Nations League lucifer distant against Serbia connected Sunday, portion it remains to beryllium seen whether helium volition beryllium acceptable for Sunderland's adjacent league fixture astatine location to Brighton connected October 10.

In the lack of Brobbey, the Netherlands were inactive capable to salvage a constituent against Germany, with Felix Nmecha’s first-half opener cancelled retired by a 92nd-minute equaliser from Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo.